Tag: Jane Kean
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JANE KEAN
April 10, 1924 Jane Kean was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 10, 1924. Her show business career spanned seven decades. Among her most famous roles were as Trixie Norton on “The Jackie Gleason Show”, and as the voice of Belle in the perennial favorite “Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol.” Kean and her older sister Betty Kean, formed…
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BENNETT GREEN
October 13, 1904 Bennett Green was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on October 13, 1904. He is primarily remembered as Desi Arnaz’s camera and lighting stand-in on “I Love Lucy” but also frequently appeared on camera. His first screen appearance was uncredited, in the Universal serial Raiders of Ghost City (1944). His first appearance on TV…
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SHEILA MACRAE
September 24, 1921 Sheila Margaret Stephens was born in London in 1921, but evacuated with her parents to Long Island, New York, in 1939, shortly before the onset of World War II. She became a naturalized US citizen in March 1959. In 1941, she married actor and singer Gordon MacRae. They often appeared on the stage…
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Lucy and the Soap Opera
S4;E19~ January 31, 1966 Synopsis The star of Lucy’s favorite soap opera lives in her building and tells her that his character’s fate is in question. Curious Lucy disguises herself in a number of outrageous get-ups to gain access to the show’s reclusive writer and learn how the show will turn out. Regular Cast…