Ellen Corby
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Birth name Ellen Hansen
Born June 3, 1911
Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Died April 14, 1999
Woodland Hills, California, United States
Spouse(s) Francis Corby (1934 - 1944)
Notable roles Grandma Walton in The Waltons
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama
1973, The Waltons
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1975, The Waltons
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1976, The Waltons
Ellen Corby (June 3, 1911 - April 14, 1999) was an Oscar-nominated American character actress. She is most widely remembered for the role of "Grandma Walton" on the television series The Waltons, for which she won three Emmy Awards.
Early life
Corby was born Ellen Hansen to Danish parents in Racine, Wisconsin; she grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An interest in amateur theater while in high school led her to Atlantic City in 1932 where she briefly worked as a chorus girl. She moved to Hollywood that same year and got a job as a script girl at RKO Studios and Hal Roach Studios, where she frequently worked on the Our Gang Comedies, next to her husband, cinematographer Francis Corby. She held that position for the next twelve years and took acting lessons on the side.
Career
Corby began her career as a writer, working on the Paramount Western "Twilight on the Trail" and 1947's "Hoppy's Holiday". She landed her first acting job in 1945, playing a maid in RKO's "Cornered"
In 1948 she received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress playing a lovelorn aunt in I Remember Mama (1948). Over the next four decades, she worked steadily in both film and television, often playing maids, secretaries, waitresses or gossips. She was a favorite in western films (including Shane, 1953) and had a recurring role as "Henrietta Porter" in the western television series Trackdown (1957 - 1959). Other television appearances included Wagon Train, The Rifleman, I Love Lucy, The Virginian, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and The Andy Griffith Show.
Her most famous role came in 1971 when she was cast as "Grandma Esther Walton" on the made-for-TV film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, which served as the pilot for The Waltons. Corby would go on to resume the role on The Waltons, which became a weekly series from 1972-1981, and resulted in several sequel films. For her work in "The Waltons", she won her three Emmy Awards and three more nominations as Best Supporting Actress. She left the show early in 1977, due to a massive stroke she suffered, which impaired her speech. She did comeback at the beginning of the 1978 season, and had limited roles, but was forced out of the show for good in 1979.
Private life
Corby was married to Francis Corby from 1934 to 1944; they had no children.
She suffered a serious stroke in 1977 but recovered and went on to appear in several television films based on The Waltons. Her stroke was written into the show, with Grandma Walton also suffering a stroke, and struggling to regain her speech. Her last appearance was in A Walton Easter (1997).
She died at the age of 87 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Trivia
Corby was the only adult actor appearing in The Homecoming who carried her role over to the Waltons series.
Paulette Goddard
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birth name Marion Pauline Levy
Born June 3, 1910
Whitestone Landing, Queens, Long Island, New York, USA
Died April 23, 1990 (age 79)
Ronco sopra Ascona, Ticino, Switzerland
Spouse(s) Erich Maria Remarque (1958-1970)
Burgess Meredith (1944-1950)
Charles Chaplin (1936-1942)
Edgar James (1927-1931)
Paulette Goddard (June 3, 1910 - April 23, 1990),[1] an Oscar-nominated American film and theatre actress. A former child fashion model and in several Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Girl, she was a major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s. Her exceptional beauty and fame led to several marriages to notable men, including Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith, and Erich Maria Remarque, although she never had any children.
Early life
Paulette Goddard's birth name is Marion Pauline Levy. She was an only child, born in Whitestone Landing, Queens, Long Island, New York. Her father, Joseph Russell Levy, was Jewish, and her mother, Alta Mae Goddard, was Episcopalian.[2] Her parents divorced while she was young, and she was raised by her mother. Her father virtually vanished from her life, only later to resurface in the 1940s after she became a star. At first, their relationship seemed genial as she used to take him to her film premieres, but then he sued her over a magazine article that claimed he abandoned her when she was young. They were never to reconcile and upon his death, he left her just one dollar in his will. Goddard offered to pay for his funeral expenses. She and her mother struggled those early years, with her uncle, Charles Goddard (her mother's brother) lending a hand.
It was Charles Goddard who helped his niece to find jobs as a fashion model, and with the Ziegfeld Follies as a teen in 1924. She attended Washington Irving High School in Manhattan at the same time as Claire Wemlinger, who would become acclaimed Oscar-winning actress Claire Trevor.
