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Carol Channing
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Actor Born: January 31, 1923 in Seattle, WA Biography:The daughter of a Christian Science lecturer, "Carol Channing" endured the rigors of Bennington College for one year before dropping out to try her luck as an actress in New York. Channing made her first Broadway appearance in 1941's Never Take No for an Answer; two years later, she understudied "Eve Arden" in the musical hit Let's Face It. Developing her own inimitable personality -- the wide-eyed, raspy-voice soubrette who is neither as dumb nor as crazy as she seems -- she scored her first hit in the 1948 revue Lend an Ear, which won the New York Drama Critics Award. In 1949, she starred as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, introducing the immortal golddigger's anthem "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." She lost the Lorelei Lee role to "Marilyn Monroe" in the 1952 film version of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", and not without some justification: Like "Bert Lahr", "Fanny Brice", and other... Full Biography
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