born yesterday

     

Judy Holliday reprised her stage role as Billie Dawn in this George Cukor-directed comedy classic

Trivia about born yesterday

  • Later a movie, this play starring Judy Holliday was the first written by Garson Kanin
  • 1950 film in which Judy Holliday tells Broderick Crawford, "You're just not couth!"
  • The trailer for this 1950 film describes Judy Holliday's character as follows"Blonde, beautiful, brazen, and oh, brother!"
  • (Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osbourne gives the clue.) Judy Holliday, reprising her stage role as ex-chorus girl Billie Dawn, beat Bette Davis & Gloria Swanson for Best Actress in this 1950 George Cukor film