1. Portland Mason was a British-American child actress and writer.
11 Facts About Portland Mason
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Portland Mason was named after Portland Hoffa, the wife of James Mason's friend Fred Allen.
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Portland Mason enjoyed a luxurious upbringing in her parents' Hollywood mansion, allowed to wear makeup, stiletto heels and owning her own mink coat and diamonds by the age of nine.
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Portland Mason's highly publicized life began with her father becoming violent towards a photographer at the little girl's christening.
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When she attended high school, Portland Mason was dropped off every morning by a Rolls-Royce and picked up every evening by a white Cadillac.
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Portland Mason's father introduced her to smoking at the age of three in hope it would put her off it in later life.
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Portland Mason began her acting career young, appearing on many television shows and by the age of four had starred in her own short entitled The Child.
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Portland Mason then went on to play the daughter of Gregory Peck's character in the 1956 film The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
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Portland Mason had been cast in the role of "Marnie" for The New Loretta Young Show but was dismissed over leaving the studio lot for lunch and missing the start of rehearsals.
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In 1971, James Portland Mason married his second wife, Clarissa Kaye.
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Portland Mason had a debilitating stroke shortly after her father's ashes were spread in Vevey, Switzerland in November 2000.