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Date: 19 December 1916
Betty Grable Aniversari, data de naixement
Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutive years (1942–1951) she placed among the Quigley Poll's top 10 box office stars (a feat only matched by Doris Day, Julia Roberts and Barbra Streisand, although all were surpassed by Mary Pickford, with 13 years). The U.S. Treasury Department listed her as the highest-salaried American woman in 1946 and 1947, and she earned more than $3 million during her career.
Grable began her film career in 1929 at age 12 and was later fired from a contract for having signed with a false identification. She studied acting with Neely Dickson at the Hollywood Community Theater. She had contracts with RKO and Paramount Pictures during the 1930s and appeared in a string of B movies, mostly portraying college students. She came to prominence in the Broadway musical Du Barry Was a Lady (1939), which brought her to the attention of 20th Century-Fox.
She replaced Alice Faye in Down Argentine Way (1940), her first major Hollywood film, and became Fox's biggest film star throughout the next decade. Fox cast Grable in a succession of Technicolor musicals during the decade that were immensely popular, costarring with such leading men as Victor Mature, Don Ameche, John Payne and Tyrone Power. In 1943, she was the number-one box-office draw in the world. Two of her greatest film successes were the musical Mother Wore Tights (1947) and the comedy How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), one of her later films. Grable retired from screen acting in 1955 after she withdrew from her Fox contract, but she continued to perform on the stage and on television.
Throughout her career, Grable was a celebrated sex symbol. Her bathing-suit poster made her the top pin-up girl of World War II, surpassing Rita Hayworth. The photo was later included in the Life magazine project "100 Photographs That Changed the World". Hosiery specialists of the era often noted the ideal proportions of Grable's legs and thighs (18.5 in (47 cm)), calf (12 in (30 cm)) and ankle (7.5 in (19 cm)). Her legs were insured by her studio for $1 million as a publicity stunt. Describing her film career, Grable said: "I became a star for two reasons, and I'm standing on them."
llegir més...- Aniversari, data de naixement
- dilluns, 18 de desembre de 1916
- Lloc de naixement
- Saint Louis
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El 18 de desembre de 1916 era un dilluns sota el signe estrella de ♐. Era el 352 dia de l'any. El president dels Estats Units era Woodrow Wilson.
Si vas néixer aquest dia, tens 109 anys. El teu darrer aniversari va ser el dijous, 18 de desembre de 2025, fa 163 dies. El teu proper aniversari és el divendres, 18 de desembre de 2026, d'aquí a 201 dies. Heu viscut durant 39.975 dies, o unes 959.408 hores, o uns 57.564.493 minuts, o uns 3.453.869.580 segons.
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18th of December 1916 News
Notícies tal com van aparèixer a la portada del New York Times el 18 de desembre de 1916
BOELKE'S FOE, DEAD, CONTINUED FLYING; Reports of Late German Aviator Describe Thrilling Battles in the Air.
Date: 19 December 1916
CZAR'S ARMY HALTS DRIVE IN RUMANIA; Entire Front Now Held by Russians, with Rumanian Forces Reorganizing in Rear. DEFENSE LINE REVEALED Runs from RimnikSarat and Danube Marshes -- Russians Gain in Transylvania Border Fighting.
Date: 19 December 1916
Russians check Teuton offensive near Filipechti R. R. station and Dihbatogu, hold entire front while Rumanian army is being refitted and regrouped back of Sereth River; defensive front constructed between Rimnik-Sarat and the Danube
WHITMAN FOR TEMPERANCE.; Governor Comes Out for Prohibition Principle.
Date: 19 December 1916
Gov. Whitman favors principles
GREAT NECK GOLFERS DINE.; Plan for Larger Membership and Winter Sports -- Other Golf News.
Date: 19 December 1916
Outlook
LONDON MARKET FIRM.; Much Talk of Modifying Britain's Borrowing Policy.
Date: 18 December 1916
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
GERMAN LINES HERE ASK CARGO CONTRACTS; Hamburg-American and North German Lloyd Expect Early Resumption Business.
Date: 19 December 1916
circular to shippers solicits contracts for cargo at end of war
VERDUN BERLIN'S REPLY.; London Press Sees Peace in Different Light Following Victory.
Date: 18 December 1916
COTTON CLOSE WEAK; DROP OF 25 POINTS; Price of Middling Reaches 18.10 in Sharp Break in Last Hour of Trading. VOLUME OF BUSINESS SMALL Market Lacks Buying Power and Professional Traders Help Along Decline.
Date: 19 December 1916
appointed referee in suit over estate of Mrs. M. A. Chisholm