Tag: Mickey Rooney
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HARVEY PARRY
April 23, 1900 Harvey Parry was born in San Francisco, California, in 1900. He became a stuntman and actor whose career spanned the silent era and the disaster movie genre of the 1970s. Parry worked as a circus aerialist in his youth and was working as a property man at the studios prior to discovering that…
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ELEANOR AUDLEY
November 19, 1905 Eleanor Audley was born Eleanor Zellman in Newark, New Jersey. Audley was a New York born actress who performed in eight Broadway plays between 1926 and 1944. She began using the last name Audley before 1940. On radio, she appeared in several episodes of Lucille Ball’s “My Favorite Husband,” such as “The Mother-in-Law” (1949), “George is Messy”…
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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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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1966 Part One ~ JANUARY to JUNE “The Lucy Show” finishes its fourth season, the first set in California. It includes Lucille Ball’s favorite episode of the series and has appearances by Mickey Rooney, Art Linkletter, Dean Martin, Bob Crane, Jay North, and Clint Walker. “Lucy, the Rain Goddess” (TLS S4;E15) ~ January 3, 1966…
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STARSTRUCK! (Part 1 of 4) From Lucy Ricardo’s first trip to Hollywood to Lucy Carter’s famous encounter with Liz and Dick, Lucille Ball’s TV characters have always been starstruck! When Lucy Carmichael moved to Hollywood, a parade of celebrity guest stars (some as themselves, some as original characters) appeared on the show! Enjoy these…
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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…