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Born on this date. This British-American celebrity was born to Amercan parents residing in Northwest London in Hampstead Garden Suburb.
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Life History
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Shortly before the beginning of World War II, her parents decided to return to the United States to avoid hostilities. Her mother took the children first, arriving in New York
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Appeared in her first motion picture at the age of nine, her only film for Universal. After less than a year, however, the studio fired the actress for unknown reasons.
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She was offered a long-term contract at the beginning of 1943 by MGM
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After a successful carrer as a child actor, her first adult role came in 1949
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Married her first of seven husbands
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She was nominated for an Academy Award for 'Best Actress' four years in a row
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In 1959, at age 27, after nine months of study, she converted from Christian Science to Judaism, she was a follower of Kabbalah and a member of the Kabbalah Centre.
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She became the highest paid actress up to that time when she signed a $1 million dollar contract to play the title role a 20th Century Fox's production of a well known historical figure. The film was released in 1963.
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Married her most famous husband
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She was one of the first major stars to pose (mostly) nude in Playboy in the 1960's, and among the first to remove her clothes onscreen.
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She received her second Acaademy Award
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Divorced him
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Remarried husband for the second time !
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Divorced husband for the second time
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In 1971, she became a grandmother at the age of 39, she herself had 2 sons and 2 daughters
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Kitty Kelley wrote the first unauthorized biography of the actress in 1981, which the actress denounced.
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In 1983 she admitted to having been addicted to sleeping pills and painkillers for 35 years.
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She was treated for alcoholism and prescription drug addiction at the Betty Ford Clinic for seven weeks from December 1983 to January 1984, and again from the autumn of 1988 until early 1989.
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She was one of the first celebrities and public personalities to fund HIV and AIDS related charities, organizing and hosting the first AIDS fundraiser in 1984, to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles.
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She received the French Legion of Honour in 1987
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She was honored with a special Academy Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her HIV/AIDS humanitarian work.
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She was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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Reportedly she had a Jewellery collection worth over $150 million and a huge love of jewellery, Her enduring collection of jewellery has been documented in her book 'My Love Affair with Jewelry'
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She appeared on Larry King Live to refute the claims that she had been ill, and denied the allegations that she was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and was close to death.
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In February 2011, new symptoms related to heart failure caused her to be admitted into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for treatment, where she remained until her death at age 79 on March 23, 2011, surrounded by her four children.
