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LIFE
BY JACK HOLLAND
• Piper Laurie had her long red hair tied up neatly in a ribbon. She had just finished recording her first song for “Ain’t Misbehavin’ ” — which, incidentally, is her first musical, too — and life seemed touched with happiness and magic.
That she was finally an established actress was no startling disclosure. For years, Hollywood talent-tellers were predicting that Rosetta Jacobs, now Piper Laurie of the flower-eating fame, was riding to stardom. The part that interested gossip gloaters was the last comment. “I could never have done it alone.” Who was the one? Rumors buzzed. “I always knew it,” gossips wagged. “Such a beautiful girl remaining single? She’s probably been secretly wed for years.” “You rarely see her hitting the night spots,” came back a second guesser. “Notice how she stays away from column gossip?” There must be a man in Piper Laurie’s life was the final consensus of opinion. But who? Piper wasn’t talking though — not until one afternoon recently. What made her open up? Who knows, maybe the gossipers. Anyway, this is the way Piper explains it.
“I have no idea what I’d be now if it weren’t for the various men who have done so much for me,” she said, smiling gently. Basically a shy person, Piper speaks softly, but there is about her a sparkle.
“As I look back on it mow, my Uncle Morris was probably the first to help me put my dreams into action,” Piper said. “He was my father’s youngest brother— and he was the comedian of the family.
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Piper Laurie sings for first time in "Ain't Misbehavin'"