Tag: Hollywood Squares
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MRS. LUCILLE CRAWFORD?
June 19, 1936 In 1936 Lucille Ball was engaged to be married to actor Broderick Crawford. Broderick Crawford and Lucille Ball were both the same age (and died just a few years apart) and took similar roads to success. William Broderick Crawford (1911 – 1986) was a stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast…
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PETER MARSHALL
March 30, 1926 Peter Marshall was born Ralph Pierre LaCock into a show business family in Huntington, West Virginia. His sister was actress Joanne Dru, who replaced Vivian Vance in Desilu’s “Guestward Ho!” He is perhaps best remembered as the original host of “Hollywood Squares” from 1966 to 1981, but he was also an actor and singer, with more…
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VINCENT PRICE
MAY 27, 1911 Vincent Leonard Price Jr. was born just nine weeks before Lucille Ball. He made his screen debut in 1938, and after many minor roles, he began to perform in low-budget horror movies where he would make his mark on the genre. His final feature film appearance was in 1990’s Edward Scissorhands. Besides acting,…