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(Geraldine Stroock)
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| 29 October 25 |
is born in New York City to Bianca and James Strook, the owner of Brooks Costume Company, New York's top theatrical costumer. She's named after opera diva Geraldine Farrar.
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begins taking dancing lessons when only two years old
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| 42 |
graduates from Julia Richman High School
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is accepted at Syracuse University but decides to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Art and later at the Neighborhood Playhouse
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appears in some summer stock productions like Junior Miss
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| 8 May 44 |
is on Broadway with Follow the Girls
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| 50 |
is off to Italy for the filming of Volcano and later No Sognato Il Paradiso
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| 52 |
appears in summer stock in The Petrified Forest and The Voice of The Turtle
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| December 53 |
actor Farley Granger is fascinated by her. She spreads her career between Hollywood, Broadway, and Italy.
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| 8 May 58 |
marries television writer Herbert Sargent
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| 61 |
divorces Sargent
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| June 64 |
marries screenwriter and novelist Budd Schulberg; he is 12 years her senior. They had been childhood neighbors; he was her babysitter.
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| 70 |
receives the Tony Award for her performance in Brightower, opposite Robert Lansing
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| 75 |
collaborates with her husband on the book Swan Watch
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| 19 June 77 |
dies age fifty-two from cancer/heart attack in Riverhead, New York; she is survived by her second husband, writer Budd Schulberg, her mother, and a sister
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Sources:
Hollywood Players: The Forties by James Robert Parish, Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Motion Picture, Silver Screen Annual, www.IMDb.com |
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