The Writer's Life 2/3 - Ladies Night

The other night I was switching back and forth between movies on ThisTV and Movies, a station that recently popped up and has a fantastic catalog. I was particularly interested in the careers of two of the featured players, Thelma Ritter and Debra Paget, which led me to research them at IMDb. Ritter was as accomplished a supporting player as there ever was, nominated for six Oscars, never winning, a dubious distinction she shares with Deborah Kerr and Glenn Close. She was excellent at wisecracking wisdom. To my surprise, she has only 44 credits listed. No doubt there would have been many more had she not suffered a fatal heart at 67 in 1969. She did win a Tony in 1958 as Best Actress in a Musical, New Girl in Town. She was married to the same man from 1927 until her death. They had two children. Here’s a pic of this Hollywood great film buffs love:

Debra Paget’s beauty was stunning. She is known to most for her role in The Ten Commandments (1956). She never reached the top plateau of actresses. She has only 45 credits listed. Her last was way back in 1965 on an episode of Burke’s Law. Her sister, Lisa Gaye, has 88 credits. Another sister, Teala Loring (the family name) has 32, and her brother, Frank Griffin, has 19. She was married three times, two were very brief, including one to director Budd Boetticher. The last was to a Japanese businessman, with whom she had a son. That one lasted twelve years. She is born again and living quietly in Texas. Here’s a pic in the glory of her youth:

And here's one of Lisa Gaye:

And one of Teala Loring:

Recently I've been grateful about not suffering any pain issues. I often feel feverish and my neck is hardly ever loose, but from the shoulders down I've felt great. That happy streak has come to an end. As I was shoveling snow yesterday, I felt a sharp stab in the lower left side of my back. I'm re-learning the tricks I used the last time I experienced this, such as laying on my back to put on my socks, and bending at the knees, back straight, to pick something up or to sit. The pain won't prevent me from selling books tomorrow, when the temperature is expected to be in the 40's.

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