Three films of legendary star to be screened at Noir City 9
Her childhood has been called Dickensian and the rags-to-riches trajectory of her life could easily have provided material for one of her films…
- She was the youngest of a hard-drinking Irish American bricklayer’s five children
- She lost her mother at age three when the woman was pushed, while pregnant, from a streetcar
- Her father abandoned his children (for the second time) and went to sea
- She lived in a series of foster homes
- She began working at age 13
