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| Popular As | Mary Oakes |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Age | 88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 22, 1936 () |
| Birthday | May 22 |
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Mary Oakes’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Mary Oakes was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
Born Mary Katherine Anderson, she grew up in San Antonio, Texas. Graduated from Alamo Heights High. Had a brief marriage to a man with the last name of Oakes (which she later used as her professional modeling name).
In 1932 she met a dashing West Point Cadet named William Beard. 2nd Lieut. Beard and Mary married in 1933 while he was finishing his training as an Air Force Bombadier. They moved to Honolulu in late 1934 and Mary gave birth to their daughter, Mary Susan in 1935.
One year later Lieut. Beard was tragically killed in a mid-air collision while bombing volcanoes.Mary and little Susie moved state-side and Mary Beard became Mary Oakes and began her modeling career which spanned 1936-1943.
She was truly "One of the most photographed girls in the world", as quoted beneath her photo of the movie still from "Vogues of 1938". She was photographed by Cecil Beaton, Horst, appeared in Vogue, Harpers, and Glamour.
She modeled in ads for Saks Fifth Avenue, Hattie Carnegie and numerous others, As well as modeling in two films from 1937, released in 1938: "Mannequin" and "Vogues of 1938"She finally settled down, when she married Frank Cavett, the Playwright, Writer, and Screenwriter.
He adopted little Susie, and they went on to have two sons, Jon & Morgan.In 1944, Frank Cavett won the Academy Award for Co-writing the Best Screenplay for "Going My Way". In 1947, he and co-writer Dorothy Parker were nominated for Best Screenplay for "Smash-up: The Story Of A Woman".
In 1952, Frank Cavett won his last Academy Award for co-writing the Best Screenplay for "The Greatest Show On Earth".Mary Anderson Oakes Beard Cavett divorced Frank Cavett and just went by the name Mary Oakes for the rest of her life.
She passed away in her late 80s.
