Kay Thompson (86 page)

Simon & Schuster,
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–12,
214
–16,
218
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285
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349
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374
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383

Simpson, O. J.,
376

Sinatra, Frank,
xiv
,
109
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154
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156
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183
–84,
199
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257
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284
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300
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302
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308
–10,
321
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337

coached by Kay,
106
–7,
138
,
250

death of,
379

Mob ties of,
152
,
161
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298
,
308

in movies,
58
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106
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107
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122
–23,
129
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138
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171
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243
,
306
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307
,
344

on radio,
19
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122
,
316

in Rat Pack,
200
,
306
–8

as teen idol,
93
,
151

on television,
183
,
237
,
309
–10,
312
,
313

Sinatra, Tina,
308

Singin’ in the Rain
,
184
,
243
,
316

Six, Bob,
190

Six Hits and a Miss,
93
,
96

60 Minutes
,
165

Skelton, Red,
316
,
317

Skinner, Cornelia Otis,
212

Skylarks,
100
,
114

Slifka, Barbara,
256

Sloane, Everett,
82

Sloane, Robert,
81
–82

Smedburg, Johnny,
27
,
50
,
62

Smith, Alexis,
353
–54

Smith, Bill,
180

Smith, Christina,
358
–59,
364
,
368

Smith, Gary,
326
–27

Smith, Jack,
27

Smith, Jerrie Marcus,
11
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188

Smith, Kate,
22
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69
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83
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186

Smith, Liz,
350

Smits, Sonja,
134

Snow, Carmel,
242
,
249
,
251
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257
,
266

Something for the Boys
,
105

Something in the Wind
,
105

Sondheim, Stephen,
298
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329
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343
,
353

Song of the Thin Man
,
142

Sonnabend, Paul,
286

Sothern, Ann,
79
,
256

Soumayah, M’hammed,
372
,
373

South Pacific
,
178
–79

Spain, Nancy,
258

Spanier, Ginette,
258

Spelling, Aaron,
179
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237
,
318
,
319

Sperzel, Martin,
27

Spier, Greta,
see
Kiernan, Greta Spier

Spier, Margaret,
see
Angeli, Margaret Spier

Spier, Peter,
92

Spier, William “Bill,”
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71
–72,
78
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79
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144
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151
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157
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295

heart attacks of,
104
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116

marriage of Kay and,
92
–96,
99
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–104,
110
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116
–17,
121
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130
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131
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133
–36,
140
–42,
145

radio shows of,
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–85,
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–92,
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–104,
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–24,
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television shows of,
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–22

Spigelgass, Leonard,
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,
256
,
316

Spoto, Donald,
249

Springer, John,
299

Spring Is Here
,
317

Sprouse, Stephen,
360

Stage Door
,
91

Standard Oil 75th Anniversary Show, The
,
266
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299
–301

Stander, Lionel,
82

Stanwyck, Barbara,
33
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181
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186
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236

Star Is Born, A
,
241
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312

Stark, Ray,
220

Starlighters,
138
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139

Starr, Irving,
77
,
93
,
105

Steck, Steve,
195

Steele, Fred,
89

Steel Magnolias
,
297

Stein, Herb,
184

Steinman, Samuel,
260

Step Lively
,
107

Stepping Out
,
373

Sterile Cuckoo, The
,
350
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353
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356

Stevens, Gary,
78
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80
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90
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171

Stevens, Inger,
225
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Stevens, Marti,
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175
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323
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340
–41

Stevenson, Adlai,
307

Stewart, Jimmy,
109

Stewart, Michael,
260

Stillman, Deanne,
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Sting,
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–77

Stoll, Georgie,
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–99,
127

Straeter, Ted,
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–62,
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Strauss, Louie,
154

Streep, Meryl,
383

Streisand, Barbra,
193

Strickling, Howard,
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133

Strip, The
,
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Stritch, Elaine,
314

Stuart, Gloria,
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Sturges, Katharine,
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Sturges, Preston,
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Styne, Jule,
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Subject Was Roses, The
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Sullavan, Margaret,
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Sullivan, Ed,
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Summer Holiday
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Sunset Blvd.
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Sun Spots,
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Superfly
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Susann, Jacqueline,
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Suspense
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–37,
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Swanson, Gloria,
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Sweeney Todd
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Sweet Danger
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Swing Fever
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94

Swing Time
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Szende, Julie Hurd,
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369

Tall, Dark and Handsome
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Tallman, Robert,
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Taylor, Elizabeth,
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Taylor, Theodore,
321
–22

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
,
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–53,
355
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Theodora Goes Wild
,
315

Thiele, Bob,
283

This Is Show Business
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180

This Time for Keeps
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Thomas, Bob,
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Thompson, Jimmy,
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Thompson, Kay

adolescence of,
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–17

affair with Andy Williams,
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–67,
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320
–30,
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affair with Dave Garroway,
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as band vocalist,
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27
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–40,
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birth of,
5

book projects of,
344
–46,
352
–53 (
see Eloise
books)

and Broadway shows,
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–67,
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80
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303
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–14

childhood of,
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–9

Christian Science beliefs of,
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–60,
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341

as classical pianist,
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–14

as creative consultant for television shows,
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–304,
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–13

death of,
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education of,
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Eloise as alter ego of,
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family background of,
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–4

and fashion world,
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–41,
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–50,
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–59,
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–68,
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–43,
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–65

female impersonator of,
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–94,
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health problems of,
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–10,
143
–44,
171
,
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–65

Hollywood night life of,
117
–19

and Kennedys,
306
–12

Liza mentored by,
350
–52,
355
–59,
366
–69

Liza’s homage to,
xiii–xiv
,
384

in London,
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–85,
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–74,
302
–3,
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–41

marriage of Bill Spier and,
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–96,
99
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101
–104,
110
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116
–17,
121
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133
–36,
140
–42,
145

marriage of Jack Jenney and,
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–58,
68
–69,
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–79,
123

at MGM,
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81
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–105,
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–16,
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–23,
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–30,
137
–39,
141
–45,
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234
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250
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290
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295
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305
,
367

movie roles for,
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–60,
89
–91,
123
–25,
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,
166
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169
–71,
314
–17,
338
–40,
354
–55 (
see also Funny Face
)

in musical revue,
32
–35

nightclub act of,
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80
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–68,
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–82,
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–94,
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–202,
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323

old age of,
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–79

in Paris,
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–82,
188
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254
–57,
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–64,
281
–82

plastic surgery of,
7
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18
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24
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197
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247
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254

radio career of,
19
–32,
34
–56,
69
–74,
76
–78,
80
,
81
–85,
108
–9

and Rat Pack,
xiv
,
199
–200,
306
–7

records of,
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81
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90
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–19,
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–84,
384

roles turned down by,
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–76,
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,
343

in Rome,
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330
,
333
–44,
348