Celeste Holm 1917-2012

Gregory Peck and Celeste Holm in "Gentleman's Agreement." She won the Academy Award in 1947 for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

Celeste Holm was smitten by the theater as a 3-year-old when her grandmother took her to see ballerina Anna Pavlova. She studied ballet for 10 years.

After a critical triumph in 1943 as man-crazy Ado Annie Carnes in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical "Oklahoma!" Holm moved west to pursue a film career. But she found Hollywood "too artificial" and several years later moved back to New York.

Credit: 20th Century Fox