What happens to Billie Dawn in the story of Born Yesterday?

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Judy Holliday in Kanin's Born Yesterday — Judy Holliday Kanin wrote and directed *Born Yesterday,* his most famous play.

In the story of Born Yesterday, Billie Dawn, played by Judy Holliday, is the mistress of a corrupt tycoon named Harry Brock. Brock brings Dawn to Washington D.C. to lobby congressmen and hires a newspaperman, Paul Verrall, to improve her manners and common sense. As Dawn's education and awareness grow, she realizes Brock has been exploiting her. She then seeks revenge in humorous ways, ultimately finding her best revenge by falling in love with Verrall. Judy Holliday's performance as Billie Dawn earned her an Academy Award.1