The “untold” story of Madonna is actually much grittier than the officially released version …

There’s a scene in the movie Desperately Seeking Susan where she dries her armpits with a blow drier mounted on the wall in a public bathroom. That image - and the slutty character she portrays - is much closer to the truth.

I need to pass.

We were in Ann Arbor around the same time. We probably had mutual acquaintances especially in the art school and the theatre department.

1. I was born in the Bronx, New York in 1911. (Yes I have since passed away)
2. I served my country in World War Two by joining the US Army Air Force (Now known as the Air Force) I was a corporal.
3. I have been married twice with two children from each marriage.

4. Before Joining the military, I attended theater classes at New York University.

5. Even before NYU, I was active in New York's "Yiddish Theater." it is where I met my first wife.

George Burns?

Nope, not George

6. In my military service, I served in the "first motion picture unit," rather than actually seeing action.

George Stevens?

No, not that George either.

7. After the war, I made my mark in four areas of big success. Radio, TV, Broadway, and Movies.

8. By the time I passed away in 1976, I was a highly decorated actor Having been nominated for...
Two Oscars
Two Golden Globes
Three Emmy's
Three Golden Laurels
and won, one Golden Wrangler award for performance on a TV western genre show.

9. Early in my career I played with stage-names. I thought my real name was too ethnic. The name I settled on was a sort of similar sound a like to my real name, but totally disguised any ethnic reference.

Chuck Connors?

Not Chuck.

10. In one of my most memorable roles (though there were several) my character's name was never mentioned. If you read the script, I had only a number.

Lee J. Cobb?

Lee J. Cobb it is indeed. Good call Landmark.

11. When that movie was remade 40 some odd years later, my role was appropriately taken by George C. Scott, who like me tended to play acerbic and angry authority figures.
12. I was famously an antagonist to Marlon Brando in one of his most quoted roles.
13. in 1955 I collapsed while working having had a heart attack. My role for that film was recast, but that did not end my career.
14. in 1976 I had another heart attack, and that was what killed me.
15. By the time I was done I had made over 100 movie and TV appearances.

And of course he was the original Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. What's amazing was that he was only 38 at the time. He repeated the role 17 years later in a much lauded tv version which was at one time available for free on YouTube. It may still be there.

Somebody want to jump in?

1. I was born during World War II.

2. As a kid, my main hobby was model trains.

3. I became captain of my school’s football team.

Christopher Lloyd?

4. I quit school at age 15 and worked as a silk screen printer.

5. I was a fan of Al Jolson, and was influenced by his performing style.