Tag: Helen Kleeb
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HELEN KLEEB
January 6, 1907 Helen Kleeb was born in South Bend, Washington. She began acting on stage and on radio in Portland, Oregon, in the late 1920s. She is best remembered as Miss Mamie Baldwin (one of the moonshiner Baldwin Sisters) on “The Waltons” (1972-81) as well as in four Waltons specials. Her screen debut was also…
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ELLEN CORBY
June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999 Ellen Hansen Corby was born in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1911, just two months before Lucille Ball. An interest in amateur theater while in high school led her to Atlantic City in 1932, where she briefly worked as a chorus girl. A year later she moved to Hollywood. She spent…
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“Ricky Needs An Agent”
(S4;E29 ~ May 16, 1955) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed April 7, 1955 at Ren-Mar Studio. Rating: 39.2/63 Synopsis ~ When Ricky’s career stalls, Lucy pretends to be his agent – to disastrous results! In the early 1940s, Desi Arnaz was under contract to MGM and had…