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== Early Life ==

Born '''Lillian Millicent Entwistle''' in [[Port Talbot]], on [[Swansea Bay]] in [[Wales]], she emigrated with her widowed father to [[New York City]] in 1922. After her father was killed in a traffic accident on [[Park Avenue]], depression began to set in. Dreams of becoming a famous entertainer, however, gave her detirmination and a strong work ethic at a young age. Entwistle had begun to pursue a career in theatre, making her her stage debut with the [[Boston]] repertory company at 17. She then obtained two co-starring roles in prestigious [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] productions, one starring [[Dorothy Gish]]. But by 1932 the roles seemed to dry up. With both her parents dead, life had not been easy. She was further stressed by a brief, but very difficult, marriage to actor/playwright [[Robert Keith]] (1898-1966), a divorceé and father of future actor [[Brian Keith]].

== Hollywood Career ==