Tag: Lucille Ball
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THE MARTIN & LEWIS SHOW
April 3, 1949 “The Martin and Lewis Show” was a radio comedy-variety program in the United States. It was broadcast on NBC beginning April 3, 1949, and ending July 14, 1953. It starred the comedy team of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Martin was the singer of the pair, and Lewis was the comedian. it was…
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JACK CHEFE
April 1, 1894 Jack Chefé was born on April 1, 1894 in Kiev, Russian Empire. His screen acting career spanned thirty five years and nearly 400 credits, most uncredited background performances,165 as waiters! His film debut was in a 1928 silent film by Frank Capra titled That Certain Thing. He was briefly glimpsed as a…
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LOUIS D. MERRILL
April 1, 1912 Louis Dilman Merrill was born on April 1, 1912 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He performed in “Lux Radio Theater” as a utility supporting player in nearly every broadcast from 1937 to 1939 . He made his screen debut with an uncredited role in 1935′s The Black Room starring Boris Karloff. He made his…
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YOUNG MISS: LUCY & HER KIDS
April 1, 1969 Lucille Ball and her children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. appeared on the cover of the April issue of Young Miss (formerly Calling All Girls) magazine. The magazine was first published in 1934, and was the oldest girls’ magazine in the United States. It got its start as two magazines in…
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APRIL FOOL’S DAY
April 1, 1949 “April Fool’s Day” is episode #37 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on April 1, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ As an April Fool’s joke, Liz plans to plant a lipstick-smeared handkerchief in George’s coat pocket. “My Favorite Husband” was based on the novels Mr. and Mrs.…
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EDDIE QUILLAN
March 31, 1907 Eddie Quillan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into a family of vaudeville performers. He made his stage debut at the age of seven alongside his parents and siblings in their act titled ‘The Rising Generation’. Mack Sennett Studios signed Quillan to a contract in 1922. He made his screen debut for Sennett…
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TV GUIDE: 20 YEARS LATER
March 31, 1973 This issue not only marks twenty years since Lucille Ball and her son Desi Arnaz Jr. appeared on the first national edition of TV Guide, but it also marks Ball’s twenty third time appearing on the cover. She would eventually do 39 covers. The photographic portrait was done by Sherman Weisburd. Sherman…
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PEGGY REA
March 31, 1921 Margaret ‘Peggy’ Jane Rea was born in Los Angeles in 1921. Before she became an actress, Rea left UCLA to attend business school. She landed a job as a production secretary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1940s. After stage appearance as Eunice in A Streetcar Named Desire starring Uta Hagen and Anthony Quinn, she made her…
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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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TV GUIDE: FOUR DAYS
March 30, 1968 This is the 19th of Lucille Ball’s 39 TV Guide covers. Ball (and her infant son) appeared on the very first national issue on April 3, 1953. Mario Anthony Casilli (cover photograph) is best known for his work for Playboy magazine between 1957 and 1996. He also did many celebrity portraits for…
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