Bill Warren wrote:

Jane Fonda said that yes, her last name opened doors for her--but she KEPT them open with her own abilities. Clooney was in LA for years before he really caught on as an actor/star, on the second E.R. (He also appeared in an earlier, unconnected, series of the same name.) And he's the first to tell you that he was pretty bad for some years.

Quite right. I think a little bit of common sense is in order here. By the time ER came around was Rosemary Clooney a big enough name in Hollywood that being her nephew offered a huge career advantage? Somehow I doubt it. If you would permit me to name-drop here, I remember Beverly Garland telling me that the studio talent people she was acquainted with had no idea who Clark Gable was and this was back in the 80s.


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