Is she a singer? I want to guess that singer who did a version of "Is is true what they say about Dixie" but her name escapes me. She did shows for the military and was in movies with the likes of fred astaire. What's her name? drums fingers on desk..... :D I've got an album here somewhere. aarghh :D
edit: somebody Langford? What's her name? ooooh
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Well, I reckon it looks like Lucy, I can't think of anyone else to guess. Jean Harlow was a blonde, but I don't think she had shows. I don't think it's Dinah Shore who had shows on TV, but she was more "girl next door" than that lady. I'm stumped.
Lucille Désirée Ball was an American actress, comedian, model, studio executive and producer. She was the star and producer of sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy, as well as comedy television specials aired under the title The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.
That was a tricky tactic, I thought it wasn't her because she'd just been on before.... LOL She was so pretty and so clever to go into other avenues (comedy, tv production) rather than rely on her looks and compete against all the other pretty ingenues/dancers as they got older.
but I'm not up to speed with modern day Dancers I'm afraid.
Nor am I, really, but she's been in popular media, she appeared on The Vicar of Dibley doing a ballet with Dawn French's character and she was a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, the UK version of "dancing with the stars".
Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, DBE (born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle;[1] 27 April 1969) is an English retired ballerina[2] and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing.
Trained at the Arts Educational School and the Royal Ballet School, Bussell started her professional career at Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet, but after only one year she moved to the Royal Ballet, where she became a principal dancer at the age of 20 in 1989. Bussell is widely acclaimed as one of the great British ballerinas. (source: Wikipedia)
She also spent some time in Australia, her step-father is Australian.
You've got him Sheba over to you for a pic Interesting that he was born Leslie Lynch King Jr.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977. Ford previously served as the 40th vice president of the United States from December 1973 to August 1974. Ford is the only person to have served as both vice president and president without being elected to either office by the Electoral College.
As president, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, which marked a move toward détente in the Cold War. With the collapse of South Vietnam nine months into his presidency, U.S. involvement in Vietnam essentially ended. Domestically, Ford presided over the worst economy in the four decades since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure.[1] In one of his most controversial acts, he granted a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. During Ford's presidency, foreign policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role Congress began to play, and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President.[2] In the Republican presidential primary campaign of 1976, Ford defeated former California Governor Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination. He narrowly lost the presidential election to the Democratic challenger, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.
Following his years as president, Ford remained active in the Republican Party. His moderate views on various social issues increasingly put him at odds with conservative members of the party in the 1990s and early 2000s. In retirement, Ford set aside the enmity he had felt towards Carter following the 1976 election, and the two former presidents developed a close friendship. After experiencing a series of health problems, he died at home on December 26, 2006.
Early life
Ford was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. on July 14, 1913, at 3202 Woolworth Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, where his parents lived with his paternal grandparents. He was the child of Dorothy Ayer Gardner and Leslie Lynch King Sr., a wool trader. His father was a son of prominent banker Charles Henry King and Martha Alicia King (née Porter). Gardner separated from King just sixteen days after her son's birth. She took her son with her to Oak Park, Illinois, home of her sister Tannisse and brother-in-law, Clarence Haskins James. From there, she moved to the home of her parents, Levi Addison Gardner and Adele Augusta Ayer, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Gardner and King divorced in December 1913, and she gained full custody of her son. Ford's paternal grandfather Charles Henry King paid child support until shortly before his death in 1930.[3]
Ford later said that his biological father had a history of hitting his mother.[4] In a biography of Ford, James M. Cannon, a member of the Ford administration, wrote that the separation and divorce of Ford's parents were sparked when, a few days after Ford's birth, Leslie King took a butcher knife and threatened to kill his wife, his infant son, and Ford's nursemaid. Ford later told confidants that his father had first hit his mother when she smiled at another man during their honeymoon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford
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I've just had one so I will wait to see if someone else gets it I was going to say that the lady was Ginger Rogers but she is not she is his older sister
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Well it doesn't look like any takers he is Fred Astaire. He and his older sister Adele Astaire were a dance duo I Googled her and his two wives Phyllis Potter and Robyn Smith and she looks like his sister.
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You're right Sandy. Off you go. I won't check the wife/sister thing. It wasn't important anyway.
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter. He is widely considered the most influential dancer in the history of film.
You got in while I was replying Sheba so I deleted my reply. You have him Richard Boone he acted in Have Gun Will Travel (Paladin) over to you for a pic
Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns, including his starring role in the television series Have Gun Will Travel.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Boone
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