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Actress, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Beautiful Lady

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    Actress, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Beautiful Lady

    Opening scene from author and screenwriter Ruth Gordon (nee Jones, played by Jean Simmons) watching Hazel Dawn (Kay Williams) in The Pink Lady, then with parents (Spencer Tracy, Teresa Wright) in George Cukor's The Actress, 1953.

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Actress, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Beautiful Lady
Opening scene from author and screenwriter Ruth Gordon (nee Jones, played by Jean Simmons) watching Hazel Dawn (Kay Williams) in The Pink Lady, then with parents (Spencer Tracy, Teresa Wright) in George Cukor's The Actress, 1953.>
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