Career
Her stage debut was in the Ziegfeld revue production No Foolin in 1926. The next year she made her stage acting debut in The Unconquerable Male. She also changed her first name to Paulette and took her mother's maiden name (which also happens to be her favorite uncle Charle's last name) as her own last name. She married an older, wealthy businessman Edgar James in 1926 or 1927 and moved to North Carolina to be a socialite, but divorced him in 1930 and received a huge divorce settlement.
In 1929 she came to Hollywood with her mother after signing a contract with Hal Roach Studios, and appeared in small parts of several films over the next few years, starting with Laurel & Hardy short subjects.
At Samuel Goldwyn Productions, she also joined other such future notables as Betty Grable, Lucille Ball and Jane Wyman as "Goldwyn Girls" with Cantor in films such as The Kid from Spain, Roman Scandals and Kid Millions.
In 1932, she met Charlie Chaplin and began an eight year personal and cinematic relationship with him. Chaplin bought Goddard's contract from Roach Studios and cast her as a street urchin opposite his Tramp character in the 1936 film Modern Times, which made Goddard a star. During this time she lived with Chaplin in his Beverly Hills home.[3]
Their actual marital status was and has remained a source of controversy and speculation. During most of their time together, both remained silent on the matter. At the premier of The Great Dictator in 1940, Chaplin first introduced Goddard as his wife. The couple split amicably soon afterward, and Goddard allegedly obtained a divorce in Mexico in 1942, with Chaplin agreeing to a generous settlement.[3] For years afterward, Chaplin stated that they were married in China in 1936, but to private associates and family, he claimed they were never legally married, except in common law. It is almost certain that Chaplin was attempting to limit further damage to Goddard's career by making this claim.
Goddard began gaining star status after appearing in The Young In Heart (1938), Dramatic School (1938), and a strong supporting role in The Women (1939) which starred Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and Rosalind Russell.
During filming of The Women, Goddard was considered as a finalist for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, but after several auditions, and a Technicolor screen test, lost the part to Vivien Leigh. It has been suggested that questions regarding her marital status with Chaplin, in that era of morals clauses, may have cost her the role.[3]
Nonetheless, in 1939, Goddard signed a contract with Paramount pictures and her next film The Cat and the Canary (1939) with Bob Hope, was a turning point in the careers of both actors.
Goddard starred with Chaplin again in his 1940 film classic The Great Dictator, and then was Fred Astaire's leading lady in the musical Second Chorus (1940), where she met Burgess Meredith. One of her best-remembered film appearances was in the variety musical Star Spangled Rhythm (1943) in which she sang a comic number "A Sweater, a Sarong, and a Peekaboo Bang" with contemporary sex symbols, Dorothy Lamour and Veronica Lake. She received her only Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress, in 1944 for So Proudly We Hail! (1943). During filming of So Proudly We Hail! (1943), a rift occurred between Claudette Colbert and Goddard when Colbert overheard a remark made by Goddard in an interview. Asked which of her costars she preferred, Goddard had replied, "Veronica, I think. After all, we are closer in age". Veronica Lake commented that Colbert "flipped" and "was at Paulette's eyes at every moment" and said that they continued their feud throughout the duration of filming. [4] Goddard (33 at the time) was actually closer to Colbert's age (40) than Veronica Lake's (24). Her most successful film was Kitty (1945), where she played the title role. In The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946), she starred opposite Meredith, by then her husband.
Her career faded in the late 1940s. In 1949, she formed Monterey Pictures with John Steinbeck. Her last starring roles were the English production A Stranger Came Home (known as The Unholy Four in the USA), and Charge of the Lancers in 1954. She also acted in summer stock and on television, including in the 1955 television remake of The Women, playing a different character than she played in the 1939 feature film. In 1964, she attempted a comeback in films with a supporting role in the Italian film Time of Indifference, but that turned out to be her last feature film. Her last acting role was in The Snoop Sisters (1972) for television.
Later life
Goddard was married to actor Burgess Meredith from 1944 to 1949. She suffered a miscarriage while married to him. She had no children. In 1958 she married the author Erich Maria Remarque. They remained married until his death in 1970.
Goddard was treated for breast cancer, apparently successfully, although the surgery was very invasive and the doctor had to remove several ribs. She later settled in Ronco sopra Ascona, Switzerland, where she died a few months before her 80th birthday, following a short battle with emphysema. She is buried in Ronco cemetery, next to her husband and her mother.
