Frances Marie Burke was Miss America in 1940. Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
Burke, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first to be crowned at the Boardwalk Hall. [1] Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area - City 369. ... Boardwalk Hall, also known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall is an arena which serves as Atlantic Citys convention center. ...
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^ Miss America History 1940's - Decade in Review. Retrieved on 2006-12-30.
Marie was a fast learner, and seeing what other major stars were doing, notably her friend Mary Pickford who had cofounded United Artists, she decided to form own production company in 1917.
Marie was 55 and for all intents and purposes her career was over, so a memoir seemed appropriate.
Marie had been working on her second memoir for some time and was not able to complete the book she had titled My Own Story.
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