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DICK SARGENT
April 19, 1930 Dick Sargent was born Richard Stanford Cox in Carmel, California. His mother was an actress and his father was an entertainment industry manager. Sargent attended the San Rafael Military Academy before majoring in drama at Stanford University. He was most famous for being the ‘second Darrin’ on “Bewitched”. His first screen appearance was on “I…
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SUNDAY NEWS COLOROTO
April 19, 1942 Lucille Ball appeared on the Coloroto supplement section of the Sunday New York News on April 19, 1942. The blurb inside uses the usual studio publicity for Lucille, some of it exaggeration. She was not born in Butte, Montana (Jamestown, New York), nor was she 28 in 1942 (30). While Lucy was…
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TV WEEK
April 18, 1964 On Saturday, April 18, 1964, Lucille Ball and Bob Hope appeared on the cover of the Chicago Tribune’s television listings supplement TV Week. The cover was a promotion for their TV special “Mr. and Mrs.” aka “The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour” on Sunday, April 19, 1964. The Los Angeles Times also used a photo…
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BOB HASTINGS
April 18, 1925 Robert Francis Hastings was born in Brooklyn, New York. He started out as a boy singer on “National Barn Dance”, “Doug Gray’s Singing Gang” and “Coast to Coast on a Bus”. He also portrayed Jerry on the radio program “The Sea Hound.” Hastings served during World War II in the United States Army Air…
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6 WEEKS turns into 3 YEARS
April 17, 1938 Lucille Ball’s 6-Week Stay In Filmland Lasts 3 Years By Harriet Parsons (Special to The Examiner) HOLLYWOOD Practically everyone who saw “Stage Door" wanted to know the name of “the funny tail girl who went home to Oregon to marry a lumberman." They know now she’s Lucille Ball… and she’s since been…
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TV GUIDE: TOTEM POLE
April 17, 1953 On April 17, 1953, just two weeks after the first edition of TV Guide featuring Lucy and Desi Jr. on the cover was published, Lucy and Little Ricky were on the cover of TV Guide in a drawing by Jack Weaver. Lucy is depicted as the top of a TV totem pole…
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WILLIAM HOLDEN
April 17, 1918 William Holden was born as William Franklin Beedle Jr. in O’Fallon, Illinois. His family moved to South Pasadena when he was three. After graduating from South Pasadena High School, Holden attended Pasadena Junior College, where he became involved in local radio plays. He made his screen debut in an uncredited role in…
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JOHNNY SILVER
April 16, 1918 Johnny Silver was born John Silverman in East Chicago, Indiana. Silver’s performing arts career started early, singing as a youth, and then expanded to acting. His early career involved performing with actor John Raitt at L.A. City College as well as radio work. He also worked as a burlesque comic. He made his big…
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EDIE ADAMS
April 16, 1927 Edie Adams was born Edith Elizabeth Enke in Kingston, Pennsylvania. Her family moved around before settling in Tenafly, New Jersey, where she attended Tenafly High School. Ada Enke taught her daughter singing and piano. Adams’s grandmother, a seamstress, taught her how to sew. She earned a vocal degree from Juilliard and then graduated from Columbia…
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FLORENCE BATES
April 15, 1888 Florence Bates (nee Florence Rabe) was born in San Antonio, Texas. After earning her degree in mathematics, Florence went to law school and became the first woman attorney in the history of the state of Texas. She traveled abroad extensively and was fluent in many languages. After the crash of 1929, she moved…
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