In her will, she left US$20 million to New York University (NYU), in recognition of her friendship with Indiana-born politician and former NYU President John Brademas. Goddard Hall, an NYU freshman residence hall on Washington Square, is named in her honour.
There is much inconsistency among published sources regarding Goddard's birth year, largely due the documents recording her death incorrectly reporting a birth year of 1905. However, U.S. Census documents dated April 15, 1910, show her parents living in Manhattan and childless. January 1, 1920 Census documents show Pauline G. Levy, age 9, living with her parents in Kansas City, Missouri.[citation needed]
She was portrayed by Diane Lane in Chaplin.
The brillant barrister F. E. Smith once defended a bus driver against claims that his negligence had caused injury to a young man's arm: "Will you please show us how high you can lift your arm now?" Smith asked the plaintiff. The young man obediently raised his arm to shoulder level, his face contorted with apparent pain. "Thank you," said Smith. "And now, please, will you show us how high you could lift it before the accident?" The man's arm shot above his head.
Well, folks. There's our hawkman with a great group of celebs. Thanks again, Boston Bob, and we love your positive lawyer joke. Those are quite rare.
Some interesting etymology on the movie Some Like it Hot.
Origin
The origins of this rhyme are unknown; it takes its name from a type of porridge made from peas, pease pudding, also known as pease pottage (in Middle English, "pease" was treated as a mass noun, similar to "oatmeal" and it is from that we get the singular pea and plural peas).
Where the terms "pease pudding" and "pease pottage" are used, the lyrics of the rhyme are altered accordingly.
Pease-porridge hot,
Pease-porridge cold,
Pease-porridge in the pot,
Nine days old;
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot,
Nine days old.
As kids, we used to do a hand game to that rhyme.
Well, there's our Raggedy with her famous faces. Thanks again PA for Ellen and Paulette; Leo and Tony.
Speaking of The Waltons, RJB had a birthday recently.
Happy Birthday, John of Virginia.
and, listeners, for Leo.
The Bowery
The Bowery
(words Charles H. Hoyt, Music Percy Gaunt)
Oh! The night that I struck New York
I went out for a quiet walk
Folks who are ""on to"" the city say
Better by far that I took Broadway
But I was out to enjoy the sights
There was the Bow'ry ablaze with lights
I had one of the devil's own nights
I'll never go there any more.
cho: The Bow'ry, the Bow'ry
They say such things and they do strange things,
On the Bow'ry! The Bow'ry!
I'll never go there any more.
I had walked but a block or two,
When up came a fellow and me he knew
Then a policeman came walking by
Chased him away and I asked him, ""Why?""
""Wasn't he pulling your leg?"" said he,
Said I, ""He never laid hands on me!""
""Get off the Bow'ry, you fool,"" said he
I'll never go there any more.
Struck a place that they called a ""dive""
I was in luck to get out alive
When the policeman heard my woes,
Saw my black eyes and my battered nose.
""You've been held up!"" said the ""copper"" fly,
""No, sir! But I've been knocked down!"" said I
Then he laughed, tho' I couldn't see why
I'll never go there any more.
note: From a musical show ""A Trip to Chinatown""
RG
OCT98
East Side, West Side, all around the town
The kids sang "ring around rosie", "London Bridge is falling down"
Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke
We tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York
East Side, West Side, all around the town
Sweet Mamie grew up and bough herself a sweet little Alice-blue gown
All the fellas dug her, you should have heard them squark
When I escorted Mamie round the sidewalks of New York
East Side, West Side, riding through the parks
We started swinging at Jilly's then we split to P.J.Clark's
On to Chuck's Composite, then a drink at The Stork
We won't get home until morning 'cause we're going to take a walk
On the sidewalks of New York
Down in front of Casey's old brown wooden stoop
On a summer's evening we formed a merry group
Boys and girls together we would sing and waltz
While Tony played the organ on the sidewalks of New York
East Side, West Side, all around the town
The tots sang "ring-around-rosie," "London Bridge is falling down"
Boys and girls together, me and Mamie O'Rourke
Tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York
That's where Johnny Casey, little Jimmy Crowe
Jakey Krause, the baker, who always had the dough
Pretty Nellie Shannon with a dude as light as cork
She first picked up the waltz step on the sidewalks of New York
Things have changed since those times, some are up in "G"
Others they are wand'rers but they all feel just like me
They'd part with all they've got, could they once more walk
With their best girl and have a twirl on the sidewalks of New York
Ah, edgar. Love that one, Texas.
