In Honor of Secretary's Day: Great Secretaries of the Past 100 Years

Dorothy Boyd
She had us at "hello." When no one else believed, when the chips were down and only a goldfish would follow, Jerry Maguire's Dorothy Boyd (Renée Zellweger) was there with her girl-next-door attitude, precocious son and dynamite black dress. Tom Cruise may have had the best lines and 6-year-old Jonathan Lipnicki the best hair, but in 1996 Boyd proved that administrative assistants could do more than just complete your sentences. They could complete you.

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