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She's more of an associate than
secretary" the actor tells me en-
Enthusiastically, explaining that he
met her year ago in London
through Producer Gabriel Pascal,
and. that she helped him work OUT
his British picture producing COM
pany, and that he would sooner lose
his right arm than lose this lady's
business cooperation.
The confidence inspired by Miss
Connington is by no means rarity
among secretaries of the stars. And
it is not often that this trust proves
a mistake Two lone examples that
come to my mind are the secretaries
of Simone Simon and Clara Bow,
both of whom terminated their jobs
in the law courts. But, by and
large, the secretarial record in Hol-
lywood is good.
Bette Davis secretary, Bridget
Price, is an old friend of Bettes
mother, who was responsible for
getting her the job. She is married,
but has no children. is great movie
fan, and attends all of Bette's pre-
views-which Bette is too nervous to
attend herself. Her duties include
, active organization of the Tail
waggers Foundation, of which her
boss is president. She has no set
hours of work, and keeps a tele-
phone by her bedside, which sne
calls her second Office.
w. C. Fields refers to his secre-
tary as Mickey Mouse" Her real
name is Mickey Michaels, and she
practically runs the comedians life.
She is always on the set when Fields
is working, and acts as his private
script girl She has been with Bill
a little more than year, receives
around $50 week in salary.
Amanuensis to Ginger Rogers
Jacques Parsons-has her own Office
on the R-K-O-Radio lot. She works
eight hours day, takes care Of
Ginger's mail, writes articles for
the Ginger Rogers Fan Clubs, okays
all bills. She is college graduate,
taught French in her pre-Rogers
days, is unmarried, pretty, in her
early 20s and does not particularly
care for movies. Says Miss Parsons
of her work: There is no more
glamour about this job than any
other secretarial job-except when
in personal contact with Miss
Rogers, who is very charming"
Edgar Bergen and Charlie Nc
Carthy would naturally require an
unusual young lady for secretary
And they have that in Mary Hanra-
han of Chicago. This is Mary's
first job with a ventriloquist-and
she loves it. She was chosen out
of 100 girl applicants-because she
wore a green suit-Bergen's favorite
color. Miss Hanrahan takes care
of Bergens income tax and bank
account, decorates and furnishes his
home, is in charge of Charles ward
robe and in turn employs secre-
tary herself. Mary accompanies her
boss to New York (she's there now
sits with him on the stage during
his broadcasts, is we'll paid and
owns a mink coat and silver fox
jacket.
Ann Harding's sister, Edith Nash,
works as secretary for Irene Dunno.
She is married, has two children
and has never been blessed-or
cursed-with stage or screen ambi-
tions. Miss Nash's duties include
complete management of Irene's
home, ordering the food, shopping,
making appointments for. the star,
answering fan mail and banking
Miss Dunne's $150,000- per picture
salary.
Little Jane Withers has a secre-
tary -"Jo-Jo" - Josephine Rainey,
who was one of the first to see Jane
after she was born. Jo-Jo was visit
ing from Atlanta at the time, liked
it here and decided to stay when
Mrs. Withers offered her the Job,
She lives with her young boss, is
always on the set with her and
accompanies her on personal ap-
pearance tours.
Thirty -four-year Janet Kay
has worked for Robert Taylor for
the last year and a half. Bob him
self hired her from the script de-
partment at Metro. Her chief duties
are taking care of Bob's fan mail
paying his bills and making his out