And, folks, Tony may have left his heart in San Francisco, but Frank?
Start spreading the news, Im leaving today
I want to be a part of it - new york, new york
These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it - new york, new york
I wanna wake up in a city, that doesnt sleep
And find Im king of the hill - top of the heap
These little town blues, are melting away
Ill make a brand new start of it - in old new york
If I can make it there, Ill make it anywhere
Its up to you - new york, new york
You Oughta Be In Pictures
Rudy Vallee
You oughta be in pictures
You're wonderful to see
You oughta be in pictures
Oh what a hit you would be
Your voice would thrill a nation
Your face would be adored
You'd make a great sensation
with wealth and fame your reward
And if you should kiss the way you kiss
When we're alone
You'd make ev'ry girl and man
A fan worshiping at your throne
You oughta shine as brightly
As Jupiter and Mars
You oughta be in pictures
My star of stars
You know, edgar, in spite of Rudee's having sung through a megaphone, some of his songs were lovely, especially this one, Texas.
Deep night, stars in the sky above
Moonlight, lighting our place of love
Night winds seem to have gone to rest
Two eyes, brightly with love are gleaming
Come to my arms, my darling, my sweetheart, my own
Vow that you'll love me always, be mine alone
Deep night, whispering trees above
Kind night, bringing you nearer, dearer and dearer
Deep night, deep in the arms of love
Come to my arms, my darling, my sweetheart, my own
Vow that you'll love me always, and be mine alone
Deep night, whispering trees above
Kind night, bringing you nearer, dearer and dearer
Deep night, deep in the arms of love
when i gave you stompin' tom's "bud the spud" song yesterday , i forgot to include "the ketchup song" - tom sez : "Ketchup luvs Potatoes" .
so here it is :
Quote:There was a guy from PEI they used to call Podato
He met this young Leamington Ontario Tomato
But he had eyes for other girls & she was a little mushy
So they said well let's get wed there's no sense bein fussy
Chorus:
Baked sized french fries-how they love Tomatoes
So dress em up with Heinz Ketchup-(Ketchup luvs Potatoes)x2
Well he went down to Windsor town to buy a ring on Monday
Saturday they said OK we'll cut the cake on Sunday
[these lyrics are found on
http://www.songlyrics.com]
But Sunday came and what a shame-They had no one to fetch it
Without a cake they just sat and ate-Potato chips and ketchup
Bake sized french fries how they love Tomatoes
So dress em up with Heinz Ketchup- (Ketchup luvs Potatoes)X2
And so this guy from Pei they used to call Podato
Got two boys and a little girl-Two spuds & one Tomato
They romp and run around Leamington and boy when they get hungry
The bottle drips all over the chips way down in the ketchup country.
Chorus
hbg, why is one spelled catsup and the other ketchup?
Well, buddy, I have heard that some folks put mayonaise on fries. yuk!
I always refer to this as the potato song.
Artist: The Flamingos Lyrics
Song: I Only Have Eyes for You
My love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you.
Are the stars out tonight?
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
I Only Have Eyes For You, Dear.
The moon maybe high
but I can't see a thing in the sky,
'Cause I Only Have Eyes For You.
I don't know if we're in a garden,
or on a crowded avenue.
You are here
So am I
Maybe millions of people go by,
but they all disappear from view.
And I Only Have Eyes For You.
letty asked :
Quote:why is one spelled catsup and the other ketchup?
Simple question: complicated answer!
see , letty , now you know the answer
hbg
letty further said :
Quote: I have heard that some folks put mayonaise on fries. yuk!
