Tag: Carol Burnett
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LUCILLE BALL: NUMBER 1, BUT STILL TRYING HARDER
July 29, 1974 Editor’s note: following is the final part in a series of eight profiles on America’s self-made women. By PHYLLIS BATTELLE “Success – whaddya you mean by that?” rasps Lucille Ball in that rowdy voice which strikes adoration into the hearts of Lucy lovers. “If your concept of success is happiness in what…
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TV TIMES
June 27, 1965 Every so often a new comedienne is hailed and toasted by the critics and public. None of them in the past 15 years has shown the talent or endurance of Lucille Ball. Cara Williams (1) was touted as “the new Lucy.” She never came close because the old Lucy was too good for…
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CHICAGO TRIB TV WEEK
May 2, 1970 Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of Chicago Tribune’s TV Week on Saturday, May 2, 1970. The caption implies an inside story about “Lucy’s special talent” but no inside story was included. This is one of Lucille Ball’s stock glamour shots. Saturday night, May 2, 1970, CBS aired a re-run of “The Carol Burnett…
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CAROL BURNETT
April 26, 1933 Carol Creighton Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas. As a child of alcoholic parents, she was left in the care of her grandmother, who moved them to Hollywood, where they lived in a boarding house and shared a great passion for the movies. During her six decade career she conquered Broadway,…
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EDDIE ALBERT
April 22, 1906 Eddie Albert was born Edward Albert Heimberger in Rock Island, Illinois, the oldest of the five children. When he was one year old, his family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at Central High School in Minneapolis and joined the drama club. His schoolmate Harriet Lake (later known as Ann Sothern) graduated in…
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DICK PATTERSON
April 11, 1929 Dick Patterson was born Richard Neal Patterson in Clear Lake, Iowa, in 1929. In 1961, he got his ‘big break’ on Broadway replacing Dick Van Dyke in the original cast of the musical Bye Bye Birdie. His Broadway debut was in the short-lived Vintage ‘60. Next he was seen opposite Ken Berry in The…
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TRIB TV: CAROL + 2
March 19, 1966 BURNETT, BALL, AND MOSTEL – how do you get a comedic triple threat like that on the same TV show? If you’re Carol Burnett, you ask Zero to lunch and say: “Hey, wouldn’t it be fun to do a show together?” Then, even tho everybody says, “Forget it, you’ll never get her,” you…
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HARVEY KORMAN
February 15, 1927 Harvey Korman was born in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. After being discharged, he studied at the Goodman School of Drama and at HB Studio. Korman is best known as a cast member of “The Carol Burnett Show” (1967-77), four episodes of which featured Lucille Ball. But…
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JIMMY DURANTE
February 10, 1893 James Francis Durante was born on the Lower East Side of New York City. He was the youngest of four children. His distinctive gravelly voice, New York accent, and prominent nose helped make him one of America’s most popular personalities from the 1920s through the 1970s. He often referred to his nose as ‘The…
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WOMEN COMICS: WHY THEY TRY HARDER
November 21, 1971 Lucille Ball was on the cover and profiled in the November 21, 1971 issue of Parade, the national Sunday Newspaper Magazine supplement. The inside article was titled “Women Comics: Why They Try Harder” by associate editor Linda Gutstein. The cover photo was taken from “Lucy and the Indian Chief” (HL S2;E3) in 1969. …