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June Allyson: Musicals
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Synopsis: Can it be that June Allyson is Too Young to Kiss in this bit of MGM fluff? Well, not really. Pianist Cynthia Potter (Allyson) is well into her 20s, but she's posing as a 14-year-old musical prodigy. It's part of her desperate effort to become a client of highly selective concert-promoter EricRead More
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Allyson's performance caught the attention of Abbott, who needed someone like her to "ham up" scenes with Nancy Walker in "Best Foot Forward." When the musical got picked up by MGM for a film, Allyson found herself a contract player in Hollywood.
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Allyson was a very popular motion picture star in the 1940s and 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the comedy Too Young To Kiss in 1951. In 1955, she was named the ninth most popular movie star in the annual Quigley Exhibitor's Poll, and the second most popular female star (behind Grace Kelly). In 1956, she starred with a young then-rising star named Jack Lemmon in the musical comedy, You Can't Run Away from It.
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Allyson: The actress, who died Monday at age 88, got her big break in the MGM musicals of the '40s. She put her Best Foot Forward on the big screen, and later tackled TV, including Love Boat and Incredible Hulk.
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