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| re: How did Equity allow there to be 2 Paul Rudd’s? | |
| Posted by: bobby2 06:00 am EST 02/13/19 | |
| In reply to: re: How did Equity allow there to be 2 Paul Rudd’s? - TheHarveyBoy 05:53 am EST 02/13/19 | |
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| The younger Paul Rudd had to contact him and see if he would relinquish the name. The older one allowed the younger one to have the name since he wasn't planning on returning to the stage. That is how it is done in the acting unions. The oddest case being the two Vanessa Williamses. When the famous one became famous from the Miss America pageant and then joined the acting unions there already was a Vanessa Williams. So the famous one had to be billed as Vanessa L. Williams for a while. Somehow that changed and she became just Vanessa Williams. I always thought the other one was foolishly stubborn to not change her name since Vanessa Williams was very very famous from the pageant and scandal afterwards. | |
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| re: How did Equity allow there to be 2 Paul Rudd’s? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 05:45 pm EST 02/13/19 | |
| In reply to: re: How did Equity allow there to be 2 Paul Rudd’s? - bobby2 06:00 am EST 02/13/19 | |
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| Would YOU change your name if someone won Miss America? | |
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| re: How did Equity allow there to be 2 Paul Rudd’s? | |
| Posted by: bobby2 08:37 pm EST 02/13/19 | |
| In reply to: re: How did Equity allow there to be 2 Paul Rudd’s? - KingSpeed 05:45 pm EST 02/13/19 | |
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| Well she just didn't win Miss America. She became a national scandal and topic of discussion. So yes If I were an actress with few credits and had the same name as someone like that I would have. It would be like being named Monica Lewinsky or Linda Tripp and trying to not be confused with the one everybody knew. | |
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| Also: 2 Actresses Named Doris Day, Jean Arthur, and Elizabeth Taylor | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 07:09 am EST 02/13/19 | |
| In reply to: re: How did Equity allow there to be 2 Paul Rudd’s? - bobby2 06:00 am EST 02/13/19 | |
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| There were similar situations in the 30's through the 50's when there were two actresses with the same name, specifically Doris Day, Jean Arthur, and Elizabeth Taylor. In each case one, of course, was quite famous and the other pretty obscure. | |
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| and James Stewart | |
| Posted by: comedywest 11:51 am EST 02/14/19 | |
| In reply to: Also: 2 Actresses Named Doris Day, Jean Arthur, and Elizabeth Taylor - BroadwayTonyJ 07:09 am EST 02/13/19 | |
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| aka Stewart Granger | |
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