Tag: Lucy
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LUCY BALL HALL?
JUNE 16, 1938 Before meeting Desi Arnaz while making Too Many Girls, Lucille Ball was actually engaged to be married to divorced film director Alexander Hall, seventeen years her senior. Alexander Hall made his stage debut in 1898 at age four. He entered films in 1914 as an actor. Leaving the film industry to serve…
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19th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS
June 4, 1967 “The 19th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards” were held at the Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, and broadcast on ABC, on June 4, 1967. The ceremony was hosted by Joey Bishop and Hugh Downs. The nominees and winners, as they relate to Lucille Ball and Desilu Studios, were: Outstanding Comedy Series The winner…
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CLAUDE AKINS
May 25, 1926 Claude Aubrey Akins was best known as Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–81 television series “B. J. and the Bear" and later “The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo”, a spin-off series. Akins was born in Nelson, Georgia, and grew up in Bedford, Indiana. Some sources say he was born in 1918, making his age at…
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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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FRANK NELSON
1911-1986 Frank Nelson was born on May 6, 1911 (three months before Lucille Ball) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He started working as a radio announcer at the age of 15. He later appeared on such popular radio shows as “The Great Gildersleeve,” “Burns and Allen,” and “Fibber McGee & Molly”. Aside from Lucille Ball, Nelson is…
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Patti LuPone on ‘Hollywood’ costar Darren Criss, family friend Lucille Ball
Broadway Diva Patti LuPone talks about her unique connection to Lucy! Patti LuPone on ‘Hollywood’ costar Darren Criss, family friend Lucille Ball
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APPLE BLOSSOM LUCY
April 30, 1964 The annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and Parade in Winchester, Virginia began in 1929. The event features an Apple Blossom Queen (aka Queen Shenandoah), a parade with a Grand Marshal, and celebrity appearances. In 1964, TV legend Lucille Ball, served as the Festival’s Grand Marshal. The Queen of Comedy was joined by…
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DRAG LUCY!
The first episode of “RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race” included Nico Tortorella on ‘Snatch Game’ as Lucille Ball. Tortorella, dressed in Lucy Ricardo’s iconic polka dot dress, included Lucy’s mannerisms and a parody of the Vitameatavegamin patter. “Ewwwwwwwwww!”
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