Kay Thompson (84 page)

Martin, Mary,
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Martin, Skip,
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Martin, Tony,
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Martina, Tiger,
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Marx, Chico,
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Marx, Groucho,
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Marx, Samuel,
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Mason, James,
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Mason, Pamela Kellino,
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Mason, Portland,
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Massey, Ilona,
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Massine, Leonide,
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Mastroianni, Marcello,
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Matera, Barbara,
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Matter of Time, A
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Matthews, Lucille,
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Mattis, Jack,
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Maxwell, Marilyn,
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Mayer, Freddie,
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Mayer, Louis B.,
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Mayfield, Curtis,
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MCA,
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McLeod, Norman Z.,
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McCormack, Patty,
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McCracken, Joan,
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McDonald, Ray,
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McFarland, Hughie,
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McHugh, Jimmy,
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McMurtrie, Burt,
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McQueen, Steve,
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Medeiros, Stanley,
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Meet Me in St. Louis
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Meet the People
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Melcher, Martin,
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Melody Girls,
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Mel-Tones,
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Mercer, Charles,
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Mercer, Johnny,
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Merman, Ethel,
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Meron, Neil,
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Merrymakers Hour, The
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Mesta, Perle,
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Methuen, Paul,
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executives’ affairs with actresses at,
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Freed Unit at,
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Kay at,
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Paramount deal for
Funny Face
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protection of stars’ reputations by,
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talent loaned to other studios by,
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vault and archive of,
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Williams Brothers and,
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute of,
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Metropolitan Opera,
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Meyer, Joseph,
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MGM Records,
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Midler, Bette,
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Migliacci, Franco,
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Miller, Ann,
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Miller, Arthur,
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Miller, Buzz,
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Miller, David,
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Miller, Marjorie,
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Miller, Nolan,
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Miller, Robert Ellis,
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Mills Brothers,
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Minnelli, Liza,
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Minnelli, Vincente,
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Minoff, Philip,
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Miracle Worker, The
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Mirisch, Walter,
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Miss Liberty
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Miss Pooky Peckinpaugh and Her Secret Private Boyfriends Complete with Telephone Numbers
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Mr. Music
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Mr. Wonderful
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Mitchell, Caroline,
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Moffett, Adelaide,
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Monday Night Show, The
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Monroe, Marilyn,
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Montgomery, Robert,
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Moore, Booth,
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Moore, Garry,
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Moore, Mary Tyler,
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Moore, Robert,
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Moorehead, Agnes,
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Morris, Bob,
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Morris, Chester,
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Morrison, Charlie,
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Morton, David,
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Mosfilm,
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Moss, Ruth,
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Moyer, Ray,
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,
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Muir, Florabel,
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Mundy, Meg,
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Munsel, Patrice,
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Murder on the Orient Express
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Murder, She Wrote
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Murrow, Edward R.,
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Musicians Emergency Fund, Hospitalized Veterans Service of,
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Music Maids,
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Music Man, The
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Music for Millions
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Music in My Heart
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My Fair Lady
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Nabokov, Vladimir,
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Naditz, Chinkie,
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Nasalli-Rocca, Annalisa,
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Nash, Clarence,
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Nash, Ogden,
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National Broadcasting Company (NBC),
see
NBC Radio; NBC Television

Natwick, Mildred,
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Nazimova, Alla,
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NBC Radio,
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Kay on
Hit Parade
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Pacific Coast Network,
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NBC Television,
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Kay’s guest appearances on,
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see also Today Show, The
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Tonight Show, The

Nelson, Ralph,
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Neufeld, Mace,
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New York, New York
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New York Stories
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Newburger, Elizabeth,
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Rinker, Elizabeth

Newburger Newbury, Woody,
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Newman, David,
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Ney, Richard,
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Nicholas Brothers,
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Nichols, Mike,
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Nicholson, Anne,
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Niehans, Paul,
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Nine
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Niven, David,
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Nixon, Richard M.,
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No, No, Nanette
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Nolan, Kathleen,
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Nolan, Lloyd,
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No Leave, No Love
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Nordstrom, Ursula,
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Norell, Norman,
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Norman, Loulie Jean,
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Norvas, Bill,
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Novak, Kim,
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NRB Associates, Ltd.,
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Nugent, Elliott,
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Nureyev, Rudolf,
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Nussbaum, Emily,
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Nye, Carroll,
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Oberon, Merle,
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Oberstein, Eli,
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O’Brian, Jack,
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O’Brien, Margaret,
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O’Callaghan, Mary Anne,
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Ocean’s Eleven
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O’Connor, Donald,
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O’Connor, Ginny,
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Odets, Clifford,
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O’Donoghue, Michael,
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O’Hara, John,
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Ohrbach, Richard,
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Okays,
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O’Keefe, Walter,
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Oliver, W. E.,
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Olivier, Laurence,
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Olson, Nancy,
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Omnibus
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Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy,
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Ono, Ted,
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On the Town
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Opposite Sex, The
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Osborne, Robert,
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Oscars,
see
Academy Awards

Out of This World
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Ozel,
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Paar, Jack,
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Page, Patti,
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Pahlmann, William,
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Paige, Janis,
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Paige, Raymond,
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Pajama Game
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Paley, William S.,
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Pal Joey
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Pan, Hermes,
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Papa’s Delicate Condition
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Paramount Pictures,
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