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Keating's career began in her native Northern Ireland where she presented Greenrock, a music programme, but her big break undoubtedly came when was selected to join the Blue Peter team. Keating brought a new, "trendy" image to the programme, and was extremely popular with both male and female viewers because of her looks and fashion-conscious image. She appeared on the programme alongside Janet Ellis, Peter Duncan, Yvette Fielding, John Leslie and Mark Curry. Highlights of her Blue Peter career included a trip to Moscow in 1987 when p ...

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The movie was based on a story by Paul Gallico, considerably adapted by Helen Deutsch, and was later made into a stage musical, Carnival!. It won the Academy Award for Original Music Score and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Leslie Caron), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color, Best Cinematography, Color, Best Director (Charles Walters) and Best Writing, Screenplay. Leslie Caron and Mel Ferrer's rendition of "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" was released as a record, and became a minor hit, reachi ...

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2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Boulogne-Billancourt is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 8.2 km. (5.1 miles) from the center of Paris. Boulogne-Billancourt is a sous-préfecture of the Hauts-de-Seine département, be ... Including:

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An early known instance of using two points and a semicircle to represent a smiling (and frowning) face is in a newspaper advertisement in the New York Herald Tribune, March 10, 1953, on page 20, columns 4–6. Promoting the film Lili, starring Leslie Caron, the ad read as follows: Today You'll laugh You'll cry [frown] You'll love [heart-shaped face] Lili The film opened nationwide, so the ad may have run in many newspapers.

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The animated TV show Code: Lyoko is reportedly set in Boulogne-Billancourt. (source: French English) The headquarters of Renault lies in Boulogne-Billancourt. Boulogne-Billancourt - Births. Boulogne-Billancourt was the birthplace of: Anna Gavalda (born 1970), novelist Leslie Caron (born 1931), film actress and dancer Edith Cresson (born 1934), politician, former Prime Minister of France Daniel Buren (born 1938), conceptual artist Bertrand Blier ...

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Jacqueline Perrault - Lana Turner (Seasons 1-2) Dr. Michael Ranson - Cliff Robertson (Season 3) Francesca Gioberti - Gina Lollobrigida (Season 4) Anna Rossini - Celeste Holm (Seasons 4-5) Jordan Roberts - Morgan Fairchild (Season 5) Kit Marlowe - Kim Novak (Season 6) Roland Saunders - Robert Stack (Season 6) Vince Karlotti - Marjoe Gortner (Season 6) Nicole Sauget - Leslie Caron (Season 7) Liz McDowell - Lauren Hutton (Season 7) Carlton Travis - Eddie Albert (Season 7) Madame Malec - Ursula Andress (Season 7) Lillian Nash - Eve Arden (Se ...

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Cinema of France - Actors. Isabelle Adjani Renée Adorée Anouk Aimée Mathieu Amalric Fanny Ardant Jean-Pierre Aumont Daniel Auteuil Charles Aznavour Emmanuelle Béart Monica Bellucci Juliette Binoche — Academy Award winner for her role in The English Patient Bernard Blier Bourvil Charles Boyer Capucine Leslie Caron Vincent Cassel Aurore Clément< ...

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The movie won the Oscar for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, which was written directly for the screen by S.H. Barnett, Peter Stone & Frank Tarloff. The movie was also nominated Best Film Editing & Best Sound at the Academy Awards. The movie was Nominated for the 1965 Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy award. ...

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The film was nominated for an Oscar in nine categories, and won all nine. Academy Award for Best Picture Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Academy Award for Directing (Vincente Minnelli) Golden Globe Award for Best Director (Vincente Minnelli) Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Vincente Minnelli & assistant, George Vieira) Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (Hermione Gingold)

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As Actor: For Me and My Gal (1942) Pilot #5 (1943) Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) Thousands Cheer (1943) The Cross of Lorraine (1943) Cover Girl (1944) Christmas Holiday (1944) Anchors Aweigh (1945) (also choreographer) Ziegfeld Follies (1946) Living in a Big Way (1947) The Pirate (1948) (also choreographer) The Three Musketeers (1948) Words ...

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She was born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas, the second child of Raymond Francis Reynolds (1903-1986) and Maxine N. Harman (1913-1999). Her family moved to Burbank, California, in 1939. In 1948 she won the Miss Burbank Beauty Contest which resulted in a motion picture contract with Warner Bros. They gave her a new first name and cast her for small roles in two movies. Reynolds then signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and was cast in Three Little Words which starred Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. Her appearance ...

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