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Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966), known professionally as Clifton Webb, was an American actor, singer, and dancer.
Clifton Webb. Actor: Laura. Already trained in dance and theater, he quit school at age 13 to study music and painting. By 19 he was a professional ballroom dancer in New York, and by his mid-twenties he was performing in musicals, dramas on Broadway and in London, and in silent movies.
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- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Feb 14, 2021 · Clifton Webb: Being Queer During the Golden Age. In honor of Valentine's Day, I wanted to pop on the blog and tell the story of a pioneering gay icon of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Clifton Webb. Actor: Laura. Already trained in dance and theater, he quit school at age 13 to study music and painting. By 19 he was a professional ballroom dancer in New York, and by his mid-twenties he was performing in musicals, dramas on Broadway and in London, and in silent movies.
- Actor, Soundtrack
- October 13, 1966
- November 19, 1889
Mar 9, 2019 · CLIFTON WEBB was one of those rare motion picture actors who became a major box-office star when he was in his mid-fifties. Indeed, his first sound movie wa...
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- Michael B. Druxman
With his trademark pencil mustache and attitude of thinly-veiled disdain, Clifton Webb was a blast of asexual sophistication during Hollywood's testosterone-fueled postwar epoch. A ballroom dancer and stage actor who contributed appearances to some silent and early sound films, Webb made a...
Clifton Webb. Highest Rated: 100% Laura (1944) Lowest Rated: 56% The Razor's Edge (1946) Birthday: Nov 19, 1889. Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. With his trademark pencil mustache and...
