Barbara Nichols was THE go-to woman when you wanted an actress whose very casting spoke volumes about the character. Why use exposition or the script to communicate that a
Profiles of, and insights from, stylish, smart and sassy women. Biographical information, stories, anecdotes and more.
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I Want Thelma Ritter To Be My BFF
If there’s some kind of cafeteria in heaven, I want to sit next to Thelma Ritter. She’ll give me the low-down, tell me who’s full of it, and, the
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Barbara La Marr: Too Beautiful, With a Pretty Crazy Life
When a woman is tagged “too beautiful”, my first instinct isn’t one of pity. So normally Barbara La Marr’s soubriquet – “The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful” – would
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Valerie Harper, Rhoda and Me
I cried when Valerie Harper died. It felt like losing a mother, a sister, a mentor, a friend. I met her just once – I had an on-air gig
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Paulette Goddard Collected Jewels AND Geniuses
Paulette Goddard had this whole dame thing down pat. Wrapping a genius around her little finger, becoming a major movie star, marrying a millionaire — it all came as
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Meet Lulu: Vintage Clothing Entrepreneur and a Very Stylish Dame
I’ve been obsessed with vintage clothes my entire life. In those hoary days before the Internet, my best source for 40s frocks were the vendors I’d haunt at flea
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Gypsy Rose Lee: Burlesque Queen of Dames
People who think Madonna invented reinventing herself have clearly never heard of the equally versatile, equally scandalous no-last-name-needed sexual iconoclast who rose to national attention more than three-quarters of
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Jean Harlow: Blonde Patron Saint of Hollywood Dames
Sexy blondes from Marilyn to Madonna owe 1930s movie superstar Jean Harlow a huge debt. (As does Clairol.) It may be hard for contemporary minds to understand, but blonde
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Aretha Franklin’s Rules For Life
Aretha Franklin wasn’t just a soul singer. Aretha’s soulful pursuits extended well beyond the stage and recording studio. Spirituals weren’t just songs to Aretha – spiritual discipline was a
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Out of the Mouths of Dames…
As you know, dames, like Dorothy Parker here, sure give good quote! Now you can have the best of women’s wit and wisdom at your fingertips. How would you like
