Her father, Robert Lawrence Berenson, was an American career diplomat turned shipping executive ; he was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, and his family's original surname was Valvrojenski.

Her popularity as a radio performer and vocalist, which included a second hit record " My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time ", led directly to a career in films.

Her impact on him was immediate, and her involvement in his career far-reaching, leaving Pitt with limited influence which he found frustrating.

Her movie career included a bit part in It Happened One Night ( 1934 ) and roles in Outlaw Women ( 1952 ), Glen or Glenda ( 1953 ), Body Beautiful ( 1953 ), The Blue Gardenia ( 1953 ), Count the Hours ( 1953 ), Mesa of Lost Women ( 1953 ), College Capers ( 1954 ), Jail Bait ( 1954 ), The Raid ( 1954 ), This Is My Love ( 1954 ), The Opposite Sex ( 1956 ), The Ironbound Vampire ( 1997 ), and Dimensions in Fear ( 1998 ).

Her almost 60-year career crossed most media frontiers with both supporting and leading roles, but she may be best-remembered for playing the sardonic but engaging title character, a high school teacher, on Our Miss Brooks, and as the Rydell High School principal in the films Grease and Grease 2.

Her film career began in earnest in 1937 when she appeared in the films Oh Doctor and Stage Door.

Her husband's academic fraud had been exposed by one of his fellow dons there, destroying his career and driving him to suicide.

Her pediatrician was Benjamin Spock early in his career.

Her singing career received a boost with the help of songwriter / producer / arranger Lee Hazlewood, who had been making records for ten years, notably with Duane Eddy.

Her mother worked in the city as a schoolteacher, while her father pursued a promising career as a homoeopathic doctor and surgeon.

Her first starring role at the studio, in the title role as Mildred Pierce ( 1945 ), revived her career and earned her an Oscar for Best Actress.

Her show business career began when a dance teacher urged her parents to find an agent for her.

Her book, My Chicago ( ISBN 0-8101-2087-9 ), was published in 1992, and covers her life through her political career.

Her career as the primary actress of Fox Studios continued with the advent of sound film, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born ( 1937 ).

Her distinctive colours of blue with buff stripes were carried by horses such as Special Cargo, the winner of the 1984 Whitbread Gold Cup, and Devon Loch, which spectacularly halted just short of the winning post at the 1956 Grand National and whose jockey Dick Francis later had a successful career as the writer of racing-themed detective stories.

Her true professional career began at that 1959 Newport Folk Festival ; following that appearance, she recorded her first album for Vanguard, Joan Baez ( 1960 ), produced by Fred Hellerman of The Weavers, who produced many albums by folk artists.

Her sensual performance in her English-language debut The Unbearable Lightness of Being ( 1988 ), directed by Philip Kaufman, launched her international career.

Her role required just two days on set, but was enough to inspire Binoche to pursue a career in film.

Her career spanned more than six decades.

Her career went through several periods of eclipse, and she admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships.

Her stage work in the late 1950s laid the foundation for her film career in the 1960s.

Tree also pursued four Shakespeare film projects during his career at Her Majesty's.

Her sister Betty sang in a duo with Clooney for much of her early career.

Her coach throughout her athletic career was Peter Fortune.

Her creations in fashion are from many designers because she doesn't want a complete wardrobe from any one designer any more than she wants `` all of her pictures by one painter ''.

Her maternal grandmother was the Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, and her maternal grandfather was Count Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor, a Theosophist and psychic medium.

Her early courtly poetry is marked by her knowledge of aristocratic custom and fashion of the day, particularly involving women and the practice of chivalry.

Her abilities are said to range from fashion designing to hunting.

Her success led to a more lucrative job as a fashion model for PUB.

Promotional Warner Bros. faux-Beatles Rutles five-song 33 RPM 12-inch ( PRO-E-723 ) complete with recreated Lads-in-Nehru-suits portrait in the same fashion and pose as the real Beatles ' portrait released on the sleeve of the Capitol 45 rpm release " I Want to Hold Your Hand " b / w " I Saw Her Standing There " ( Capitol 5112 ).

Her walk is a ladylike retreat, a sign of a losing battle with time and diets and fashion.

Her first and only release for the label was My Friends and Me, a duets album containing reworkings of her old hits, very similar in fashion to her 1998 CD " Dionne Sings Dionne ".

Her former fashion style, which consisted of simple black leggings, turtleneck sweaters and Doc Martens boots, was replaced by ballgowns, catsuits, wigs and excessive make-up.

Her mother was a former corset and fashion model.

Her trademark was an opening dramatic entrance through a door in various high fashion evening gowns.

Her most well-received performances were in comic roles, such as elegant women of fashion like Lady Betty Modish and Lady Townley, and breeches roles.

Her sketches are laid out in a fashion similar to Pre-Rapaelite compositions and tend to illustrate Arthurian legend and other idealized Medieval themes.

Her style of dress typified the period, and the character is still a fashion icon.

Her fashion career started when she worked for many years as a shop girl in America for Giorgio Armani.

Her first name was pronounced in Spanish fashion as " TEL-ma.

" Her niece is fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt.

Her maternal great-grandmother was an American heiress, Jane Campbell ( Princess di San Faustino, by marriage ), and the elder of her two brothers was the fashion designer Egon von Fürstenberg.

Her former sister-in-law is the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg, and an uncle was Gianni Agnelli, the chairman of Fiat.

Her elegant, yet simple, flowing gowns worn in performance were often featured in fashion magazines.

Her fashion sense trends toward the revealing.

Her work in this campaign caught the eye of fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo, who subsequently included her and her mother in his book entitled Scavullo Women.

Her first professional modeling job was in Europe, shooting fashion layouts for Italian and French Bazaar.

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