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Actress Cathleen Press International Nesbitt, the distinactress, was equalthe "My Fair Lady" Monwas to as MISS NESBITT MISS NESBITT By United Cathleen guished British ly famous for role she created in old age her love with one of ain's most mantic poets years ago. Miss Nesbitt, who died day at 93, best known Americans Henry Higgins' mother in "My Fair Lady." She was still playing the role opposite Rex Harrison on tour last year. In her homeland, Miss Nesbitt was always a symbol of young love. At the age of 90 she complained that her achievements as an actress were still somewhat blurred by public interest in her great romance with the poet Rupert Brooke. Brooke died in Greece in 1915, and Miss Nesbitt went on, building a 70-year career that filled more than three columns of "Who's Who in the Theatre." Besides her distinguished career on the stage in Britain and the United States, Miss Nesbitt, who was known for never turning down a job, appeared with Cary Grant in the film "An Affair to Remember," with Marlon Brando in "Desiree," South Bend Nesbitt, duction.

They had a son and daughter and separated some 20 years She made her American debut in New York in 1911 with the Irish Players and returned many times thereafter for Broadway or touring roles. But to Americans, her name was always linked to that of Mrs. Higgins, Henry's wise and sophisticated monther. She originated the role on Broadway 25 years ago, recreating it in the film version and again in a revival with Rex Harrison that toured the country last year. She told friends during the "My Fair Lady" tour that her memory Tribune, Tuesday, August 93, dies ETALUMA califor UGHST DOC UGLIEST DOG Dane Beezley of Sunnyvale, holds Chi-Chi, winner of the world's ugliest dog contest, held in Petaluma, Calif.

Dane describes Chi-Chi as "kind of like a rat," with a Mohawk, a characteristic of the Chinese crested bred. AP $1 billion seen in E.T. merchandise HOLLYWOOD (UPI) The record box office brought in by Spielberg's fantasy film "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial" may be dwarfed by $1 billion in merchandise ranging from E.T. underwear to rubber space critters. The story of an alien creature labandoned on Earth and befriendled by a boy has grossed more than $169.8 million in its first 52 days, more than any film in Hollywood history in that length of time.

But Spielberg and Universal Studios have only begun to tap the pocketbook of "E.T." fans. Studio officials disclosed Monday that 43 manufacturing firms have been licensed to produce E.T. items ranging from rubber facsimiTes of the bug-eyed space creature to underwear, from heart-warming posters to shoe laces, from lunch boxes to story books. Merchandizing Corp. of America, a division of Universal's parent company, MCA, is aiming for heavy Christmas sales and other distribution and merchandizing through 1983 and beyond.

Apparently the producers and studio were as unprepared for E.T.'s runaway success when the film was released June 11 as were 20th Century-Fox and producers of "Star Wars" in 1977. "Star Wars" merchandizing did not appear in force in the marketplace for a year after the film's release, but since then it has earned $1.5 billion. "Most of the E.T. products are now in development and will not be available in stores until late 1982, with additional products and ideas aimed for Christmas 1983 and beyond," said Steve Adler, vice president of the corporation. "This reflects the licensees' belief in the long-term value of this instant celebrity who has captured America's heart." The movie's enormous popularity is already reflected in the sales of Reece's Pieces candy, whose sales for Hershey Co.

rose 45 percent since the picture's release despite some initial confusion with another brand, candies. The candy had only a brief role in the film as the creature's favorite Earth food but victims of "E.T. Mania" quickly bought up supplies and Hershey is working 24 hours a day to meet the increased demand. Kamar International. which manufactures stuffed E.T.

toys, has farmed out its work to companies in Asia to meet the demand from stores. Company officials said they already have millions of dollars in outstanding orders. Studio officials said Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy are personally examining and testing a sample of every item. Other products include night lights, brush and comb sets, clocks and watches, bedding, T-shirts, footwear, tablewear and greeting cards. Major firms given licenses to produce the goods including Hallmark, Essex Manufacturing, LIN Toys, Parker Toys, Plymouth, G.T.

Putman's and Sons, 'Riegel Textile, Simon and Schuster and Texas Instruments. Only a handful of items among them novelty gum packages, books, electronic learning games and calendars are now available in stores. Nazi camp survivor dies BALTIMORE (AP) Mordchai Shualy, a Nazi concentration camp survivor and former United Nations correspondent for a Yiddish newspaper, died Sunday at the age of 59. and affair Britro- 70 and with Richard Burton in "Staircase." Her other films included "The French Connection" and "Three Coins in the Fountain." In television she appeared in the awardwinning British series "Upstairs Downstairs" and "Separate Tables." Miss Nesbitt was born on Nov. 24, 1888, and as a little girl traveled the world on the tramp steamer of which her father was a captain.

She was educated in Belfast and studied drama in London, making her debut on Oct. 10, 1910, at the Court Theater. In 1912, already famous for her beauty, Miss Nesbitt was introduced to the rising young poet Brooke, tall, blond and blue-eyed and one of the handsomest men in England. In later years, Miss Nesbitt insisted her romance with Brooke was poetic and not physical, although after his death she said she regretted not having had a child by him. "Cathleen is incredibly, inordinately, devastatingly, immortally, calamitously, hearteningly, adorably beautiful," wrote Brooke, who died at 28 of septicemia in World War I on the eve of battle in Greece.

In 1921, she married Cecil Ramage, a student seven years who junior who played Antony to her Cleopatra in an Oxford University pro- Bess Truman's state improving KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Former first lady Bess, Truman remained in serious but stable condition today following her weekend hospitalization for irregular breathing and pulse, officials said. The 97-year-old widow of President Harry S. Truman was "looking a lot better" Monday and may be allowed to go home before the week is out, her doctor said. She was hospitalized early Sunday for hyperkalemia, a buildup of potassium caused by diminished kidney function.

"Her pulse is good she's looking a lot better," said Dr. Wilson Miller, who is attending to Mrs. Truman while her regular physician, Dr. Wallace Graham, is out of town. Miller said both Mrs.

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1 in "Quality Street," Cleaning," "The Case of the Frightened Lady," "Children in "Our Betters," "Medea" Goneril in Granville Barker's all-star production of "King Lear" in 1940. In later stage appearances she played in "The Cocktail Party," and in New York in "Gigi," "Sabrina Fair,".