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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Looking Ahead: Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament #6
A look ahead at the Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament, part of which we'll be hosting here at the Monkey.
Voting begins March 5.
Myrna Loy
Birth Name: Myrna Adele Williams
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #2
Birth Date: August 2, 1905
Birthplace: Radersburg, Montana
Height: 5' 6"
Film Debut: What Price Beauty? (1925)
Academy Awards: none
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1934) (The Thin Man) and Best Supporting Actress (1946) (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Three More To See: After the Thin Man, Libeled Lady, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
versus
Margaret Dumont
Birth Name: Daisy Juliette Baker
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #7
Birth Date: October 20, 1882
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Height: 5' 9"
Film Debut: A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
Academy Awards: none
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1932-33) (Duck Soup)
Three More To See: Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Jean Harlow
Birth Name: Harlean Harlow Carpenter
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #3
Birth Date: March 3, 1911
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Height: 5' 1½"
Film Debut: Moran of the Marines (1928)
Academy Awards: none
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1932-33) (Red Dust, Dinner at Eight, Bombshell)
Three More To See: Red-Headed Woman, China Seas, Libeled Lady
versus
Marie Dressler
Birth Name: Leila Marie Koerber
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #6
Birth Date: November 9, 1868
Birthplace: Cobourg, Ontario
Height: 5' 7"
Film Debut: Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Academy Awards: 2 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1930-31) (Min and Bill)
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1929-30) (Anna Christie)
Three More To See: The Patsy, Emma, Dinner at Eight
Voting begins March 5.
Myrna Loy
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #2
Birth Date: August 2, 1905
Birthplace: Radersburg, Montana
Height: 5' 6"
Film Debut: What Price Beauty? (1925)
Academy Awards: none
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1934) (The Thin Man) and Best Supporting Actress (1946) (The Best Years of Our Lives)
Three More To See: After the Thin Man, Libeled Lady, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
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Margaret Dumont
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #7
Birth Date: October 20, 1882
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Height: 5' 9"
Film Debut: A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
Academy Awards: none
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1932-33) (Duck Soup)
Three More To See: Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Jean Harlow
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #3
Birth Date: March 3, 1911
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Height: 5' 1½"
Film Debut: Moran of the Marines (1928)
Academy Awards: none
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1932-33) (Red Dust, Dinner at Eight, Bombshell)
Three More To See: Red-Headed Woman, China Seas, Libeled Lady
versus
Marie Dressler
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #6
Birth Date: November 9, 1868
Birthplace: Cobourg, Ontario
Height: 5' 7"
Film Debut: Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Academy Awards: 2 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1930-31) (Min and Bill)
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1929-30) (Anna Christie)
Three More To See: The Patsy, Emma, Dinner at Eight
Monday, February 27, 2012
Douglas Fairbanks Sez ...
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In that spirit, another promotional banner ...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Looking Ahead: Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament #5
A look ahead at the Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament, part of which we'll be hosting here at the Monkey.
Voting begins March 5.
Carole Lombard
Birth Name: Jane Alice Peters
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #1
Birth Date: October 6, 1908
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Height: 5' 2"
Film Debut: A Perfect Crime (1921)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1942) (To Be Or Not To Be)
Three More To See: Twentieth Century, My Man Godfrey, Nothing Sacred
versus
Gail Patrick
Birth Name: Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #8
Birth Date: June 20, 1911
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Height: 5' 7"
Film Debut: If I Had a Million (1932)
Academy Awards: none
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1936) (My Man Godfrey)
Three More To See: Stage Door, My Favorite Wife, Love Crazy
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Jean Arthur
Birth Name: Gladys Georgianna Greene
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #4
Birth Date: October 17, 1900
Birthplace: Plattsburgh, New York
Height: 5' 3"
Film Debut: Cameo Kirby (1923)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1937) (Easy Living)
Three More To See: Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, The More the Merrier
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Margaret Sullavan
Birth Name: Margaret Brooke Sullavan Hancock
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #5
Birth Date: May 16, 1909
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia
Height: 5' 2½"
Film Debut: Only Yesterday (1933)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Drama) (1938) (Three Comrades)
Three More To See: Little Man, What Now?, The Good Fairy, The Shop Around the Corner
Voting begins March 5.
Carole Lombard
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #1
Birth Date: October 6, 1908
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Height: 5' 2"
Film Debut: A Perfect Crime (1921)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1942) (To Be Or Not To Be)
Three More To See: Twentieth Century, My Man Godfrey, Nothing Sacred
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Gail Patrick
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #8
Birth Date: June 20, 1911
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Height: 5' 7"
Film Debut: If I Had a Million (1932)
Academy Awards: none
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1936) (My Man Godfrey)
Three More To See: Stage Door, My Favorite Wife, Love Crazy
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Jean Arthur
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #4
Birth Date: October 17, 1900
Birthplace: Plattsburgh, New York
Height: 5' 3"
Film Debut: Cameo Kirby (1923)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1937) (Easy Living)
Three More To See: Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, The More the Merrier
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Margaret Sullavan
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Funny Ladies" #5
Birth Date: May 16, 1909
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia
Height: 5' 2½"
Film Debut: Only Yesterday (1933)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Drama) (1938) (Three Comrades)
Three More To See: Little Man, What Now?, The Good Fairy, The Shop Around the Corner
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Barbara Stanwyck Banner #1
Friday, February 24, 2012
Looking Ahead: Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament #4
A look ahead at the Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament, part of which we'll be hosting here at the Monkey.
