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“She walked in beauty like the night of cloudless glimmer and starry skies, and all that’s best of dark and bright meet in her aspect and her eyes.” When Byron wrote these words, he could easily have been talking about today’s guest. At a very young age, she left her humble beginning in Ohio for the bright lights and glamour of Hollywood, and a career in show business. Despite the immense racial divide and inequality of Hollywood, in the middle of the 20th century, she managed to find work. When there were no roles to be found, she turned to her experience as a singer and dancer. From her youth, she sang with her sister, Vivian, and a childhood friend as a member of the group” The Dandridge Sisters.” Later she sang and danced with her first husband, Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas brothers.
Approximate Word count = 456 Approximate Pages = 1.8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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