Tag: tv
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JOHN HART
December 13, 1917 John Lewis Hart (sometimes credited as John Hilton) was born in Los Angeles. He grew up in San Marino and graduated from South Pasadena High School. His mother was a drama critic for the Pasadena Star-News and he later trained at the Pasadena Playhouse where he was discovered by a Paramount talent…
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RIP ‘THE 21 CLUB’
1930 – 2021 The 21 Club, Manhattan’s iconic nightspot and restaurant, will close for good by March 2021. The former prohibition-era speakeasy is located at 21 West 52nd Street (hence the name) in New York City. Perhaps the most famous feature of 21 is the collection lawn jockeys adorning the balcony above the entrance. In…
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GLADYS HURLBUT
December 9, 1898 Gladys Hurlbut was an actress born in Dresden, a city in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York, although some sources report that she was born in Norwich, Connecticut. She began her acting career on Broadway in 1920 and appeared in seven plays through 1949. As a playwright, she wrote three…
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MARRYING OFF PEGGY MARTIN
December 2, 1950 “Marrying Off Peggy Martin” (aka “Trying To Marry Off Peggy Martin”) is episode #107 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on December 2, 1950. This was the twelfth episode of the third season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 31 new episodes, with the season ending on March 31, 1951.…
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KEITH THIBODEAUX
December 1, 1950 Keith Thibodeaux (aka Richard Keith) was born on December 2, 1950, in Lafayette, Louisiana. At the age of three he was making $500 a week touring as a drummer with the Horace Heidt Orchestra. When he was five, his father took him to audition for the role of Little Ricky Ricardo on…
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RICHARD CRENNA
November 30, 1926 Richard Donald Crenna was born in Los Angeles, California, the only son of a pharmacist and a hotel manager. Following high school, Crenna served in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he saw combat in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. He also briefly served in the Pacific Theater of…
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Herbert F. Solow, A Founding Father Of Star Trek, Dies At 89
Herbert F. Solow, A Founding Father Of Star Trek, Dies At 89
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KEN CHRISTY
November 23, 1894 Ken Christy was born as Robert Kenneth Christy in Greenville, Pennsylvania. Christy served in World War One. Although busy on stage and on radio, his first screen appearance was in 1940. He was mainly uncredited and did small roles, sometimes in short films. A 1950 newspaper article said that “in 98 out of…
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HARPO MARX
November 23, 1888 Harpo Marx was born Adolph Marx in New York City. He was the second of five brothers: Julius (Groucho), Milton (Gummo), Leonard (Chico), and Herbert (Zeppo). He quit school after kindergarten to help support his family by taking a job as a delivery boy. His musical talent was developed by learning to play…
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