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Encyclopedia > Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming

Rhonda Fleming (born August 10, 1923), nicknamed the "Queen of Technicolor", is an American actress. Born in Hollywood, California as Marilyn Louis, Fleming made over forty films, mostly in the forties and fifties. Her most recent film was Waiting for the Wind (1990). Rhonda Fleming File links The following pages link to this file: Rhonda Fleming Categories: Public domain images ... Rhonda Fleming File links The following pages link to this file: Rhonda Fleming Categories: Public domain images ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


After appearing uncredited in a few films, she began getting bigger roles starting with top featured roles in David O. Selznick's Spellbound (1945), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and another classic thriller The Spiral Staircase (1946). She then co-starred with Bing Crosby in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) based on a book by Mark Twain. Among her most famous movies are: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), While the City Sleeps (1956) and The Big Circus (1959). In (1953), she starred in Serpent of the Nile and became one of a number of leading Hollywood actresses to play the legendary Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra. David Oliver Selznick (May 10, 1902 - June 22, 1965), was an influential Hollywood producer, best known for producing the epic blockbuster Gone With the Wind (1939) which earned him an Oscar. ... Spellbound (1945), a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock, tells the story of the new head of a mental asylum who turns out not to be what he claims to be. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director closely associated with the suspense genre. ... Dorothy McGuire and Kent Smith in The Spiral Staircase The Spiral Staircase is a Hollywood thriller from 1946 directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Dorothy McGuire, Kent Smith, George Brent, Rhonda Fleming, Elsa Lanchester, and Ethel Barrymore. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Bing wooed fans with a sensuous voice, wit, and good looks. ... Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court book cover A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court is a novel by United States humorist and writer Mark Twain, first published in 1889. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. ... Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a 1957 movie starring Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday about the famous October 26, 1881 gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation) Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the City of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that runs from about Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


In retirement she has worked for charities, especially in the field of cancer care, and served on the committees of many related bodies. In 1991 she and her late husband, Ted Mann, set up the Rhonda Fleming Mann Clinic For Women's Comprehensive Care at the UCLA Medical Center. Fleming has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ted Mann (April 16, 1916 – January 15, 2001) was an American businessman, film producer, and screenwriter, who famously changed the name of Graumans Chinese Theater to Manns Chinese Theater when he purchased the National General Theatre chain that owned it in 1973. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ... A small part of the Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce...


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