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2 unusual facts about Born Yesterday


Judy Holliday

Her success in the 1946 stage production of Born Yesterday as "Billie Dawn" led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

In 1946, she returned to Broadway as the scatterbrained Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday.


Albert Mannheimer

Albert Mannheimer (9 March 1913, New York City, New York - 19 March 1972, Los Angeles County, California) was an American writer, principally of screenplays, including the Academy Award nominated screenplay for Born Yesterday, which screenplay also received the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Comedy Award.

Howard St. John

He continued in stuffy, rigid or authoritarian roles for most of his career including memorable roles in The Tender Trap and Born Yesterday.


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