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1940s actress Linda Christian dies
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| July 23, 2011
Posted on 07/23/2011 11:09:33 AM PDT by EveningStar
Linda Christian, a 1940s Hollywood actress nicknamed "anatomic bomb" by Life magazine for her stunning looks and famous for her marriage to actor Tyrone Power, has died aged 87, her daughter said here Saturday...
She was also the first James Bond girl in the 1954 television adaptation of "Casino Royale"...
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To: Perdogg
To: All
Power / Christian wedding.
Dress designed by Fontana who also designed Margaret Truman's wedding dress. Fontana created fantasy dresses, wedding gowns, ball gowns, and possessed an aura of glamor. In the 1950s, in particular, the Fontana style was a rich excess and ideal of the sumptuous dress. For the client, these were the most flattering kinds of party dresses cognizant of the New Look, buoyant in full skirts, and attentive to the bust.
Theatrical high-style 1950s style was crystallized in the internationally known clientéle including Linda Christian (wedding dress to marry Tyrone Power), Audrey Hepburn, and preeminently Ava Gardner. Gardner wore Fontana for film roles in The Barefoot Contessa (1954), The Sun Also Rises (1957), and On the Beach (1959).
Christians' next husband was Edmund Purdom.
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posted on
07/23/2011 4:46:17 PM PDT
by
Liz
( A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Col Sanders.)
To: bgill
Many Hollywood celebrities are not seen after a certain age, and when they are, too many have ‘fixed’ themselves to almost not be recognizable!
Currently, the best example of an actress aging gracefully, for looks, anyway, is Betty White.
Over the years when I would hear of a ‘40’s, ‘50’s actor still being around but not seen in years, I wondered why.
Occasionally we get to see why - aging (without face-lifts) was not kind. But if the acting was good, I didn’t care that they got ‘old,’ and hoped they didn’t, either!
I was just happy to see them once again.
To: USARightSide
“Currently, the best example of an actress aging gracefully, for looks, anyway, is Betty White.” Um, Rachel Welch is my age ... she is still a gorgeous babe, dude.
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07/23/2011 6:29:05 PM PDT
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MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: tal hajus
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posted on
07/23/2011 7:47:18 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(America is rapidly becoming a police state that East Germany could be proud of!)
To: Perdogg
RIP...
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Classical Hollywood beauty.
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posted on
07/23/2011 9:11:52 PM PDT
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Perdogg
(0bama got 0sama?? Really, was 0sama on the golf course?)
To: MHGinTN
No doubts about Welch.
I mention Betty White because she is quite old, and has not messed herself with some awful face lifts and puffy lips.
To: Perdogg
There should be a law against getting old. :)Be careful what you wish for. You could get one like this.
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07/24/2011 11:50:11 AM PDT
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Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(SP12: They called Reagan "unelectable", too.)
To: Perdogg
Her daughter Taryn Power was famous in Italy (soap operas, I think) and a real beauty when younger, just like her mom.
Saw “CARS 2” yesterday — I think you’d like it. It’s got an international James Bond-type theme. Michael Caine does the voice of MI6 British Intelligence agent, Finn McMissile.
To: Perdogg
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07/25/2011 6:01:20 PM PDT
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Impy
(Don't call me red.)
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