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TALLULAH BANKHEAD
January 31, 1903 Tallulah Bankhead was born in 1903 in Huntsville, Alabama, and left home at the age of 15 to appear on the New York stage. Like Lucille Ball, she was considered for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939). From 1918 (the same year she did her first film)…
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THE HEART FUND
January 31, 1950 In addition to being television’s favorite performers, Lucy and Desi were philanthropists who were well-liked in the entertainment community, as witness this January 31, 1956 praise by syndicated columnist Herb Lyon. By JOHN BARROW, CHICAGO (INS) Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz gave a street performance in Chicago Monday that made them yearn for…
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DICK MARTIN
January 30, 1922 Dick Martin was born in Battle Creek Michigan as Thomas Richard Martin. He was best known for his role as the co-host of the sketch comedy program “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” from 1968 to 1973. The series won him a 1969 Emmy Award. His screen debut came as a background performer in the MGM…
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FUNNY FACE LUCILLE BALL
January 30, 1952 On January 30, 1952, Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of People Today, volume 3, number 4. People Today was an adult magazine founded in 1950. The first issue was published on June 20, 1950 and featured Faye Emerson on the cover. It was a bi-weekly pocket digest originally published by Weekly Publications, publisher…
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FASHION PLATE ‘37
January 29, 1937 On January 29, 1937, while under contract to RKO, Lucille Ball was also busily modeling the latest fashions. These photos were used in the ‘women’s pages’ of newspapers nationwide. All the while, Lucille was busily acting on stage in Hey Diddle Diddle in Baltimore and on movie screens in That Girl From Paris. Shiny…
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DONALD BRIGGS
January 28, 1911 Donald Preston Briggs was born in Chicago, Illinois. On radio, he was a regular in “Death Valley Days”, “FBI in Peace and War”, "Perry Mason”, “Welcome Valley” and the title role in “Frank Merriwell”, which led to his first film, playing Frank Merriwell in the 1936 Universal serial “The Adventures of Frank Merriwell.”…
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LIZ WRITES A SONG
January 27, 1950 “Liz Writes a Song” is episode #73 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on January 27, 1950 over the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service. Synopsis ~ Liz is convinced that she is a musical talent, but when a music professor tells her she’ll never be a singer, she decides to…
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GEORGE IS DRAFTED ~ LIZ’S BABY
January 27, 1951 “George is Drafted ~ Liz’s Baby” (aka “Liz Thinks George is Being Drafted”) is episode #116 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on January 27, 1951. This was the 18th episode of the third season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 31 new episodes, with the season ending on March…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 