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Most of these aspiring
actors started at the Pasadena Playhouse when they were in their late teens
or early twenties, and many were so poor at the time that they required
a scholarship to pay the school's tuition. Gig
Young worked as a car-hop in addition
to his scholarship at the Playhouse. Victor
Mature (19 at the time) lived in a tent
(borrowed from the school) on a friend's property;
Robert Preston did 42 plays over two years, before being discovered by Paramount at age 20. Gloria Stuart ("Titanic") was discovered by Hollywood talent scouts at the Playhouse in 1931 while appearing in one of their smaller theaters. Others were even more fortunate. Eleanor Parker was discovered at age 18 by a Warner Brothers agent while she was sitting in the audience of the Pasadena Playhouse, after just one semester at the school. M*A*S*H's 'Klinger',
Jamie Farr,
paid his way through a year here by working at an army/navy store, and
riding the bus to work each day.
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