Actors & Actresses (Period 1-2) by Alison McElrath https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/bsnuvsr0i2op Now that you have completed research on a given 1950s topic, you will share your findings with the rest of your classmates. Double click a blank area on the padlet board to begin sharing your information. Pictures/videos will enhance your contribution! Provide the names of your group members and the topic. You must also include works cited at the end of your post. en-us 2017-03-09 14:30:03 UTC 2025-09-27 15:46:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/93420106/e75606224b7be50102581f52cf46e26ab3ad7e81/48daf62c0f583efd42126c212b9f6698.jpg Actors and Actresses https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/bsnuvsr0i2op/wish/158946583
Audrey Hepburn: By Erica Ferranti

“ On May 4, 1929, she was born Edda Kathleen van Hemmstra Hepburn-Ruston in Brussels, Belgium.” (Sonneborn)

“The wealth of her mother, who was a Dutch baroness, provided her with a happy, though sheltered, upbringing, even after her English father abandoned the family in 1935”. (Sonneborn)

“The Nazis, however, soon invaded the country and seized her mother's fortunes”.(Sonneborn)

“After returning to London, she modeled and studied ballet and acting.” ("Audrey Hepburn.")

“Her performance earned her an Academy award as best actress.” ("Audrey Hepburn.")

“death on Jan. 20, 1993” ("Audrey Hepburn.")

“Like icons in museums admired for their beauty of design and color, Audrey Hepburn's image appeals to our aesthetic sense. Not only was she an unusually beautiful film star, but throughout her career she represented the height of fashion elegance.”(Rollin, Lucy)

“Her most famous film, Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), launched the reign of the little black dress as a modern fashion staple.Her single most iconic image of Hepburn is from this film: the head-shot of her as she looks into Tiffany's window, wearing her black gown, pearls, and big sunglasses, holding a paper coffee container. “(Rollin, Lucy)

“Hepburn made a total of 29 films, counting two for television”(Rollin, Lucy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQpkCVeQVas

                                                          Works Cited

"Audrey Hepburn." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 3 Feb. 2017.   school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Audrey-Hepburn/326154. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.

“ Breakfast at Tiffany's - Cab Whistle and Audrey Hepburn Sunglasses Pulldown.” Youtube, uploaded by EverythingAudrey.com, April 3, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQpkCVeQVas

Rollin, Lucy. "Audrey Hepburn." Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas, ABC-CLIO,2017, popculture.abc-clio.com/Search/Display/1346567. Accessed 8 Mar. 2017.

Sonneborn, Liz. “Hepburn, Audrey.” American Women in the Performing Arts, Second Edition, Facts On File, 2015. American History,
online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/163243?q=Audrey Hepburn. Accessed July 2017.

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Marilyn Monroe by Alie DiMotta 

  • Born June 1, 1926, Los Angeles, California
  • Died  August 5, 1962, Los Angeles, California 
  • She spent her childhood in foster homes and orphanages 
  • original name Norma Jeane Mortenson 
  • In 1942 she got married to a man that works in the aircraft factory 
  • They divorced soon after World War ll 
  • Became a popular photographers model in 1946 signing a short-term contract with Twentieth Century-Fox. 
  • She was in the movies “The Asphalt Jungle (1950), All About Eve (1950), and a walk-on appearance in O. Henry’s Full House (1952). Her gift for comedy led to her success in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), and The Seven Year Itch (1955)”
  • She studied with the famous acting coach  Lee Strasberg in New York and returned to Hollywood to star in more films 
  •  including Bus Stop (1956), The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), Some Like It Hot (1959), and The Misfits (1961).
                                                          Work Cited
"Marilyn Monroe." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 May. 2014. 
Acting Stars: MARILYN MONROE . Photography. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. 
quest.eb.com/search/144_1570982/1/144_1570982/cite. Accessed 8 Mar 2017.



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Marlon Brando by Ayden Giacommelli

  • Marlon was in the film The Wild One. 
  • He starred in A Streetcar Named Desire.
  • He made A Streetcar Named Desire a popular film.
  • Marlon was nominated 5 times for the Best Actor between 1951 and 1957. 
  • Marlon played a disabled World War II veteran in The Men. 
  • Marlon won an Academy award for On the Waterfront. 
  • Marlon Brando was famous from movies 
  •  Brando got an Oscar nomination for A Streetcar Named Desire. 

Works Cited: 

  • Benjamin, Daniel. Pop Culture. Cavendish Square ,2014.

]]> 2017-03-09 13:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/bsnuvsr0i2op/wish/158948611 Actors and Actresses alexandradimotta https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/bsnuvsr0i2op/wish/159173888 Jackie Gleason by Alie DiMotta and Erica Ferranti

“Jackie Gleason, who was nicknamed “The Great One.” Gleason, an American comedian, musician, and television producer, was perhaps best known for his 1950s television show The Honeymooners.”("Jackie Gleason.")

“While growing up in the city’s slums he frequently attended vaudeville shows, which fueled his determination to have a stage career. “ ("Jackie Gleason.")

“In 1940 Gleason appeared in his first Broadway show, Keep Off the Grass, which starred top comics Ray Bolger and Jimmy Durante.” ("Jackie Gleason.")

“Gleason returned to nightclub work and was spotted and signed to a movie contract at Warner Brothers.” ("Jackie Gleason.")
                                                         Work Cited 
Audrey Meadows And Jackie Gleason, 'The Honeymooners.' . Photographer. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 May 2016. 
quest.eb.com/search/115_2838109/1/115_2838109/cite. Accessed 9 Mar 2017.

"Jackie Gleason." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2015. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Jackie-Gleason/324692. Accessed 9 Mar. 2017.

]]> 2017-03-10 03:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/bsnuvsr0i2op/wish/159173888 Fred Astaire By Edward John LaPadula III https://padlet.com/alisonmcelrath/bsnuvsr0i2op/wish/159248855
  • “He is best known for his tap and ballroom numbers with Ginger Rogers in musical comedy films.”
  • “Top hat, white tie, tails, and a formal cane epitomized the elegance of his dancing style,”
  • “The brother-sister act made its Broadway debut in Over the Top in 1917. By that time they had changed their name to Astaire.”
  • “The Astaires danced together in many hit shows until Adele’s retirement in 1932. The next year Fred began a movie career that lasted half a century.”
  • “He developed a debonair flair for comedy and an appealing delivery of pop songs, while his choreography became increasingly inventive and fluid.”
    • Fred Astaire- Dancing  



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  • Jane Russell was made famous from the film The Outlaw
  • If Jane Russell failed The Outlaw then she wouldn’t be a famous actress because that film made her famous 
  • Jane Russell starred in the film Young Widow 
  • Jane Russell was also in Double Dynamite 
  • One of Jane Russell’s best films was The Tall Men 
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