Celeste Holm was an only child, born into a home where her mother was a painter and her father worked in insurance. She would study acting at the University of Chicago and make her stage debut in 1936. Her Broadway debut came when she was 19. She appeared in many successful plays including The Women, Oklahoma! and Bloomer Girl. It was in the production of Oklahoma! that Celeste would sing the show stopper I Cain't Say No. She was signed by 20th Century Fox in 1946 and appeared in her first f ...[Read Story]