Voting begins March 5.
Marlene Dietrich
Birth Name: Marie Magdalene Dietrich
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #2
Birth Date: December 27, 1901
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5' 6"
Film Debut: So sind die Männer (The Little Napoleon) (1923)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Drama) (1930-31) (Morocco) and Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1948) (A Foreign Affair)
Three More To See: Shanghai Express, Destry Rides Again, Witness for the Prosecution
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Elsa Lanchester
Birth Name: Elizabeth Lanchester Sullivan
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #7
Birth Date: October 28, 1902
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5' 4½"
Film Debut: The Scarlet Woman (1925)
Academy Awards: 2 nominations, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1935) (Bride of Frankenstein)
Three More To See: The Private Life of Henry VIII, Witness for the Prosecution, Bell Book and Candle
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Joan Crawford
Birth Name: Lucille Fay LeSueur
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #3
Birth Date: March 23, 1905
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas
Height: 5' 5"
Film Debut: Pretty Ladies (1925)
Academy Awards: 3 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1945) (Mildred Pierce)
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Drama) (1945) (Mildred Pierce)
Three More To See: Grand Hotel, The Women, Humoresque
versus
Norma Shearer
Birth Name: Edith Norma Shearer
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #6
Birth Date: August 10, 1902
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec
Height: 5' 1"
Film Debut: The Star Boarder (1919)
Academy Awards: 5 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1929-30) (The Divorcee)
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1931-32) (Private Lives)
Three More To See: The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, A Free Soul, The Women
Voting begins March 5.
Marlene Dietrich
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #2
Birth Date: December 27, 1901
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5' 6"
Film Debut: So sind die Männer (The Little Napoleon) (1923)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Drama) (1930-31) (Morocco) and Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1948) (A Foreign Affair)
Three More To See: Shanghai Express, Destry Rides Again, Witness for the Prosecution
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Elsa Lanchester
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #7
Birth Date: October 28, 1902
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5' 4½"
Film Debut: The Scarlet Woman (1925)
Academy Awards: 2 nominations, 0 wins
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1935) (Bride of Frankenstein)
Three More To See: The Private Life of Henry VIII, Witness for the Prosecution, Bell Book and Candle
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Joan Crawford
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #3
Birth Date: March 23, 1905
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas
Height: 5' 5"
Film Debut: Pretty Ladies (1925)
Academy Awards: 3 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1945) (Mildred Pierce)
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Drama) (1945) (Mildred Pierce)
Three More To See: Grand Hotel, The Women, Humoresque
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Norma Shearer
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #6
Birth Date: August 10, 1902
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec
Height: 5' 1"
Film Debut: The Star Boarder (1919)
Academy Awards: 5 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1929-30) (The Divorcee)
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1931-32) (Private Lives)
Three More To See: The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, A Free Soul, The Women
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Rejected Banners #1
Collect Them All
Monty of All Good Things has created some banners to promote his March Madness Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament.
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I liked those so much, I created some (unofficial) ones of my own.
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Run none, run one, run them all on your blog—but whatever you do, vote, starting March 5th.
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I liked those so much, I created some (unofficial) ones of my own.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Looking Ahead: Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament #3
A look ahead at the Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament, part of which we'll be hosting here at the Monkey.
Voting begins March 5.
Barbara Stanwyck
Birth Name: Ruby Catherine Stevens
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #1
Birth Date: July 16, 1907
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Height: 5' 5"
Film Debut: Broadway Nights (1927)
Academy Awards: 4 nominations, honorary Oscar (1982)
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1941) (Ball of Fire and The Lady Eve) and Best Actress (Drama) (1944) (Double Indemnity)
Three More To See: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Baby Face, Sorry, Wrong Number
versus
Miriam Hopkins
Birth Name: Ellen Miriam Hopkins
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #8
Birth Date: October 18, 1902
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia
Height: 5' 2"
Film Debut: The Home Girl (1928)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1931-32) (The Smiling Lieutenant and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
Three More To See: Trouble in Paradise, The Story of Temple Drake, Design for Living
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Claudette Colbert
Birth Name: Emilie Claudette Chauchoin
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #4
Birth Date: September 13, 1903
Birthplace: Saint-Mandé, France
Height: 5' 4½"
Film Debut: For the Love of Mike (1927)
Academy Awards: 3 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1934) (It Happened One Night)
Three More To See: Imitation of Life, Midnight, The Palm Beach Story
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Mary Astor
Birth Name: Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #5
Birth Date: May 3, 1906
Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois
Height: 5' 6"
Film Debut: Bullets or Ballots (1921)
Academy Awards: 1 win (Best Supporting Actress, 1941) (The Great Lie)
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1941) (The Great Lie and The Maltese Falcon)
Three More To See: Red Dust, Dodsworth, The Palm Beach Story
Voting begins March 5.
