Ella Fitzgerald, 1948
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong in the recording studio, 1956
Ella and Marilyn | 1950s
“I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt…it was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the ’50s. She personally called the owner of the Mocambo, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she promised she would take a front table every night.
She told him – and it was true, due to Marilyn’s superstar status – that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman – and ahead of her time and she didn’t know it.”
– Ella Fitzgerald
Olivia de Havilland (Andy Gotts, 2014)
bros and babes honestly i'm on my other tumblr account so much more than this one ---> aketou.tumblr.com
THE SIGNS AS OLD HOLLYWOOD ACTRESSES
Aries: Bette Davis
Taurus: Judy Garland
Gemini: Natalie Wood
Cancer: Vivien Leigh
Leo: Katharine Hepburn
Virgo: Grace Kelly
Libra: Rita Hayworth
Scorpio: Ava Gardner
Sagittarius: Elizabeth Taylor
Capricorn: Lauren Bacall
Aquarius: Audrey Hepburn
Pisces: Marilyn Monroe
Natalie Wood sits with her portrait painted by Margaret Keane.
I’ll never forget her arrangements. Nor her love of Alex Korda. Nor all those cats. Her ridiculous laughter, her fabulous generosity of heart and her guts in adversity.
- David Niven
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where I live: new zealand where I would like to live: california or paris favorite food: chocolate sexual orientation: asexual single/taken: single favorite book(s): gone with the wind eye colour: brown favorite film(s): a streetcar named desire, moulin rouge favorite TV show: ahs, parks and rec favorite band/singer(s): amy winehouse, lana del rey if I have any pets: 3 cats, can't wait til I'm a cat lady what i’m listening to right now: nothin what’s my ringtone: the whistle from kill bill celebrity crush: olivia de havilland and vivien leigh <33333 baes
Olivia de Havilland and Jane Wyman, My Love Came Back (1940)
^^^ funniest thing i’ve read all fucking day
no but honestly, if you were Olivia de fucking Havilland, wouldn’t you also hug yourself?
Vivien Leigh, That Hamilton Woman, 1941
Vivien Leigh shutting down twat Kenneth Tynan’s ridiculous statement.
“I am not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity. Actresses go on for a long time and there are always marvelous parts to play.” — Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh, 1930’s
Olivia de Havilland goes over the script of Captain Blood, 1935
Grace Kelly. Hollywood Hills portrait by Howell Conant, 1955.