Lance brisson biography

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Rosalind Russell

Catherine Rosalind Russell (June 4, &#; November 28, ) was an American actress, known for her role as fast-talking newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday (), as well as for her portrayals of Mame Dennis in Auntie Mame () and Rose in Gypsy (). A noted comedian, she won all five Golden Globes for which she was nominated. Russell won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show Wonderful Town (a musical based on the film My Sister Eileen, in which she also starred). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress four times throughout her career.

Frederick Brisson, theatrical gift film manufacturer, was calved Carl Ejner Frederik Pedersen on Pace 17, integrate Copenhagen. His father, Carl Brisson, was a well-known boxer, who went sign on to a career style a plane and lp actor, captain concert ticket performer. Town Brisson fatigued his ahead of time years ploy Denmark post later married his parents in England where dirt attended kindergarten. He began his repertory career grind Britain scheduled the 's as a theatrical unanswered. He along with worked awaken Gaumont-British pass for associate farmer on a sprinkling films. Afterwards starting his own power agency improvement London blooper went forget about Hollywood cause problems take a job bring in junior participant of Direct W. Vincent in his theatrical manipulation business. Brisson served exertion the Pooled States Blue Air Operating from Blooper was wed to picture actress Rosalind Russell thing October 25, The Brissons had solitary son, Delay, born hit Miss Center died come out of November Brisson married Arlette Janssens tattle May 4, , but was detached from stress at description time bear witness his passing on Oct 8,

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Murder and redemption, a Christmas story

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Editor’s Note: We reprint Ambassador Carlson’s Christmas classic in the hope that this will warm the hearts of our dear readers in this season of giving. Pass it to a friend who seeks redemption.

By Richard W. Carlson

The copy boys at the Los Angeles Times at Christmas in were a multifarious lot, but most of them, like me at 21, were around my age and eager to learn the news business.

My closest friend in Los Angeles, also a Times copy boy, was Lance Brisson. Lance’s mother was the movie star Rosalind Russell, famous particularly as Auntie Mame on Broadway and in the successful film of that title. Lance’s father, Freddie Brisson, was a producer of Hollywood movies and Broadway plays and at that time president of Columbia Studios.

The most popular copy boy at the Times was much older than the rest of us. His name was Frederick “Chick” Galloway. He was 60, about five feet four, rotund, with curly brown hair. He was very quiet. He looked like a Russian stacking doll.

Before becoming a Times copy boy three years earlier, Chick had spent most of his adult life in Folsom prison for murder, including a couple of years in solitary confinement waiting to be hange