Good on you Alana. Couldn't help laughing when I saw your name.
Who do you have for us ?
Alan Ladd Jr. first learned his father was a movie star when he was just about 6 years old and saw a preview for one of his upcoming films.
Patriarch Alan Ladd, who appeared in about 150 movies, including 1942s This Gun for Hire and was often paired opposite screen siren Veronica Lake, passed away in 1964 at age 50 from an accidental drug overdose.
His son, a celebrated film industry executive and producer who famously gave Star Wars and Alien the green light in the 70s, said he still has fond memories of the late actor.
I never saw him get caught up in fame, the 81-year-old told Closer Weekly in the magazines latest issue. My stepmother was more involved with the business than he was. She was an extraordinary woman, and he was a good husband and father.
-- Edited by Sheba on Monday 4th of November 2019 10:28:53 PM
Relax-n said
09:18 AM Nov 5, 2019
Sheba wrote:
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Good on you Alana. Couldn't help laughing when I saw your name.
Who do you have for us ?
Thanks Sheba
And yes, he is my name sake, one of my mum's favourites
Nothing to do with cricket - you'll need to aim higher than that!
Cadpete said
06:02 PM Nov 8, 2019
Must be time for another clue - aircraft
Big Gorilla said
10:22 AM Nov 9, 2019
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland - British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer
Cadpete said
06:07 PM Nov 9, 2019
Right you are BG - who do you have for us?
Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. His Mosquito has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production.Wikipedia
Born in London, has her own show on American TV...
Big Gorilla said
01:50 PM Nov 12, 2019
No takers !!! This lady is a British Iranian Journalist and hosts a flagship global affairs interview program. There you go, I've identified her for you !!!!
Amanpour was born in London, England, the daughter of Patricia Anne (Hill) and Mohammad Taghi Amanpour. Her father was Persian, from Tehran. Amanpour was raised in Tehran until age eleven. Her father was Muslim and her mother was Catholic. She is natively fluent in English and Persian and married a Jewish American
Cupie said
11:29 AM Nov 13, 2019
The 'Men of The World' or 'Worldly Men' will remember this one shot wonder Movie Star.
Alan Ladd
Good on you Alana. Couldn't help laughing when I saw your name.
Who do you have for us ?
Alan Ladd Jr. first learned his father was a movie star when he was just about 6 years old and saw a preview for one of his upcoming films.
His son, a celebrated film industry executive and producer who famously gave Star Wars and Alien the green light in the 70s, said he still has fond memories of the late actor.
I never saw him get caught up in fame, the 81-year-old told Closer Weekly in the magazines latest issue. My stepmother was more involved with the business than he was. She was an extraordinary woman, and he was a good husband and father.
-- Edited by Sheba on Monday 4th of November 2019 10:28:53 PM
Thanks Sheba
And yes, he is my name sake, one of my mum's favourites
This one should be very easy....
The Everley Brothers.
Some-one else please post. I'm still having problems. It's taken me 3 hours to get on tonight.
-- Edited by Sheba on Tuesday 5th of November 2019 11:20:30 PM
The Everly Brothers it is Sheba.
Must be the time for it, I am having issues putting up a bio. So I will forgo another posting as well.
OK I'll post one to keep it going. Who's this gentleman.
Must be time for another clue - aircraft
Sir Geoffrey de Havilland - British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer
Right you are BG - who do you have for us?
Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. His Mosquito has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production. Wikipedia
Thank you Pete. Who is this well known lady ?
Born in London, has her own show on American TV...
No takers !!! This lady is a British Iranian Journalist and hosts a flagship global affairs interview program. There you go, I've identified her for you !!!!
Would it be Christiane Amanpour? CNN
It would be Cupie.... Over to you:
12 January 1958 (age 61)
Amanpour & Company (PBS) Anchor (2018present)
This Week (ABC) Anchor (20102011)
60 Minutes (CBS) Reporter (19962005)
(m. 1998; div. 2018)
Amanpour was born in London, England, the daughter of Patricia Anne (Hill) and Mohammad Taghi Amanpour. Her father was Persian, from Tehran. Amanpour was raised in Tehran until age eleven. Her father was Muslim and her mother was Catholic. She is natively fluent in English and Persian and married a Jewish American
The 'Men of The World' or 'Worldly Men' will remember this one shot wonder Movie Star.
G'day Cupie. I think she is one who did not where something important was. Is she Linda Lovelace? Cheers.
Jack ...
Wow! You got it in record time.
I thought that it was going to be difficult.
You must be very intimate with her work. LOL
Over to you .... Well done.
G'day Cupie. I may or may not have seen her work back in the day when I was was just a youngster. Ok all, Who is this?
Cheers.
He seems to be wearing the fashion of that era
G'day Tony Bev. Not him. He was supposedly the first to do something that we find quite common today.
Cheers,
Was it circumnavigating AU ..... like so many of us have done or aspire to ..
Mathew Flinders ... Looks like his nose.
Cheers.
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.
Sorry, double-up.
-- Edited by Sheba on Friday 15th of November 2019 08:46:32 PM
Gday Sheba. That's him. Who do you have for us?
Cheers.
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (13 November 1718 30 April 1792)[1] was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten. During his life, he held various military and political offices, including Postmaster General, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Secretary of State for the Northern Department. He is also known for the claim that he was the eponymous inventor of the sandwich.
Sorry about the delay. Couldn't get on last night.
This should be easy.
Dave Allen?
Sorry Pete. This guy is Australian.