Tag: Desilu
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MARY TREEN
March 27, 1907 Mary Treen was born Mary Louise Summers in St. Louis, Missouri. She was raised in California and attended a convent school where she was in the school plays. During her career, Treen was seen in over 40 films. Among her film roles were Tilly, the secretary of the Building and Loan, in It’s a…
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MADELYN PUGH
March 15, 1921 Madelyn Laverne Pugh was born in Indianapolis in 1921. She became interested in writing at Shortridge High School with classmate Kurt Vonnegut. She graduated from Indiana University School of Journalism in 1942. Her first professional writing job was writing short radio spots for an Indianapolis radio station. When her family moved to California, she…
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TONY RANDALL
February 26, 1920 Anthony “Tony” Randall was born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is best known for his role as Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. In a career spanning about six decades, Randall received six Golden Globe Award nominations and six…
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MILTON FROME
February 24, 1909 Milton Frome was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1909. Frome made his first screen appearance in the short Daredevil O’Dare in 1934. His first feature was in 1939′s Ride ‘Em Cowgirl. His first television appearance (of many) was a 1950 episode of “The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre” titled “Once A Gentleman”. He played Sam Carter, the object of…
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KATHLEEN FREEMAN
February 17, 1919 Kathleen Freeman was born in Chicago. She began her career as a child, dancing in her parents’ vaudeville act. After studying music at UCLA she went into acting full-time, working on the stage, and finally entering films in 1948. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, she portrayed acerbic maids, secretaries, teachers,…
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TYLER McVEY
February 14, 1912 William Tyler McVey was born Bay City, Michigan. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was one year old and his father allowed his maternal grandparents to raise him. He gained early acting experience in amateur productions in his hometown. McVey also acted on radio programs, including Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch, Glamour Manor, and…
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RIP LYNN STALMASTER
1927-2021 Lynn Stalmaster was the first casting director to be conferred an Academy Award, having received an Honorary Oscar in 2016. He worked with Desilu on several projects, the first being the “I Love Lucy” summer replacement series “Those Whiting Girls” (1957). He moved on to the Desilu Western “The Sheriff of Cochise” (1957-58)… Desilu’s crime series “Official Detective”…
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OLIN HOWLAND
February 10, 1886 Olin Ross Howland was born in Denver, Colorado. His father was one of the youngest enlisted participants in the Civil War. His older sister was the famous stage actress Jobyna Howland. As a young man, he learned to fly airplanes from the Wright Brothers! From 1909 to 1928, Howland appeared on Broadway…
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BURT MUSTIN
February 8, 1884 Burton Hill Mustin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1884. Mustin graduated from Pennsylvania Military College with a degree in civil engineering, in 1903. He worked as an engineer but later decided to go into sales. In 1921, he became the first announcer for Pittsburgh’s then newly established KDKA radio station. He appeared…
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