Tag: Vivian Vance
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STANLEY FARRAR
October 4, 1910 Stanley Farrar was born in Alameda, California, on October 4, 1910. He moved to Los Angeles, where he worked in radio, and he also appeared as a character actor in films and television shows. His first screen role was an uncredited background appearance in 1947′s Fear in the Night starring Paul Kelly…
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KATHRYN CARD
October 4, 1892 Kathryn Card was born as Catherine Sheehan in (or near) Butte, Montana, on October 4, 1892. She had a brother George and sisters Mary and Anna. She did radio roles in the late 1930s and films in the 1940s but is most famous for playing Mrs. McGillicuddy, Lucy Ricardo’s absent-minded mother on “I…
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YOUNG MATRONS’ LEAGUE TRYOUTS
October 2, 1948 “Young Matron’s League Tryouts” is episode #11 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on October 2, 1948. Synopsis ~ Liz tries to butter up George in hopes that he’ll let her try out for the play that the Young Matrons League will be performing. Note: This episode was aired before the characters…
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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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KNITTING BABY BOOTIES
September 24, 1948 “Knitting Baby Booties” is episode #10 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 24, 1948. Synopsis ~ Liz is knitting baby booties for an expectant friend, and George and Mr. Atterbury think Liz is pregnant. Note: This episode was aired before the characters names were changed from Cugat to Cooper. It…
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THE ATTIC
September 23, 1949 “The Attic” (aka “Trapped in the Attic”) is episode #55 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 23, 1949. This was the fourth episode of the second season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 43 new episodes, with the season ending on June 25, 1950. Synopsis ~ One…
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PHIL ARNOLD
September 15, 1909 Philip Arnold was a prolific character actor born on September 15, 1909 in Hackensack, New Jersey. He appeared in approximately 200 films and television shows between 1938 and 1968 – in bit parts most of the time. Perhaps most famously, Arnold was a regular in the “Three Stooges” movies doing six films…
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PAUL HARVEY
September 10, 1882 Paul Harvey was born as Roy Paul Harvey on September 10, 1882 in Sandwich, Illinois. He starred on Broadway in The Awful Truth (1922, above left with Bruce McRae and Ina Claire) and repeated his role in the film in in 1929, which is now presumed lost, although it was remade twice (without…
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CHARLES BOYER
August 28, 1899 Charles Boyer was born in Figeac, Lot, France, the son of a merchant. Boyer was a shy, small town boy who discovered the movies and theatre at the age of eleven. He performed comic sketches for soldiers while working as a hospital orderly during World War I. In 1920 in Paris, his quick memory…
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