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Vivien Leigh
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Vivien Leigh
Film Actress / 1913 - 1967
Vivien Leigh was a British actress who achieved film immortality by playing two of American literature's most celebrated Southern belles, Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois.
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Roy Rogers
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Roy Rogers
Film Actor, Television Actor, Guitarist, Singer, Television Personality / 1911 - 1998
Roy Rogers was an American actor and singer best known as the “King of the Cowboys” for his heroic roles in musical westerns. His sidekick palomino, Trigger, and dog, Bullet often appeared with him.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Author, Playwright, Poet / 1792 - 1822
Known for his lyrical and long-form verse, Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most highly regarded English Romantic poets of the 19th century. His works include The Masque of Anarchy and Queen Mab.
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Ernest Borgnine
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Ernest Borgnine
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1917 - 2012
Actor Ernest Borgnine’s role in the film Marty transformed him from a stereotyped character actor to a leading man, earning him an Academy Award as Best Actor.
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Betty Ford
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Betty Ford
U.S. First Lady / 1918 - 2011
Betty Ford became the First Lady when President Nixon resigned and made her Vice President husband, Gerald Ford, the acting President.
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Dick Sargent
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Dick Sargent
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1930 - 1994
Dick Sargent was an actor of film and television mostly remembered for his portrayal of Darrin Stephens on TV's Bewitched.
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profile name: Vivien Leigh profile occupation: Film Actress
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profile name: Percy Bysshe Shelley profile occupation: Author, Playwright, Poet
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profile name: Ernest Borgnine profile occupation: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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profile name: Roy Rogers profile occupation: Film Actor, Television Actor, Guitarist, Singer, Television Personality
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profile name: Betty Ford profile occupation: U.S. First Lady
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profile name: Dick Sargent profile occupation: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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