Hubert de Givenchy

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Merle Oberon

Spectacled Birthday

Remembering the wonderful Merle Oberon on her birthday. She was the first Asian woman nominated for Best Actress, although she never acknowledged her biracial heritage, and instead passed for white, due to Hollywood prejudice.

Jean Patchett

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JEAN PATCHETT | William Helburn

Jean Ward Patchett Auer (February 16, 1926 – January 22, 2002) was a leading fashion model of the late 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s.