In Memoriam

Who could possibly forget about Janet Leigh, the original "scream queen?" In a career that spanned more than fifty-five years the versitale actress conquered both film and television. She began in films in 1947. Some of her more notable films include Little Women (1949), Houdini (1953), The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998). Her film career consisted of more than fifty film appearances. On television she appeared as herself on such programs as "Person to Person", "The Colgate Comedy Hour", "Toast of the Town", "What's My Line?", "Password", "The Andy Williams Show", "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", "The Dean Martin Show", "The Joey Bishop Show", "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", "The Hollywood Squares", "Dinah!", "Good Morning America", "La

Given her impressive resume it is hard to believe that Madge Blake didn't begin her career on screen until age 50. She appeared in her first film in 1949 and would go onto appear in 48 more films between then and 1966. In many of appearances however, she was uncredited. Some of her more notable film appearances were in The Long, Long Trailer, Please Murder Me, Ain't Misbehavin and Please Don't Eat the Daisies. Madge became a very well known and well recognizable character actress on television as the medium began to grow. She appeared on such programs as "City Detective", "The Public Defender", "It's a Great Life", "The Star and the Story", "Four Star Playhouse", "Cavalcade of America", "Private Secretary", "December Bride", "General Electric Theater", "Lassie", "Bachelor Father", "The Gale Storm Show", "Studio 57", "Schlitz Playh

I was only 14 years old when Richard Denning passed away but I remember reading about it and feeling sad. Now, eleven years later, I feel even worse. He was a great actor who had a marvelous career and I wish more attention was given to the long list of accomplishments that this actor left behind. Between 1937 and 1968 he appeared in 91 films. The more notable ones being The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939), The Glass Key (1942), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and An Affair to Remember (1957). On television he could be spotted during the early days of the medium on such programs as "The Bigelow Theatre", "Cavalcade of America", "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars", "TV Reader's Digest", "Cheyenne", "Celebrity Playhouse", "Crossroads", "Lux Video Theatre", "The Ford Television Theatre", "General Electric Theater", "Studio One", "Going my Way" and "Karen."