10/01/2026
Norwich, GB 1 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

MILDRED KORNMAN, aged 97

Born into a Hollywood family she was in her first film at 9 months and became a child star, then a model, then a photographer. The last female silent movie star

BETTY PHARES, aged 97

A singer and dancer she entertained troops during the war and starred in films supporting The Three Stooges, before becoming a big band singer.

MARY ELLIN BARRETT, aged 95

Born into a wealthy New York family, her father was the famous composer Irving Berlin. She wrote the seminal biography of her father to try to correct his public image.