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 career in fashion includes designing a line of jeans for Rock & Republic and later designing her own denim brand, dVb Style.

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 first marriage to Michael Attenborough, the son of British film actor / director Richard Attenborough, lasted from 1971 to 1973.

Her second marriage to Geoffrey Planer lasted from 1977 to 1978.

Her tenure as regent of the Italian lands of the Holy Roman Empire probably lasted from 1117 to 1119, whereupon she rejoined her husband in Lotharingia.

Her advantage lasted only a few months.

Her first marriage, to Paul Drucker in 1981, lasted 40 days ( though they were not formally divorced until 1985 ); she subsequently married Jean-Paul Gourges in 1989.

Her second marriage was to the Italian-born French actor Yves Montand in 1950, a union which lasted until her death.

Her regency lasted until 437, and for the duration Theodosius II gave her his full support.

Her convalescence lasted nearly a year, which she spent at her sister's home in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Her writing partnership with Adolph Green lasted for six decades, during which time they collaborated with other leading entertainment figures such as the famed " Freed Unit " at MGM, Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein.

Her stay in Peru, which lasted until 1968, made her very popular among the citizens of that country too.

Her marriage to Hodges lasted from 1958 until their divorce in 1976.

Her second marriage lasted just over a year and they divorced in March 1936.

Her third marriage, to radio and television director and producer William Spier ( 1906 – 1973 ), lasted from January 25, 1948 until his death.

Her formal education lasted only until age 14, when she enrolled in a French convent school in Rome.

Her career at Covent Garden had lasted for twenty-four years.

Her stories on Standard Oil began in the November 1902 issue of McClure's and lasted for nineteen issues.

Her career lasted nearly seven decades.

Her friendship with Annabella Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth, dates from about this time and lasted for some seven years ; it was brought to an end apparently through the Baroness's unreasonable temper.

Her parents ' marriage lasted only a few years, with her mother re-marrying Clarence Lambour, and Dorothy took his last name.

Her advantage lasted only until July of that year, and she released Stephen in Dec.

Her tenure was short, because the 23rd Dáil lasted only 279 days, and a Fine Gael – Labour Party coalition was elected at the November 1982 general election.

Her so-called " reign " lasted from around 1667, when she first danced with Louis XIV at a ball hosted by the king's younger brother, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, at the Louvre, until her alleged involvement in the notorious Affaire des Poisons in the late 1670s to 1680s.

Her ' treatment lasted something in the region of three years-one of the most protracted and detailed of Freud's early cases '.

Her 1964 Catholic wedding in Rome was granted great publicity but no one was informed that the marriage only lasted a couple of months.