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Audrey Young (journalist)
Audrey Young (October 30, 1922 – June 1, 2012) was an American film actress and a Big band, big-band singer who was most active in the 1940s. She was the wife of director Billy Wilder. Early years Young was born in Los Angeles, California, Her father, Stratton Young, built sets for films. Career Young was a contract actor with Paramount Pictures in the 1940s, appearing in approximately 20 films from 1944 to 1949. Her film debut came in ''Lady in the Dark (film), Lady in the Dark'' (1944). She had sung with Tommy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey's orchestra before becoming an actress, and she sang (either solo or as part of a group) in several films, including ''Blue Skies (1946 film), Blue Skies''. Most of her roles were small and uncredited, with only a few exceptions like ''Danger Street (1947 film), Danger Street'' and ''The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap''. Her final film appearance was in ''Love in the Afternoon (1957 film), Love in the Afternoon'' (1957) in an uncredited role as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
