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Savage Girl by Jean Zimmerman5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The military has more than its quota of Texans. Notice that you never see Sam’s fingers on the keyboard. Sam was played by Dooley Wilson, who was born in Tyler. The line, “Play it once, Sam,” was from Ingrid Bergman. Speaking of films, Humphrey Bogart never did say, “Play it again, Sam” in the 1942 film Casablanca. Ragtime composer Scott Joplin (Texarkana) was reintroduced to millions in The Sting. We also have Beyonce (Houston), Ernest Tubb (Crisp) and Tommy Tune (Wichita Falls). Who can forget our favorite singing Longhorn, Janis Joplin (Port Arthur) or the Big Bopper, aka Jiles Perry “J. And although Larry Hagman (Fort Worth) didn’t sing, his mother Mary Martin (Weatherford), did. And what would the musical world be without Texans? Willie Nelson (Abbott), Trini Lopez (Dallas), Selena (Lake Jackson). So were Debbie Reynolds (El Paso), Joan Crawford (San Antonio) and Tommy Lee Jones (San Saba).Īctually, the entertainment industry is filled with our former neighbors: Carol Burnett (San Antonio), Gary Busey (Goose Creek), Cyd Charisse (born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo), Spanky McFarland (Fort Worth), Steve Martin (Waco). WHAT DO SAM DONALDSON, NOLAN RYAN AND DWIGHT EISENHOWER HAVE IN COMMON? No, they were not brief members of the Trump cabinet. Our great state has birthed some memorable figures-and some we wish to forget, too. ![]()
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