Carol Channing

Carol Channing has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard. Geena Davis is a member of Mensa International with an IQ of 140. 90210 guest star in 1998!!!!. Having attended school in Sweden as an exchange student, Davis speaks Swedish. On May 10, 2003, she married Harry Kullijian, her high school sweetheart, who reunited with her after she mentioned him fondly in her memoir. In 1999 she placed 24th out of 28 semi-finalists in tryouts for the United States Olympic Archery team. He died before the divorce was finalized. She had a C-section May 9, 2004 to deliver her twins, Kian William Jarrahy and Kaiis Steven Jarrahy.

They remained married for 42 years, but she filed for divorce in 1998, alleging they had had marital relations only twice in that timespan, not surprising since Lowe was gay, a fact she may not have realized when they wed. Reza Jarrahy since September 1, 2001, with whom she has one daughter, Alizeh (born April 10, 2002). In 1956 she married her manager and publicist Charles Lowe. She is currently married to Dr. Her first husband, Theodore Naidish, was a writer; her second, Alexander Carson, was center for the Ottawa Rough Riders Canadian football team (they had one son, Chan, who is a cartoonist). Her ex-husbands include Jeff Goldblum (with whom she co-starred in three films, including The Fly) from 1987-90, and Renny Harlin (who directed her in Cutthroat Island) from 1993-98. She married four times. Davis has been married four times, including her current marriage.

She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Thoroughly Modern Millie, opposite Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore. She received an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Accidental Tourist (1988) and a Best Actress nomination for her role in Thelma and Louise (1991). She reprised the role of Lorelei Lee in the musical Lorelei, and appeared in two New York revivals of Hello, Dolly!, in addition to touring with it extensively throughout the United States. She followed this up with roles in the short-lived television series Buffalo Bill (1983) and Sara (1985). (Channing was probably comforted to know that few who had seen her on stage were impressed by Streisand's bizarre interpretation of the role, an odd combination of Jewish yenta and Mae West.). She was working as a model when director Sydney Pollack spotted her, and cast her in Tootsie (1982) as a soap opera actress. She was deeply disappointed when Streisand, who was far too young for the role, successfully campaigned to play the role of Dolly Levi in the film. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from Boston University in 1979.

Her performance won her the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, in a year when her chief competition was Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl. Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956 in Wareham, Massachusetts) is an American film actress. She truly came to national prominence as the star of Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly! She never missed a performance during her run, attributing her good health to her Christian Science faith. The Fly (1986). She had a featured role in a review, Lend an Ear, where she was spotted by Anita Loos and cast in the role of Lorelei Lee, which was to bring her to prominence. (Her signature song from the production was "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.") Carol's persona and that of the character were strikingly alike: simultaneously smart yet scattered, naïve but worldly. Beetlejuice (1988). Her first Broadway play was Let's Face It, where she was an understudy for Eve Arden. Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).

She kept her heritage secret so she would not be typecast on Broadway and in Hollywood, ultimately revealing it only in her autobiography, Just Lucky I Guess, which was published in 2002, when she was more than 80 years old. The Accidental Tourist (1988). When she left home to attend Bennington College, her mother informed her that her father, a journalist whom she had believed was born in Rhode Island, was actually a light-complected African-American born in Augusta, Georgia who had passed for white, saying that the only reason she was telling her was so she wouldn't be surprised "if she had a black baby". Quick Change (1990). She was born in Seattle, Washington. Thelma and Louise (1991). She is easily recognized by her distinctive voice and wide eyes. A League of Their Own (1992).

Carol Channing (born January 31, 1921) is a United States actress whose career was built largely on two roles, Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Dolly Gallagher Levi in Hello Dolly!. Hero (1992). Sugar Babies (national tour with Mickey Rooney). Speechless (1994). Legends! (national tour with Mary Martin). The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). Hello, Dolly! (revival)(1995). Stuart Little (1999).

Alice in Wonderland (TV movie) (1985). Stuart Little 2 (2002). Shinbone Alley (animated movie) (1971). Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Hello, Dolly! (revival) (1978).

Jule's Friends at the Palace (benefit) (1974). Lorelei (a reworking of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) (1974). Four on a Garden (1971). Hello, Dolly! (1964).

Show Girl (1961). The First Traveling Saleslady ("the film that brought down RKO") (1956). The Vamp (a legendary flop) (1955). Wonderful Town (1953).

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949). Lend an Ear (1948). Proof Through the Night (1942). Let's Face It! (1941).