Barbara Stanwyck
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #1
Birth Date: July 16, 1907
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Height: 5' 5"
Film Debut: Broadway Nights (1927)
Academy Awards: 4 nominations, honorary Oscar (1982)
Katie Awards: Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) (1941) (Ball of Fire and The Lady Eve) and Best Actress (Drama) (1944) (Double Indemnity)
Three More To See: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Baby Face, Sorry, Wrong Number
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Miriam Hopkins
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #8
Birth Date: October 18, 1902
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia
Height: 5' 2"
Film Debut: The Home Girl (1928)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1931-32) (The Smiling Lieutenant and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
Three More To See: Trouble in Paradise, The Story of Temple Drake, Design for Living
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Claudette Colbert
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #4
Birth Date: September 13, 1903
Birthplace: Saint-Mandé, France
Height: 5' 4½"
Film Debut: For the Love of Mike (1927)
Academy Awards: 3 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1934) (It Happened One Night)
Three More To See: Imitation of Life, Midnight, The Palm Beach Story
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Mary Astor
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "Tough Broads and Pre-Code Babes" #5
Birth Date: May 3, 1906
Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois
Height: 5' 6"
Film Debut: Bullets or Ballots (1921)
Academy Awards: 1 win (Best Supporting Actress, 1941) (The Great Lie)
Katie Awards: Best Supporting Actress (1941) (The Great Lie and The Maltese Falcon)
Three More To See: Red Dust, Dodsworth, The Palm Beach Story
Monday, February 20, 2012
Looking Ahead: Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament #2
A look ahead at the Monty's March Madness Favorite Actress Tournament, part of which we'll be hosting here at the Monkey.
Voting begins March 5.
Mary Pickford
Birth Name: Gladys Marie Smith
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #2
Birth Date: April 8, 1892
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Height: 5' 0½"
Film Debut: The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
Academy Awards: Best Actress (1928-29) (Coquette), honorary Oscar (1976)
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (1917) (Poor Little Rich Girl and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), Best Actress (Comedy) (1927-28) (My Best Girl)
Three More To See: Stella Maris, Tess of the Storm Country, Sparrows
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Janet Gaynor
Birth Name: Laura Augusta Gainor
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #7
Birth Date: October 6, 1906
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height: 5'
Film Debut: Cupid's Rustler (1924)
Academy Awards: 2 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1927-28 for 7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (Drama) (1927-28) (7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)
Three More To See: Lucky Star, State Fair, A Star is Born
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Lillian Gish
Birth Name: Lillian Diana Gish
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #3
Birth Date: October 14, 1893
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio
Height: 5' 5½"
Film Debut: An Unseen Enemy
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, honorary Oscar (1971)
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (1920) (Way Down East), Best Actress (Drama) (1928-29) (The Wind)
Three More To See: The Mothering Heart, Broken Blossoms, The Night of the Hunter
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Gloria Swanson
Birth Name: Gloria May Josephine Svensson
Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #6
Birth Date: March 27, 1899
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Height: 5' 1"
Film Debut: The Misjudged Mr. Hartley (1915)
Academy Awards: 3 nominations, 0 wins
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (1919) Don't Change Your Husband and Male And Female) and Best Actress (Drama) (1950) (Sunset Boulevard)
Three More To See: The Affairs of Anatol, Sadie Thompson, Queen Kelly
Voting begins March 5.
Mary Pickford
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #2
Birth Date: April 8, 1892
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Height: 5' 0½"
Film Debut: The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
Academy Awards: Best Actress (1928-29) (Coquette), honorary Oscar (1976)
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (1917) (Poor Little Rich Girl and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), Best Actress (Comedy) (1927-28) (My Best Girl)
Three More To See: Stella Maris, Tess of the Storm Country, Sparrows
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Janet Gaynor
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #7
Birth Date: October 6, 1906
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height: 5'
Film Debut: Cupid's Rustler (1924)
Academy Awards: 2 nominations, 1 win (Best Actress, 1927-28 for 7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (Drama) (1927-28) (7th Heaven, Street Angel and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans)
Three More To See: Lucky Star, State Fair, A Star is Born
The winner of this match-up will face the winner of:
Lillian Gish
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #3
Birth Date: October 14, 1893
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio
Height: 5' 5½"
Film Debut: An Unseen Enemy
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, honorary Oscar (1971)
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (1920) (Way Down East), Best Actress (Drama) (1928-29) (The Wind)
Three More To See: The Mothering Heart, Broken Blossoms, The Night of the Hunter
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Gloria Swanson
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Tourney Bracket and Seeding: "They Had Faces" #6
Birth Date: March 27, 1899
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Height: 5' 1"
Film Debut: The Misjudged Mr. Hartley (1915)
Academy Awards: 3 nominations, 0 wins
Silent Oscars/Katie Awards: Best Actress (1919) Don't Change Your Husband and Male And Female) and Best Actress (Drama) (1950) (Sunset Boulevard)
Three More To See: The Affairs of Anatol, Sadie Thompson, Queen Kelly
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