Profile of the Day: John Wayne
Do you have a favorite Western film? On this day in 1907, legendary icon John Wayne was born in Winterset, Iowa.
Although he was born Marion Robert Morrison, he preferred to be called by his nickname, “Duke.” He was a gifted athlete and even landed a football scholarship to the University of Southern California.
Wayne got his start in film with small parts in low budget Westerns. His big break came when he was cast in the 1939 film, Stagecoach. From then on, his career skyrocketed and he soon became one of the industry’s top performers. Over the course of his long career, he would star in over 142 films and earn an Academy Award for his role in True Grit.
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