Star Light, Star Bright, First Star on the Walk Tonight

65 years ago today, Hollywood started to break up the crumbling sidewalks and adding stars! I’m talking, of course, about the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was on this day that the first star was placed. Do you know whose star it was? I’ll tell you in a paragraph or two.

After the official groundbreaking ceremony on the walk, construction continued for 16 months. In that time, they installed 1,500 other stars belonging to actors, musicians, fictional characters and filmmakers.

The stars are placed on both sides of Hollywood Boulevard. They stretch from Gower to La Brea (15 blocks). And another row are placed on Vine Street from Yucca to Sunset (three blocks).

• The Hollywood Walk of Fame currently holds more than 2,700 terrazzo and brass stars with about 30 added each year.
• 47% of stars are for motion pictures, 24% for television, 17% for music, 10% for radio, and less than 2% for theater and live performance. 
• Marilyn Monroe’s star is one of the most visited stars on the Walk of Fame.
• Michael Jackson’s star is possibly the most photographed star on the Walk of Fame. 
• The Hollywood Walk of Fame attracts an estimated 10 million visitors each year. 

So who was the lucky recipient of the first star?

She had television appearances on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, You Are There, The General Electric Theater, The Philco Playhouse and more.

Her movies included The Three Faces of Eve, The Fugitive Kind, The Stripper, and The End. SHe also appeared in movies with her actor husband (Paul Newman) in films like The Long Hot Summer.

You got it? It was none other than ….