Andrea King

Birth Name:

Georgette André Barry

Birth Place:

Paris, France

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Best known for her role as Julie Holden in "The Beast with Five Fingers" and as Stella in "The Lemon Drop Kid․"
Made her screen acting debut as Hilda Bensinger in "The Ramparts We Watch" in 1940
Was spotted by Shubert Brothers vice president C․P․ Greneker in school recital and soon made her Broadway debut in "Growing Pains" at only 14 years old
Her other stage appearances included "Fly Away Home," "Boy Meets Girl," "Life with Father," and "Angel Street․"
My Wild Irish Rose marked her first appearance in a Technicolor film, and was also the first film in which she sang and danced
Her stage name was given to her by studio head Jack Warner in 1944
Wrote a biography about herself and her mother, Belle Hart, with the help of Paul Miles Schneider entitled "More Than Tongue Can Tell․"

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