Grace Bradley

Grace Bradley (Satumba 21, 1913 - Satumba 21, 2010)  'Yar wasan fina-finai ce ta Amurka wadda ta kasance mai himma a Hollywood a shekarun 1930.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Bradley a Brooklyn  kuma ita kaɗai ce 'ya mace.  Tun tana ƙarama ta ɗauki darussan piano kuma tana da shekaru shida ta yi waƙarta ta farko. Ta halarci Makarantar Kiɗa ta Eastman kusa da Rochester, New York, inda, tana da shekaru 12, aka ba ta tallafin karatu. Da farko, tana son zama ƙwararren mai buga piano. A lokacin da take makaranta ta ɗauki darussan rawa ta kuma buga piano. 

Kamar yadda wani mutum ya shaida mutuwarsa, ta "yi piano, ta rera waƙa da rawa, a kan dandamali da kuma a gidajen rawa na dare, tun tana ƙarama don taimaka wa mahaifiyarta bazawara." 

Kakanta ya so ta yi karatu a Berlin, Jamus domin ta sami ilimi mai inganci, amma wani furodusa na Broadway ya gano ta a lokacin ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin rawanta kuma ya ɗauke ta aiki don wani wasan kwaikwayo na ƙwararru. 

A ranar 22 ga Disamba, 1930, ta fara fitowa a Broadway a Hammerstein Theatre na New York a Ballyhoo a shekarar 1930.  Fitowarta ta gaba ta zo ne bayan shekara guda a The Music Box Theatre a The Third Little Show . Ba da daɗewa ba Bradley ta sami kanta tana aiki a gidajen rawa da gidajen sinima daban-daban na New York. A watan Maris na 1933, ta fito a Strike Me Pink a Majestic Theatre. Ta bar shirin bayan ta yanke shawarar gwada Hollywood.

 Hollywood 
Duk da cewa ta yi fim ɗaya a shekarar 1932, aikinta na fim bai yi wani tasiri ba har sai da ta fito a fim ɗin Too Much Harmony (1933), wanda ya ba ta "ƙarin farko a fim ɗin".  Tun daga shekarar 1933, tana ƙarƙashin kwangilar Paramount Pictures kuma an ruwaito cewa tana karɓar dala $150 a kowane mako. 

An bayyana matsayinta na yau da kullun a cikin wani labarin mutuwar: "Daga 1933 zuwa 1943, ta fito a cikin fitattun fina-finai da dama da aka yi cikin sauri, galibi ana yin su a matsayin abin da ake kira ''yan mata masu kyau,' kamar yadda ya bambanta da 'yan mata nagari, wani lokacin kuma ana ƙirƙira sunayen Faransanci na ooh-la-la."  A cikin shekarun 1930, ta zama ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun taurarin kiɗa na wannan lokacin.

 Rayuwar kai da ayyukan bayan aiki 
A watan Mayu na shekarar 1937, Bradley ta amince ta yi soyayya ba tare da aure ba, kuma ta haɗu da tauraron Hopalong Cassidy, William Boyd . Su biyun sun yi farin ciki sosai har suka yi aure a wata mai zuwa. Auren ya kasance cikin farin ciki amma ba su haifi 'ya'ya ba. A shekarun 1940, tauraruwar Bradley ta fara raguwa, kuma a shekarar 1943, ta fito a cikin babban rawar da ta taka a fim ɗin Taxi, wato Mister . Bayan wannan fim ɗin, Bradley ta fitar da kwangilarta ta Paramount a hukumance, kuma ta shafe sauran shekarun 1940 tare da mijinta, suna yawo a faɗin ƙasar tare da shi suna taimakawa wajen tallata sunansa na kaboyi. Ta sake fitowa a wani fim, wani rawar da ba a san ta ba a gasar Tournament of Roses (1954). [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2022)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]

Bayan rasuwar Boyd a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1972, Bradley ta yi ritaya daga harkar nishaɗi, amma har yanzu tana ci gaba da yin abubuwa don taimakawa wajen ci gaba da tunawa da Boyd. Ta kuma jure shekaru da dama tana fafutukar neman haƙƙin doka ga fina-finan mijinta na "Hopalong Cassidy" guda 66. Ganin cewa aikinta na wasan kwaikwayo yana bayanta, ta sadaukar da lokacinta ga aikin sa kai a Asibitin Laguna Beach inda mijinta ya yi kwanakin ƙarshe.

 Mutuwa 
Grace Bradley Boyd ta mutu a ranar haihuwarta ta 97 a shekarar 2010. Bayan kwana biyu, an gudanar da ayyukan ibada na sirri a Forest Lawn Memorial Park da ke Glendale, California, inda aka binne ta tare da mijinta a Babban Kabarin, Sanctuary of Sacred Promise. 

 Fim ɗin fim 

 Too Much Harmony (1933) - Verne La Mond
 Hanyar Soyayya (1933) - An ƙone rana
 Yarinya Ba Tare Da Daki Ba (1933) - Nada
 Shida na Irin (1934) - Goldie
 Mala'ikan Wharf (1934) - Saloon Girl
 Ku zo Marines! (1934) - JoJo La Verne
 Ta Yi Gadonta (1934) - Eve Richards
 Matar Cat's-Paw (1934) - Dolores Doce
 Redhead (1934) - Dale Carter
 Lily Mai Gilashi (1935) - Daisy
 Sata Harmony (1935) - Jean Loring
 Sautin Tsohon Mutum (1935) - Marion Beecher
 Fitattun Fina-Finan Biyu (1935) - Marie
 Rose na Rancho (1936) - Flossie
 Komai Ya Tafi (1936) - Bonnie LeTour
 Ruwa Mai Haɗari (1936) - Joan Marlowe
 Awa Goma Sha Uku Ta Jirgin Sama (1936) - Trixie La Brey
 F-Man (1936) - Evelyn
 Murna Uku Don Soyayya (1936) - Eve Bronson
 Zama a Kan Wata (1936) - Polly Blair
 Kada Ka Juya 'Em Loose (1936) - Grace Forbes
 Larceny on the Air (1937) - Jean Sterling
 OHMS (1937) - Jean Burdett
 Katako Mai Ruri (1937) - Kay MacKinley
 Farka Ka Rayu (1937) - Jean Roberts
 Ɗaukakar Sama (1937)
 Duk Naku Ne (1937) - Constance Marlowe
 Babban Watsa Labarai na 1938 (1938) - Grace Fielding
 Soyayya a Gudu (1938) - Lily Lamont
 Katako Mai Ruri (1938)
 Mai Kisan Da Ba A Gani Ba (1939) - Sue Walker
 Alamar Kerkeci (1941) - Judy Weston
 Canary Mai Tauri (1941) - Madie Duvalie
 Brooklyn Orchid (1942) - Sadie McGuerin
 McGuerins daga Brooklyn (1943) - Sadie McGuerin
 Taksi, Malam (1943) 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2010
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1913