Timelines for year 1952
Sharon Tate
Was very close to her younger sisters Debra Tate, born November 6, 1952, and Patricia Tate, born October 30, 1957, and died June 3, 2000.
Jack Palance
Director Elia Kazan promised to cast him as Marlon Brando's brother in Viva Zapata! (1952), but then changed his mind and cast Anthony Quinn instead. Quinn won a Best Supporting Oscar for the film and Palance never spoke to Kazan again.
Dabbs Greer
He played the first person saved by Superman in the very first episode of the "Adventures of Superman" (1952) television series. His role was uncredited. He was brought back to appear in a major role as an innocent man about to go to the electric chair in the first episode of the second season. He appeared for a third time in one of the final episodes of the series.
Hayden Panettiere
As Lizzie Spaulding on "The Guiding Light" (1952), Hayden had to deal with difficult story lines in which she shot and killed her mother's abuser, been kidnapped, gone through both of her parents remarrying, and just recently battled leukemia.
In "The Guiding Light" (1952), for Hayden's character Lizzie's battle with leukemia, the show received a Special Recognition Award from The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for bringing national awareness of the disease to the attention of daytime viewers.
Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell stated that she would never write a sequel to "Gone With the Wind". After her death, her husband John Marsh became the executor of her estate, and when Mr. Marsh passed away in 1952, Margaret's brother Stephens Mitchell became the executor. During his lifetime, Stevens firmly refused to grant publication rights to any sequel (in print or on film), and he also rejected the idea of any film remake of "GWTW". Only after death of Stephens was a sequel novel authorized by Ms. Mitchell's estate. The title of the sequel is "Scarlett", and it was later presented as a made-for-TV movie.
Vanessa Marcil
She remarked on "Today" (1952), 5 November 2004 that she is the great granddaughter of French mime Marcel Marceau, though she never met him.
Dorothy Hart
Last movie was as Jane to Lex Barker's Tarzan in Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) in 1952.
Photoplay named her one of Hollywood's 10 Most Promising Actresses and awarded her their 1952 "Gold Key." She actually hated Hollywood and moved to New York to work in television, never making another film.
For her last film Loan Shark (1952) co-starring George Raft, she replaced an ailing (and alcoholic) Gail Russell at the very last minute
Gene Conley
Pitcher for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1952 and 1954-1958), Philadelphia Phillies (1959-1960) and Boston Red Sox (1961-1963).
Played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Boston Celtics (1952-1953, 1958-1961) and New York Knicks (1962-1964).
Richard Lane
Played in National Football League, 1952-1965. Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1974.
Cornerback for the Los Angeles Rams (1952-1953), Chicago Cardinals (1954-1959) and Detroit Lions (1960-1965).
Agnes Nixon
During the 1960s she simultaneously wrote both "The Guiding Light" (1952) & "Another World" (1964). This led to a few minor problems such as in the 445th episode of "Another World" (1964) she wrote in the script that the scene takes place "in the coffee shop of Cedar's Hospital" - Cedar's Hospital is the fictional hospital on "The Guiding Light" (1952).
Adolph Green
Won seven Tony Awards, always with collaborator Betty Comden: in 1953, lyrics as part of Best Musical win for "Wonderful Town;" in 1968, as Best Composer and Lyricist, with Jule Styne, and lyrics as part of Best Musical win for "Hallelujah, Baby!;" in 1970, book as part of Best Musical win for "Applause;" in 1978, as Best Score, lyrics with music by Cy Coleman, and Best Book (Musical) for "On the Twentieth Century;" and in 1991, as Best Score (Musical), lyrics with music by Coleman, for "The Will Rogers Follies." In addition, the team of Comden and Green received five other nominations: in 1957, book with music by Styne for Best Musical nominee "Bells Are Ringing;" in 1961, lyrics with music by Styne for Best Musical nominee "Do Re Mi;" in 1983, for Best Score, lyrics with music by Larry Grossman, and Best Book (Musical) for "A Doll's Life;" and in 1986, Best Book (Musical) for "Singin' in the Rain," the stage version of their signature film, Singin' in the Rain (1952).
Barbara Lawrence
A perpetual starlet, she had a cameo playing herself in The Star (1952). At the end of the film, Bette Davis goes to a Hollywood party and a commotion breaks out among the guests and press when Lawrence arrives. She's supposed to represent the new Hollywood, Davis the old.
Charles Mingus
Co-founded, with Sue Mingus and Max Roach, Debut Records (1952-1957), Los Angeles, CA.