Category: Academy Awards

Born Isobel Fredricka Hochdorf on May 8, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, Isobel Lennart took her professional name from her mother, Victoria Lennart Livingston who died when Isobel was five years old, her dentist father later marrying his cousin. Afflicted as a girl with polio, and in leg braces, Isobel became an avid reader especially…

Born August 17, 1888 in New York, N.Y. to wealthy parents, Edgar Montillion (Monty) Woolley grew up in the highest social circles, his father having owned several Manhattan hotels. He received a Bachelor’s degree at Yale, where he was intimate friends with Cole Porter whom he later introduced to New York society. After obtaining Masters…