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McKnittey Musings — consciously crafting

Knitting Saves Lives

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The caption in Getty Images reads. . ."England, 1940, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) pictured with her two daughters Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret as they take part in knitting to help with war charities during World War Two."

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Hollywood Knitting - Doris Day

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This week's post is about Doris Day. I do not even know where to start or end with her. Her knitting just seems to be icing on the cake. She was in the first movie to gross $1 million, "That Touch of Mink" with Cary Grant. As of 2012, she was the box office ranking actress of all time and among the top 6 actors of all time.

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Hollywood Knitting - Deborah Kerr

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Deborah Kerr, born September 30, 1921, was a Scottish actress best known for her roles in "The King and I" with Yul Brenner, "An Affair to Remember" with Cary Grant, and "Frm Here to Eternity" with Burt Lancaster.

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Hollywood Knitting - Eleanor Parker

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Eleanor Parker born June 26, 1922 in Cedarville, Ohio and was a very versatile actress. You hear that said of a lot of actresses but Parker played opposite Kirk Douglas in "Detective Story" and opposite Frank Sinatra in "The Man with the Golden Arm."

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Hollywood Knitting - Vivien Leigh

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Vivian Leigh was born in 1913 in Darjeeling in India. She won two Academy Awards, one for her role in "Gone with the Wind" and the other for "A Streetcar Named Desire." She won a Tony for her role in "Tovarich." Leigh's salary of $100,000 for her role as Blanche Dubois made her the highest paid British actress in 1951.

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