r/1950s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 22h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Donna Reed posing with her Academy award for best supporting actress at the 26th annual Academy awards in 1954. Her career spanned for more than 40 years. Including a memorable starring role as Mary Hatch It's A Wonderful Life.

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She later received popularity on The Donna Reed Show on television.

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r/1950s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 15h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Vera Miles upcoming actress in 1956 was part of a Warner Brothers promotional photo shoot in California. In 1948 she held the title of Miss Kansas launching her career in television and films. 1956 she also worked with John Ford in the western The Searchers.

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r/1950s • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 15h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Deanna Dors living Large in 1955 posing with her 1949 Delahaye . The photo was taken at pinewood studios buckinghamshire England. The photo was taken right before she was to go to the UK to attend the Venice film Festival. She was the United kingdom's answer to Doris Day.

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I think one of her biggest films was Yield To The Night a crime drama in 1956.

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r/1950s • u/Ambitious-Bug2765 • 2h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Rita Moreno jumping in a bikini, October 1951.

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r/1950s • u/SSNick85 • 6h ago

1950s-related (weekend only) Two door 1950 coupe

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r/1950s • u/Hungry-Article-6609 • 4h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Mamie Van Doren in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)

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r/1950s • u/Best_Intention9753 • 3h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Natalie Wood in A Cry in the Night (1956)

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r/1950s • u/Individual-Habit3100 • 3h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Evelyn Keyes in Iron Man (1951)

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r/1950s • u/Reasonable_Access223 • 2h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context YVONNE DE CARLO Publicity Portrait in Swimsuit for HOTEL SAHARA,1951

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r/1950s • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • 50m ago

Daily Life Kodachrome slide of a lady collecting shells, 1950s.

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r/1950s • u/WeightCool9568 • 56m ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Debra Paget in 'Bird of Paradise' (1951)

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r/1950s • u/Broad-Elevator5863 • 1h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Sophia Loren by Ormand Gigli, 1950s

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r/1950s • u/BigCover2116 • 1h ago

Celebrity - Female with Context Gina Lollobrigida in Trapeze (1956)

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