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Crystal Lee Sutton (née Pulley; December 31, 1940 – September 11, 2009) was an American union organizer and advocate who gained fame in 1979 when the film Norma Rae was released, based on events related to her being fired from her job at the J.P. Stevens plant in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on May 30, 1973, for "insubordination" after she copied an anti-union letter posted on the ...
Norma Rae is a 1979 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt from a screenplay written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. The film is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton [4] [5] – which was told in the 1975 book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by reporter Henry P. Leifermann of The New York Times [6] – and stars Sally Field in the title role.
The film Norma Rae, a drama based on a true story about labor union activist Crystal Lee Sutton, had its premiere, released nationwide in the U.S. by 20th Century Fox and starring Sally Field in the title role.
There’s nothing Liza Miller wouldn’t do for her daughter on Younger — and the show’s cast are equally proud of their little ones in real life. “She’s still just a delight,” Sutton ...
Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster are stepping out to confirm their romance hand in hand. The duo were photographed holding hands and gazing into each other’s eyes in Los Angeles on Monday, January ...
The WB; Hatnim Lee/Getty Images "Gilmore Girls" premiered 24 years ago and launched many of its leading cast members to fame. Stars Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, and Melissa McCarthy all went on ...
Based upon southern mill worker Crystal Lee Sutton; received Academy Award 16 Shane Male Alan Ladd: Shane: 1953: 17 Harry Callahan: Male Clint Eastwood: Dirty Harry: 1971: 18 Robin Hood: Male Errol Flynn: The Adventures of Robin Hood: 1938: 19 Virgil Tibbs: Male Sidney Poitier: In the Heat of the Night: 1967: 20 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance ...
Sutton Foster, on the other hand, made up her mind a long time ago. “I honestly had no idea how the series was going to end, but when I read the finale, I thought, ‘How could it have ended any ...