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Greer Garson

The Star of County Down

By Rosemary Rogers

December 7, 2022 by 1 Comment

‘In Banbridge Town in the County Down One morning last July, From a boreen green came a sweet colleen, And she smiled as she passed me by.'What is absolutely, positively true about Greer Garson is that she was born Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson to George and Nina Garson. From the beginning of her acting career until her death in 1996, she maintained her birthplace was Belfast … [Read more...] about The Star of County Down

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