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A photo of Jan Smithers

Jan Smithers poses for the camera. Not much needs to be said here....

Here's a clip of Jill Townsend in her very first appearance on television, on the short-lived Burt Reynolds cop series Hawk. The episode, titled 'The Living End of Sisterbaby', originally aired in November, 1966 and serves as a very fine TV debut for the young Jill Townsend. Less than a year later she would become part of the core cast of another series, Cimarron Strip. Seeing her on Hawk, you can really get a sense of Jill Townsend's magnetic charm and its no wonder she went on to have a great acting career during the following decade.

Genevieve Bujold stars in Mistress of Paradise

In 1981, Genevieve Bujold starred in Mistress of Paradise, a TV movie made for the ABC network. The project also featured Chad Everett, Anthony Andrews and Olivia Cole. Some contemporary press indicated that this movie was Genevieve Bujold's television debut, which is not entirely accurate. Previously, in 1967 and 1976, she had appeared in two other TV projects which were both part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series. However, Mistress of Paradise was Genevieve Bujold first proper TV movie, since her prior TV features, Saint Joan and Caesar and Cleopatra, were both adaptations of stage plays. The article included below makes the distinction that Mistress of Paradise is her "motion picture for television debut."

Genevieve Bujold and Chad Everett

Here are some vintage newspaper clippings concerning Mistress of Paradise:

And here is what the above image actually looks like:

Genevieve Bujold 1970 magazine feature

Here's a cool clipping from a 1970 issue of LIFE magazine from a feature titled 'Actress Who Are Real People'. Genevieve Bujold is one of 10 actresses who, after being prompted by an interviewer, "defines for herself just who and what she is." (Click the image below if you want to see it in a larger size)

Charlotte Rampling in the newspapers 1969-74

Throughout her career, Charlotte Rampling has always gotten a lot of press attention. Though she began acting in the UK in 1965, it took nearly a decade to really launch her as a 'name' in the US. Still, Charlotte Rampling did get coverage by the American papers in the early days and the following is a selection of various newspaper clippings concerning the actress and her rise to major fame.

1969

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1971

1972

One of the interesting things about the following article is that it mentions that Charlotte Rampling is slated to be Ryan O'Neal's co-star in the movie The Thief Who Came to Dinner. The role ended up being played by another British actress, Jacqueline Bisset.

1974

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Why was Glynis Barber unhappy in 1985?

Here's a piece of vintage UK tabloid press concerning actress Glynis Barber. Of course, she's not really unhappy and the headline was created to capitalize on a handful of quotes. Apparently, Glynis Barber had mentioned that she didn't like the way she looked and this lead to some outrage.

Kay Lenz: Two-Hour Face

Here's a nice article that, in slightly different forms, was making the rounds in various North American newspapers in the summer of 1982 as Kay Lenz was promoting her new movie, Fast-Walking.