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Key Asian star: Keye Luke

Starting next week, TCM has programmed many films featuring Asian-American classic supporting actor, Keye Luke. One of his most famous early roles was...
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French actress Leslie Caron: TCM October star of the month

Leslie Caron is a French actress (American mother) and dancer who began her American career as a waif in musicals. She performed with both Gene Kelly...
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Gilbert Roland: Silent Latin Lover

Gilbert Roland was a Mexican actor who began in silents as a Latin Lover type then made the transition to talkies as a character actor. He had a short...
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Classic Hollywood Beauties 1

Nina Mae McKinney (1912-1967). A sexpot from the 1920s. Her starring role Oscar-nominated film Hallelujah!...
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Classic Ethnic Hollywood 101: Who is the French actor thankful for little girls?

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Maurice Chevalier was a legendary French actor and singer in both France and Hollywood. On film he left behind many signature songs including...
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TCM highlights Sessue Hayakawa on July 31

Probably the only Asian icon to reach leading man star status in American cinema was Japanese-born Sessue Hayakawa back in the teens! He was...
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Classic ethnic Hollywood 101: Who is the Mexican star in High Noon?

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Katy Jurado was a Mexican actress active in Hollywood during the 1950s. She played the role of dark and sultry Mexican Helen Ramirez in High Noon...
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Classic ethnic Hollywood 101: Who is Leigh Whipper?

Leigh Whipper is an underappreciated and mostly unknown African-American film actor. He along with Fredi Washington and other African-American actors...
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Hedy Lamarr, Austrian beauty and brains

In 1944, Look magazine had a contest to determine the most beautiful woman in Hollywood. It was a four-way tie between Gene Tierney, Linda Darnell,...
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Crediting uncredited Tetsu Komai

Japanese-born Tetsu Komai was an often uncredited minor actor in Hollywood films with a long resume spanning the...
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