therese ann rutherford played scarlet o'hara in gone with the wind.
therese ann rutherford played scarlet o'hara in gone with the wind.
who played scarlet o'hara in gone with the wind?
therese ann rutherford
david o. selznick, producer of "gone with the wind" (1939) called her the "first choice among established stars" to play scarlett o'hara. although her screen test for the role in black-and-white was superb, she photographed poorly in technicolor. selznick also reportedly believed that at age 36, she was too old to play scarlett, who is 16 at the beginning of the film (the role eventually went to vivien leigh). selznick sent kay brown to bankhead to discuss the possibility of bankhead playing prostitute belle watling in the film, which she turned down. the search for scarlett o'hara was documented in "the scarlet o'hara wars" episode of the miniseries "moviola", where the very similar carrie nye played bankhead, being nominated for an emmy award.
tallulah bankhead
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susan packard orr is an american philanthropist and the chair of the board of directors of the david and lucile packard foundation since 1996. she is a current or previous board member of several prominent nonprofit organizations including stanford university and the lucile packard children's hospital at stanford. she also served on the hewlett-packard board for 7 years (1993-2001), leaving shortly before the compaq merger. orr currently is founder and ceo of telosa software. she holds economics and mba degrees from stanford, and a masters in computer science from new mexico tech. 









































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