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Joan Caulfield

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Actor
Born:
June 1, 1922 in Orange, NJ
Death:
June 18, 1991 in Los Angeles, CA
Biography:"I happen to be darn lucky that I photograph well in Technicolor," peaches-and-cream complexioned "Joan Caulfield" readily admitted, having just romped through Paramount's "Blue Skies" (1946), opposite "Bing Crosby" and "Fred Astaire", and the equally colorful "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1946), with "Bob Hope". One of those sexually non-threatening blondes who decorated postwar Hollywood escapism, Caulfield had been a model for Harry Conover when discovered by Broadway producer "George Abbott", who cast her in the lead of Kiss and Tell (1943), a typical piece of Americana that lasted a whopping 480 performances and turned the novice into a hot commodity. She signed a contract with Paramount and went on to decorate a series of rather bland musical extravaganzas (her time-stepping with Astaire in "Blue Skies" is hardly memorable) and comedies. Warner Bros. borrowed her for "The Unsuspected" (1947), a pale... Full Biography
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