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She began acting at age 11, playing the lean in a production of Annie and at 13 starredin a West End production of the musical Bugsy Malone. When Catherine was 16 she took over the lead in David
Merrick's 42nd Street.
Her first regular television role came in the nostalgic British TV series The Darling Buds of May. While the U.S. audience was unaware of her work, Catherine was rapidly becoming a star in the UK. In fact, with the popularity of The Darling, Catherine became a mega-star in the UK.
With her role in the four-hour television docu-drama Titanic, Catherine got noticed in the United States. Most importantly, she was noticed by Steven Spielberg, who recommended Catherine for the female lead The Mask of Zorro. Now everyone knows Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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