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Dita D Beard

Updated Mar 25, 2024
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Dita D Beard
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Dita (Davis) Beard
Adele Fournier "Dita" Davis was born to Robert Davis (1881 - 1949) and Edwina Bailey McCarty (1888 - 1951). Her father was born in Maine and her mother was born in Alabama. She had three sisters: Edwina, Elizabeth, and Barbara. "Dita" Davis married twice. First to Cameron Randolph Beard Sr. (1905 - 1973) on February 13, 1953. They had a son, Cameron Beard, and a daughter and they divorced in December of 1966. She then married Benjamin Atwood and they had a daughter and two sons. Dita Beard, the ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph) lobbyist who wrote the memo, was quite a character. Read about her memo at "She Played the Game". She was this hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, chain-smoking dealmaker in Washington at a time when very few women had any power. She did not dress or act the ladylike part. She would walk around disheveled and drink like a fish and curse like a sailor. And she was pretty frank, and that’s what got her in trouble by writing the memo in the first place and admitting it to Hume in the second place. And then refusing to recant until it was too late in the game when it was obvious that she was being cornered, which she was. If Hollywood ever makes a movie, whoever gets to play Dita will have a great role. I’m thinking Kathy Bates. To read an May 2023 updated article on her life, see What happend to Dita Beard?.
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Amanda S. Stevenson
For fifty years I have been a Document Examiner and that is how I earn my living. For over 50 years I have also been a publicist for actors, singers, writers, composers, artists, comedians, and many progressive non-profit organizations. I am a Librettist-Composer of a Broadway musical called, "Nellie Bly" and I am in the process of making small changes to it. In addition, I have written over 100 songs that would be considered "popular music" in the genre of THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK.
My family consists of four branches. The Norwegians and The Italians and the Norwegian-Americans and the Italian Americans.
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