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Grace Kelly - Biography
Grace Kelly was born on
During her six-year (1951-56) heyday in Hollywood, she appeared in such films asFourteen Hours (1951), in which she made her screen debut; High Noon (1952), as Gary Cooper's Quaker wife; Mogambo(1953); and The Country Girl (1954), for which she won an Academy Award for best actress as Bing Crosby's dowdy wife. But perhaps her most memorable roles were in such Alfred Hitchcock films asDial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window(1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). Kelly was the perfect Hitchcock heroine and had what he described as "sexual elegance."
After making The Swan (1956) and High Society (1956), she married Prince Rainier and became princess of
Books and gossip inevitably have arisen in the years since her death speculating on her affairs, unhappiness in her long marriage etc. etc, yawn, yawn...the same stuff that seems to surround anyone famous who dies. For all the sources seem to emanate from silver haired gentlemen who perhaps finding their pension's rather meagre decide to make a trip to fantasy island, come up with 'I know let's tell a sex scandal like story about Grace and I who told me to get lost in a bar in 1965 but hey let's not let reality get in the way of making a buck or two' and write a tacky covered book destined for the bargain bin bucket of the bargain bin bucket hell superstore in the hope that they can buy outright the timeshare they've acquired in the Costa del Crap! Or elderly journalists who make the mistake of thinking that advancing years gives some respect to books that can not disguise their bitterness that Princess Grace never called them to confide in anything other than 'lovely weather today!'
But do buy these tacky books from this site as I'm also a hypocrite.
Princess Grace died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She and her daughter Stephanie were driving on a winding road at Cap-d'Ail in the
The spot where she fatally lost control is said to be the same spot where the picnic scene in To Catch a Thief was filmed in 1954.Filmography
(1980s) (1960s) (1950s)
- Rearranged (1982)
- Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966) (as Princess Grace) .... Host
... aka Danger Grows Wild (1966) (
... aka Mohn ist auch eine Blume (1966) (
... aka Opium Connection, The (1966)
... aka Poppy Is Also a Flower, The (1966) ( - High Society (1956) .... Tracy Samantha Lord
- Swan, The (1956) .... Princess Alexandra
- To Catch a Thief (1955) .... Frances Stevens
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief (1955) ( - Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1955) .... Nancy Brubaker
- Green Fire (1954) .... Catherine Knowland
- Country Girl, The (1954) .... Georgie Elgin
- Rear Window (1954) .... Lisa Carol Fremont
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) ( - Dial M for Murder (1954) .... Margot Mary Wendice
- Mogambo (1953) .... Linda Nordley
- High Noon (1952) .... Amy (Fowler) Kane
- Fourteen Hours (1951) .... Mrs. Louise Ann Fuller
Senin, 13 September 2010
Andy Williams
Howard Andrew Williams (born December 3, 1927 in Wall Lake, Iowa), known as Andy Williams, is an American pop singer.
He first performed in a children’s choir at his local Presbyterian church. Williams and his three older brothers Bob, Dick, and Don, formed a quartet, The Williams Brothers, in the late 1930s. The brothers performed on radio in the Midwest, first at WHO in Des Moines, Iowa, and later at WLS in Chicago and WLW in Cincinnati. Williams graduated from Western Hills High School in Cincinnati.
They appeared with Bing Crosby on the hit record “Swinging on a Star” (1944). This led to a nightclub act with entertainer Kay Thompson from 1947 to 1951.
Williams’s solo career began in 1952 after his brothers left the act. He recorded six sides for RCA’s label “X,” but none of them were popular hits. After landing a spot as a regular on Steve Allen’s Tonight Show in 1955, he was signed to a recording contract with Cadence Records, a small label in New York run by conductor Archie Bleyer. His third single, “Canadian Sunset” (1956) hit the Top Ten, and was soon followed his only Billboard #1 hit, “Butterfly” (a cover of a Charlie Gracie record on which Williams imitated Elvis Presley). More hits followed, including “The Hawaiian Wedding Song,” “Are You Sincere,” “The Village of St. Bernadette,” and “Lonely Street,” before Williams moved to Columbia Records in 1961, having moved from New York to Los Angeles. In terms of chart popularity, the Cadence era was Williams’s peak although songs he introduced on Columbia became much bigger standards.
