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DOUGLAS FOWLEY
May 30, 1911 Douglas Fowley was born as Daniel Vincent Fowley, in the Bronx, New York. As a young man, he moved to Los Angeles and studied at Los Angeles City College. He served in the Navy during World War II. He is probably best remembered for his role as the frustrated movie director Roscoe Dexter…
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RUTH PERROTT
May 30, 1899 Ruth Perrott was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota. She attended the University of North Dakota and Carnegie Institute of Technology and moved to New York City in 1920. On radio, she was one of two actresses to play Aunt Aggie on “The Judy Canova Show” (1943-53). She is…
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DORIS PACKER
May 30, 1904 Doris Packer was born in Menominee, Michigan. Her family moved to southern California when she was young. She became interested in acting while in high school. After attending the University of California at Los Angeles, she moved to New York City to study drama and appeared in Broadway shows. It was there…
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RUTA LEE
May 30, 1935 Ruta Lee was born Ruta Mary Kilmonis in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of Lithuanian immigrants. In 1948, her family moved to the United States settling in Los Angeles, where she graduated in 1954 from Hollywood High School and attended both Los Angeles City College and the University of California at Los Angeles. She…
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PETER LEEDS
May 30, 1917 Peter Leeds was born in Bayonne, NJ. Leeds received his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He received a scholarship from the John Marshall Law School, which he attended for one year. He also attended The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in NYC. He was in four Broadway shows, including the original…
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DON BRODIE
May 29, 1904 Donald L. Brodie was bon in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati. Before becoming a professional actor, he worked in the offices of Procter & Gamble. His first recorded stage experience was in 1928. He worked on stage in Cincinnati before heading for Hollywood. Brodie signed…
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VIVI JANISS
May 29, 1911 Vivi Janiss was born Vivian Audrey Jamison in Omaha, Nebraska. Her parents were traveling theatricals in the Midwest in the 1920s and 1930s, eventually settling in California. On Broadway, she introduced what became the Vernon Duke standard, “I Like the Likes of You” in the 1934 Ziegfeld Follies. She made her screen…
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LIZ SELLS DRESSES (1950)
May 28, 1950 “Liz Sells Dresses” (aka “Selling Dresses”) is episode #90 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 28, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz accidentally returns a dress to a more expensive store than where she bought it, and makes money on the deal. She then decides to go into business buying dresses…
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LIZ IN THE HOSPITAL
May 27, 1949 “Liz in the Hospital” (aka “Liz Goes To The Hospital”) is episode #45 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 27, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ The doctor pays a house call to see what’s wrong with George, and discovers that Liz needs to have her tonsils…
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TIME: A CLOWN WITH GLAMOUR
May 26, 1952 TIME: The Weekly News Magazine ~ Lucille Ball: Prescription for TV; a clown with glamour. May 26, 1952. On Monday evenings, more than 30 million Americans do the same thing at the same time: they tune in ‘I Love Lucy’ (9 p.m. E.D.T., CBS-TV), to get a look at a round-eyed, pink-haired…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 