In the late 1950s, she landed her first regular acting gig, as a dancer on television’s The Jackie Gleason Show, billed as Erica Dean. She made her Broadway debut in 1957 in Fair Game, using the stage name Ellen McRae. She would keep that name for the next 10 years while working ...
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Paul Newman, 1956. MGM/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock.com Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor inCat on a Hot Tin Roof(1958). © 1958 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a private collection The Hustler Jackie Gleason (left) and Paul Newman inThe Hustler(1961), directe...