He was too pretty to be a boy! But he grew into it ;o)
Posted on 02/11/2005 2:39:35 PM PST by gopwinsin04
Actress Jane Seymour waved a small US flag and cheered as she and 9,000 other immigrants became US citizens during a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles today.
The British born actress, best known for her TV series role as 'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman' said she has been in the United States since 1976.
'Ive realized that I've been living here longer than in my home country. American has given me unbeliveable opportunities,' she said. I realized with the US elections I wanted to vote and I couldn't. I felt the time had come to particiapte more fully.'
Seymour, 53 wore a cream colored suit to the ceremony at the LA Convention Center. She sat among more than a dozen US military personnel who also recieved citizenship.
The actress has been married four times and has five children. On of her ex-husbands is Lord Attenborough's son Michael.
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2004/0217/life/stories/02life.htm
February 17, 2004
The Gerber baby today
At 77, the woman who became a cherubic icon for the infant food company has two mystery novels in print, another on the way
By MITCH STACY
The Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — The urban legend about the famous Gerber Baby goes something like this: The cherubic image on the labels was actually a diaper-clad Humphrey Bogart, sketched lovingly by his artist mom.
Trouble is, the tough-guy actor was already a grown man when the first Gerber jars appeared on store shelves in 1928.
Ann Turner Cook — the real, honest-to-goodness Gerber baby — has heard the tale before.
Her face as a happy infant is forever etched in time on every label of every Gerber product sold in 80 countries, one of the most famous and enduring trademarks in history.
These days, Cook is an energetic 77-year-old fledgling novelist who’s not above using her notoriety as America’s most famous baby to drum up interest in her murder mysteries, featuring an erstwhile female reporter sniffing out intrigue in small Florida towns.
Once she sold 10 copies in an hour at a book-signing at a Barnes & Noble store with a framed copy of her Gerber Baby drawing on the table next to her.
"In a way, I might be exploiting it a little," she said with a smile. "Being the Gerber Baby helps get people interested. I don’t think it sells books, but it gets people interested in what I have to say."
The daughter of well-known comic strip artist Leslie Turner, Cook taught literature and writing in Tampa schools for 26 years and raised four children. Since retiring in 1989, she has published two novels regionally, with a third in the works.
But Cook will no doubt always be best known for her picture on the Gerber labels.
Cook was about 4 months old in 1927 when family friend Dorothy Hope Smith sketched the image in charcoal. Using a neighbor’s baby as a model wasn’t so unusual in the artist enclave of Westport, Conn., and nobody thought much about it. Least of all Cook’s dad, who for 27 years wrote and drew "Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy," a daily comic strip that ran in 500 newspapers.
The next year, Gerber put out the call for images that could be used in ads for its new baby food products, and Smith submitted the drawing.
"She wrote me (later) that she had thought it was kind of unfinished, and if they liked it she could finish it properly," Cook said of the sketch. "But they were smart enough that they didn’t want anything done to it."
Her likeness started appearing on the products in 1928 and became the official trademark in 1931.
"The logo is the essence of who we are," said David Yates, vice president for Gerber’s North America operations. "It is the epitome of a happy, healthy baby and the symbol of trust we have with parents. It’s everything to our company."
Cook didn’t have much contact with Gerber after the label came out, although around 1950 the company paid her a lump sum to settle any ownership issues after someone else came forward and claimed to be the Gerber Baby. She wouldn’t say how much, but it was enough for her and her husband to buy a car and put a down payment on a house.
She participated in the 50th anniversary celebration in 1978, then reconnected with the company again in the ’90s, flying to its Michigan headquarters for anniversary celebrations.
"She inspires, and is an absolute favorite of our employees," Yates said.
Yates said Gerber never considered changing the logo.
"There could be better baby foods, but if you own the concept of the beautiful baby, then you’re golden," said Jim Twitchell, a University of Florida professor who has written five books on advertising and consumer culture. "And that’s what Gerber owns, and it just made mincemeat out of all its competitors, and I think it was primarily because of what was on that label."
On the Net:Gerber Products: www.gerber.comAnn Turner Cook: www.annturnercook.com
Do what? :o)
For the answer to your question look "Behind the Green Door"
I hear she lives in Santa Barbara, Montecito perhaps. I'd like to bump into her on the street the next time I visit my folks in Santa Barbara.
I don't know either, but stopped watching "Medicine Woman" because too many story lines were "liberal message" lines - that was bad enough, but in a old West setting - give me a break
>>She also had one eye which had different colors in the same eye.
I've got that. And my eyes change color (the irises, not the white part) depending on the amount of sleep/alcohol/wind they have been exposed to. Technically they are 'Hazel', but in my case they are almost mood eyes.
>>I bet different colors for each eye is really rare.
I believe they are very rare, but sometimes I think they happen when you get a sharp blow to the eye. For example David Bowie has that (one blue, one brown) which was the result of a punch to the eye.
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html
I am dying to know who Lana's boyfriend is in the newer editions.
I noticed Lana and Clark kissing a couple of times and it seemed to me that they had done that before.
My eyes are similar. They're hazel, but depending on what colors I wear, they go from bright green to dull brown. It is an odd thing.
I remember (years ago) there was a write up in a magazine about Jane when she was in the TV series "Battlestar Gallactia." There was a series of photographs of her in her (then) modest LA home. In one, she sat on the floor with her beautiful hair falling around her, and I thought she looked like one of the most beautiful women of our time.
Britain is free to take one of our lefty females in trade. Heck, take two, or a thousand.
He was too pretty to be a boy! But he grew into it ;o)
Absolutely agree. If you jump through the hoops, you're welcome here, and perfectly entitled to your (informed) opinion.
Oh yeah I forgot about the wardobe dealie. Same thing happens to me.
My eyes look very green at funerals.
Good for her! I do like her, but wasn't Dr. Quinn one of the most politically correct shows of the '90's?
I once was assigned to show a new employee of a mountain resort around the grounds and show her the ropes. I also had to pick her up at the airport. She turned out to be the absolute worst worker I have ever seen. She was lazy, dishonest, slovenly etc.
I will never forget, one of the first things she asked me was if she would be able to get "Medicine Woman" on tv there.
Beautiful etching of your beautiful grandson. Thank you for sharing.
I can't say. I never watched the show. Maybe someone else can answer.
I'm fairly new to this site, but this thread is one of the reasons I love it.
Jane Seymour becoming an American citizen is the original bases of the thread, but all of a sudden it becomes a disagreement about who the Gerber baby was modeled after. LOL
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