Tag: Green Acres
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EVA GABOR
February 11, 1919 Eva Gabor was born in Budapest, Hungary, the youngest of three sisters, Zsa Zsa, and Magda. She was the first of the sisters to immigrate to the US, shortly after her first marriage in 1937 when she was 18 years old. “I was the first actress in the family, and I am…
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GAIL BONNEY
December 15, 1901 Gail Bonney was born Goldie Bonowitz in Columbus, Ohio. She has a twin sister. Her screen career began in the late 1940s and continued for three decades. Her first screen credit came in January 1948 playing a gossipy woman (uncredited) in Slippy McGee. Bonney was seen in two 1950 films featuring Lucille Ball. …
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ELEANOR AUDLEY
November 19, 1905 Eleanor Audley was born Eleanor Zellman in Newark, New Jersey. Audley was a New York born actress who performed in eight Broadway plays between 1926 and 1944. She began using the last name Audley before 1940. On radio, she appeared in several episodes of Lucille Ball’s “My Favorite Husband,” such as “The Mother-in-Law” (1949), “George is Messy”…
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SID MELTON
May 22, 1917 – November 2, 2011 Sid Melton (born Sidney Meltzer) played the roles of incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom “Green Acres” and Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor of the Copa Club, on “The Danny Thomas Show” and its spin-offs. He appeared in about 140 film and television projects in a career that…
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THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY
Lucille Ball’s outrageous stunts have inspired other shows to get laughs from the same unlikely situations. These are some of my favorite Lucy inspirations (in no particular order)… WILL & GRACE (1998-2006 and 2016+) “Who’s Your Daddy?” (S9;E2 ~ October 5, 2017)Starring Debra Messing (Grace), Megan Mullalley (Karen) inspired by “The Lucy Show”“Lucy and Viv Put…
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LUCY AND EVA GABOR
S1;E7 ~ November 11, 1968 Directed by Jack Donohue ~ Written by Milt Josefsberg and Ray Singer Synopsis The author of a controversial novel (Eva Gabor) is in town and needs a quiet place to work so Harry volunteers Lucy’s home. Naturally, it is anything but peaceful and far from quiet. Regular Cast Lucille Ball…
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“Lucy Raises Tulips”
(S6;E26 ~ April 29, 1957) Directed by William Asher. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on March 28, 1957 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 41.2/65 Synopsis ~ Lucy turns gardener, competing with Betty Ramsey (Mary Jane Croft) for Westport Garden Club’s ‘Best Garden,’ a title that Betty has held for three years…
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