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BIRTHDAY

October 30, 1896

Wollaston, Massachusetts, USA

DIED

August 28, 1985

RECENT CREDITS

Harold and Maude (FILM) Jul. 23, 1999

The Trouble With Spies (FILM) Dec. 4, 1987

Maxie (FILM) Sep. 27, 1985

Delta Pi (FILM) Apr. 19, 1985

Voyage of the Rock Aliens (FILM) Jan. 1, 1985

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BIOGRAPHY

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A distinguished stage actress through much of the first half of the century, Gordon was also a prolific playwright and screenwriter. Married to writer-director Garson Kanin in 1942, she collaborated with him on several George Cukor films, including the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn classics "Adam's Rib" (1949) and "Pat and Mike" (1952).

Though relatively inactive in the 1950s and 60s, her career picked up again in 1968 after her infamously diabolical role as Minnie Castavets in "Rosemary's Baby", for which she won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. Gordon is perhaps best remembered as the octogenarian partner of 20-year old Bud Cort in Hal Ashby's black comedy "Harold and Maude" (1971).

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A Tangled Webb: 1005 Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills

Oct. 30, 2008

Few tales demonstrate just how attached a spirit can become to the posh environs of Beverly Hills like the tale of the quaint Spanish stucco house that was once set at a prestigious corner of Sunset Boulevard at 1005 Rexford Drive, where not one but two stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age reportedly tried to remain, even in death.

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