Mildred Ella (Babe) Didrikson Zaharias was born of Norweigian parents on June 26, 1911, in Port Arthur, Texas. Today, as you drive through Beaumont, Texas on I-10, right there off the feeder road on the north side is the Babe Zaharias museum. Depending on your sport, and on your age, you may remember Babe as a track and field star who broke world records in bunches and won Olympic gold. Or, you may remember her as the first great woman golfer, even though she didn't even take an interest in the game until she was in her 20s. She began winning tournaments about one year after she took up the game. One year, as an amateur, she won 17 in a row.
Susan Clark does a fine job as 'Babe' Zaharias, and ex-football player Alex Karras does an equally good job as her eventual husband George Zaharias. The real Babe was a tall and athletic woman, and Clark measures up well to Karras who is over 6 feet tall.
This is a fine biographical movie. It tells Babe's story, it capturers her spirit, and ends with her second bout with cancer when she was in her 40s.
Susan Clark does a fine job as 'Babe' Zaharias, and ex-football player Alex Karras does an equally good job as her eventual husband George Zaharias. The real Babe was a tall and athletic woman, and Clark measures up well to Karras who is over 6 feet tall.
This is a fine biographical movie. It tells Babe's story, it capturers her spirit, and ends with her second bout with cancer when she was in her 40s.