Debbie Strong

Nov 27, 2023 | firstforwomen.com | Debbie Strong |Carissa Mosness

The world has never been the same since the news that legendary Star Wars actresses Carrie Fisher and her mom and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) leading lady, Debbie Reynolds, died within a day of each other back in December of 2016. While Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher admittedly had a fraught relationship, it was also one filled with a deep love and appreciation for one another.

Nov 3, 2023 | firstforwomen.com | Debbie Strong |Carissa Mosness

Even if you never missed an episode of the original Mickey Mouse Club when you were a kid (we’re singing the “Mickey Mouse March” in our heads right now!), there was a lot going on behind the scenes that the audience never really knew. After all, the Mickey Mouse Club, which aired on ABC from October 3, 1955 to September 25, 1959, came way before the days of social media or reality television.

Oct 29, 2023 | charlotteobserver.com | Debbie Strong |Abbey Bender

Young Duse,Angela Lansbury, not quite 22, is listed among Hollywood's most distinguished actresses.In "State of the Union" she kept pace with such performers as Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Van Johnson.Now in "The Three Musketeers" she portrays the queen in the Technicolor production which stars Lana Turner, Gene Kelly,June Allyson,Van Heflin, Frank Morgan,Keenan Wynn, John Sutton and Gig Young.In her Hollywood screen debut two weeks before her 18th birthday, Angela received a...

Oct 24, 2023 | womansworld.com | Debbie Strong

Entertainment Learn who didn't like cheesecake and who kept their costumes from the show! By Debbie Strong Updated: October 24, 2023 @goldengirls/Instagram The Golden Girls is one of the most beloved sitcoms of the ’80s. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty as a quartet of senior single women sharing a house in Miami, the popular show racked up 11 Emmys (including one for each of its four stars!). Running from 1985 to 1992, the beloved show was lauded for...

Oct 24, 2023 | modbee.com | Debbie Strong

Brash actress and Broadway legend Elaine Stritch was up for the part of Dorothy, but she lost out after she kept rewriting her own lines — and dropping F-bombs — during her rowdy audition. She hilariously recounted the story in one of her stage shows. Bea Arthur, who who stood a statuesque 5' 10", wasn't just taller than her onscreen mom, the 4'11" Estelle Getty; she was also older than her by three months.