and the education of letty continues :
Quote:Fries with mayonnaise is a fastfood classic in Belgium, often eaten without any side orders. The limited choice around 1960 between a pickled herring, a cold large meatball boulet or red coloured garlic sausage cervela (both often served deep-fried later on), or a beef or (now rarely) horsemeat stew, became expanded by goulash and a wide variety of deep-fried meats as chicken legs, beef or pork sticks, minced beef and/or pork and/or chicken and/or turkey in all shapes (balls, sticks, sausages) mixed with a dosage of fat and condiments to one's preference, usually factory made. An example of an additional on-the-spot preparation is sometimes in Flanders called mammoet speciaal (mammoth special), a large curryworst (frikandel in the Netherlands) deep-fried and cut so as to put chopped onion in the V-shaped length and dressed with mayonnaise (as real as factory made can be, not frietsaus) and (curry-)ketchup. The earlier of now many available sauces, are mayonnaise, and one called pickles which is actually piccalilly.[27][26] Though Belgians do not sprinkle vinegar on fries, they may eat them with cold mussels out of the shells preserved in vinegar, entirely uncomparable to the national dish with freshly boiled hot mussels served in the shells.[28]
in the Netherlands, vending points are often very similar to the ones in Belgium but called snackbars. Though each country has a few typical accompaniments, many are alike but usually known by different and confusing names in an otherwise for the Netherlands and Flanders common language. Peanut sauce is also popular (also called satay sauce, after the Malayan meat sate on which the same sauce is used). The Dutch also use the word mayonnaise to refer to frietsaus (fries-sauce) a thicker, less acidic sauce made specially to accompany French fries (as made famous in the film Pulp Fiction). Another interesting combination is Patatje Oorlog (Dutch for: French Fries War), which is French fries with a variety of sauces, a variety that differs from region to region, and even from one snackbar to another. While it sometimes means mayonnaise (or rather, frietsaus), peanut sauce and chopped raw onions, in other places it means the fries are accompanied with all condiments available. Dutch snackbars typically offer at least 8 condiments or combinations of them (the condiments are never free in the Netherlands), but some serve up to 40 different styles. The Dutch eat their fries mostly with the famous Dutch snacks such as the kroket and frikandel.
tartar sauce with your fries , letty ?
source - wiki :
...with mayonaise ? YUK ! ...sez letty
Here in the real america we eat chili-cheese fries;
hbg, I get a better education here that I did in grad school. Thanks, buddy.
When I was a kid, I thought that "catsup" was cat soup.
Another Yuk, dys.
Here's what James Taylor likes, folks.
Here's a song about jellyman kelly,
He loves jelly the most.
Ah, but most of all,
Jellyman kelly loves jelly on toast.
And here's the part about jenny mulhenny,
She's a fireman's daughter.
Yeah, but most of all,
Jenny mulhenny loves to boil hot water
Jenny put the kettle on, jellyman kelly,
Can he come home, jenny, can he come?
Jenny put the kettle on, jellyman kelly,
Can he come home, jenny, can he come?
Chorus:
Oh, can he come home, jenny,
Can he come home, jenny can he come?
Oh, can he come home, jenny
Can he come home, jenny, can he come?
Yada yada yada voo doo papa
Yodely doo
Da voody doo doo doo
Yaka yaka yaka yaka hum hon no
(repeat chorus)
That's the story about jellyman kelly-he still loves jelly!
And yes and maybe someday you and me, friend,
We can have tea with him!
(repeat chorus)
here in the "true and great north" we satisfy our tastebuds with POUTINE - the ultimate artery clogging food
Quote:French fries topped with fresh cheese curds and covered with hot gravy (usually brown gravy) and sometimes other additional ingredients. The curds' freshness is important as it makes them soft in the warm fries, without completely melting. It is a quintessential French-Canadian comfort food.
Poutine is a fast food staple in Canada; it is sold by many fast food chains (such as New York Fries and Harvey's) in the provinces, in small diners and pubs, as well as by roadside "poutine trucks" and "fries stands". International chains like McDonalds, A&W, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Burger King now sell mass-produced poutine across Canada. Popular Québec restaurants that serve poutine include Chez Ashton, Lafleur Restaurants, La Belle Province, and St-Hubert
(how did we manage to turn this into a thread of "culinary delicacies" ?)
Well, hbg. We always have special segments on our little cyber station, and that's 'cause we're at the top of the food chain.
Today it's culinary day, but tomorrow it may be napa valley day.
er, Canada. I think I'll let Little Miss Muffet eat those curds. No "whey" would I attempt it.
Love this one, folks.
Food Around The Corner Lyrics
Artist(Band):Green Day
Introducing..Tre` Cool..
Hi!..um..I wrote this song for all uh.. everybody's mom's
(coughing)
Well The..
Food Around the corner, Food Around the corner, Food Around the corner for me..do de do do do do..Food Around the corner, Food Around the corner, Food Around the corner for me. do de do (yeldoling) do de do There'll be Food Around the corner for me...do de do do do do...Food Around the corner, Food Around the corner, Food Around the corner for me!!