He first performed in a children’s choir at his local Presbyterian church. Williams and his three older brothers Bob, Dick, and Don, formed a quartet, The Williams Brothers, in the late 1930s. The brothers performed on radio in the Midwest, first at WHO in Des Moines, Iowa, and later at WLS in Chicago and WLW in Cincinnati. Williams graduated from Western Hills High School in Cincinnati.
They appeared with Bing Crosby on the hit record “Swinging on a Star” (1944). This led to a nightclub act with entertainer Kay Thompson from 1947 to 1951.
Williams’s solo career began in 1952 after his brothers left the act. He recorded six sides for RCA’s label “X,” but none of them were popular hits. After landing a spot as a regular on Steve Allen’s Tonight Show in 1955, he was signed to a recording contract with Cadence Records, a small label in New York run by conductor Archie Bleyer. His third single, “Canadian Sunset” (1956) hit the Top Ten, and was soon followed his only Billboard #1 hit, “Butterfly” (a cover of a Charlie Gracie record on which Williams imitated Elvis Presley). More hits followed, including “The Hawaiian Wedding Song,” “Are You Sincere,” “The Village of St. Bernadette,” and “Lonely Street,” before Williams moved to Columbia Records in 1961, having moved from New York to Los Angeles. In terms of chart popularity, the Cadence era was Williams’s peak although songs he introduced on Columbia became much bigger standards.
Engelbert Humperdinck
The son of a British engineer and the youngest boy in a family of ten children, he moved to England at the age of 10. Growing up, he wanted to be a bandleader. But, things went in a different direction and, at 17, he sang on a public stage for the first time. At this point, he decided to use the name Gerry Dorsey as his professional name and he became quite popular working around the United Kingdom until his progress was interrupted by a stint in the military. He returned and picked up where he had left off but a bout with tuberculosis took him out of the scene again. When he was finally ready to re-start his career again, at the suggestion of his manager, he decided it would be a good idea to re-emerge with a new image and, thus, Engelbert Humperdinck was born.
Dubbed music’s “King Of Romance,” the multiple Grammy nominee with the ultra-smooth three and one half octave range has sold over 150 million records worldwide, including 64 gold and 24 platinum albums and is currently marking four decades since he first entered the American pop charts with his smash hit “Release Me (And Let Me Love Again).” The song went to # 1 in eleven countries and it was so big in the United Kingdom that it managed to prevent The Beatles’ two-sided hit “Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever” from reaching the top of the charts.
The next decade brought such hits as “After the Lovin’,” “Winter World Of Love,” “Am I That Easy To Forget,” “The Last Waltz,” “There Goes My Everything,” “Les Bicyclettes De Belsize” and “A Man Without Love.” He has now recorded almost 80 albums including many multi-language versions.
This singer extraordinaire, whose music is instantly recognizable, has withstood the test of time with his sensitive interpretation of lyrics. But he has never limited himself to just one genre having recorded everything from movie themes to disco, rock and even gospel. He is also extremely proud of the fact that he has been able to use his fame to help raise funds for numerous charitable causes.
Engelbert has performed for Her Majesty the Queen, several Presidents and many heads of state. In 1978 he received a “Georgie Award” from the American Guild of Variety Artists recognizing him as “Entertainer of the Year.” Other “Georgie” winners over the years include Johnny Carson, Barbra Streisand and Barry Manilow. In 1989 he joined the elite performers from the worlds of Movies, Television and Music when he was honored with a star on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fam
The Last Dance For Me by Michael Buble
Old song, but sung by a new generation of singers. ... atmosphere, energetic, cheerful and pleasant to hear .... enjoy Michael Buble: The Last Dance For Me..
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