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Pollyanna, a 12-year-old orphaned daughter of missionaries, arrives in the small town of Harrington to live with her rich and strict aunt Polly Harrington in the 1910s. Pollyanna is a very cheerful, talkative, and radically optimistic youngster who focuses on the goodness of life and always finds something to be glad about, no matter what the ...
She taught herself to yodel from an audiotape and instruction book when she was seven years old, [1] after going to a music convention with country singer Naomi Hills. [2] In 2003, at age 9, Ware won $10,000 in the Yahoo! Yodel Challenge and the Sonic Search for a Star. [3] She was later featured in a Yahoo commercial. [4]
In 1939, 16-year-old Garland had become one of Hollywood's brightest young stars, appearing that year in the MGM musicals Babes in Arms and The Wizard of Oz. Although she was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress of 1954, [ 27 ] and again as Best Supporting Actress of 1961, [ 28 ] the Juvenile Award was the only honor Garland received ...
Meanwhile, 12-year-old Jennifer Phillips, a recent elementary school graduate and aspiring gymnast, is struggling to communicate with her mother and working waitress Sherry following the death of her father, unable to accept her mother's new boyfriend (who was also her father's co-worker), Frank Dawson (Cox).
Inspired by meeting many children around the world during her travels, Cotton decided to become a teacher, but still performed occasionally, especially at western film festivals. She retired from Mount Vernon Elementary School in Bakersfield, California, in early 1997, and died in June, after battling ovarian cancer for three years. [citation ...
The "blue yodel syntax", [7] the combination of blues and yodeling, first appeared in 1923 in the song of the same name composed by Clarence Williams, which was first recorded by Williams' wife Eva Taylor together with Sara Martin, and later in the same year by Bessie Smith. The lyrics read, among other things "I’m gonna yodel my blues away".
Betsy Gay (born February 2, 1929) is an American former yodeler and actress. [1] She was born in Waterford, Connecticut to Charles and Helen Gay, who were also entertainers. She appeared in films, television, and radio shows.
The movie is perhaps best known for the topless and lengthy nude swimming scene by 12-year-old Jennie, which begins with Jennie and Freddie, her closest friend, sneaking slyly to a secluded pond in the woods, where they had swum naked many times in the past. Freddie tells Jennie that he will "beat [her] undressed", but Jennie tells him that ...