Evening star., 1954-11-06

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call, was a famous warrior who
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reSiStible.
Miss Dunbar, who grew up In
Boston. looks like q Wellesley
type. Of which. Of course, there
Is no such thing.
Nevertheless, she is what In
Timestyle might be called q Yale
girl. She studied drama there
at the same time as Julie Harris,
who became a Broadway star
overnight. They competed for
roles in their old Yale days.
Il won one and lost one" Miss
Dunbar says, modestly and mat
ter-of-factly. I'm satisfied with
a tie with julie"
Miss Dunbar is not at all
afraid to be away from Broad
way. Il know people there and
they know me-" she says. 81
know what they are doing and
they know what I'm doing"
What she is doing is keeping
busy every week of a season in q
variety Of roles. of which the
last two were from such polar
extremes as Arthur Miller and
Bernard Shaw. Next, starting
late this month, she will be play
ing a small part, that of a not
very nice girl, in Arenas pro-
duction Of Golden Boy" It is in
repertory that a girl gets around.
Working regularly like this
frees Miss Dunbar from the eco
nomic desperation a girl can
feel around Broadway. Money,
of which she's never had much,
is Somthing she does not worry
about. An old actor once told
her that out of every weeks
salary, she should save enough
to live through one week of un-
employment. Did she? Or, does
she?
WELL" she says, when I was
here with Miss Barrymore in
The Joyous Season. I was get
ting $85 dollars a week. I lived
at something less than the best
hotel, naturally, and ate at a
popular price restaurant and
drug stores. Maybe I saved $50
a week."
Working regularly is better.
Miss Dunbar's yearnings some
times run in the opposite direc-
ton from Broadway. She has
one now, quiet sort of thing.
to go to Europe. She thinks may
be she will use up what money
she has saved to go there in
1A1C 1dtc OpTluS.
She would like to work in
England, but understands only
too well how hard it is to get q
permit. She thinks Noel Cow ard,
a favorite among her directors.
might be willing to help She
found him, by the way, a wizard
type in directing; a pro with a
crisp, sure knowledge of just
what he wanted.
When she was with Miss Law
renee on tour, Coward caught
up with the company in San
Francisco, decided it had become
sloppy, and summoned it for a
dressing down. Miss Dunbar re-
calls he took the players, one
by one, saving Miss Lawrence
for the last. When her turn came,
Coward let fly with four words.
"You," he said, you will en-
broider."
MISS Dunbar, In her later 2OS,
got to the theater and to Broad
way in the mid-40s before tele-
vision. She thinks this is a good
thing in that she never discov-
cred you could exc out an exist
ence from one video role to an
other.
Romance? Well, Miss Dunbar
is available when and if the
Irresistible husband type turns
up. She once almost married
an actor to whom it suddenly
occurred that he would rather
be a monk.
"He didn't become q monk.
after ALL" Miss Dunbar says
brightly, like a girl to whom
it couldn't make less difference.
She can. and does, cook, Is
extremely happy with what she
is doing although not always the
way she is doing it, and is con-
vinced that it is better to stalk
Broadway than to rush it.
She creates the impression she
is dead right