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Welcome Home Dallas Fans (572)

"Dallas" ended its incredible fourteen season run in May 1991 - just a little more than twenty years ago.  Now the series is back on TNT - it is set to begin next month.... Original cast members Larry Hagman (J.R.Ewing), Linda Gray (Sue Ellen Ewing), Patrick Duffy (Bobby Ewing), Ken Kercheval (Cliff Barnes), Steve Kanaly (Ray Krebbs) and Charlene Tilton (Lucy Ewing-Cooper) are all taking part in the new show. Deceased Cast Members: Jim Davis (Jock Ewing): 1909-1981 Donna Reed (Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow #2): 1921-1986 Dack Rambo (Jack Ewing): 1941-1994 Howard Keel (Clayton Farlow): 1919-2004 Barbara Bel Geddes (Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow #1): 1922-2005 Other surviving cast members include Victoria Principal (Pamela Ewing), Susan Howard (Donna Culver Krebbs), Priscilla Presley (Jenna Wade), Sheree J. Wilson (April Stevens Ewing), George Kennedy (Carter McKay), Cathy Podewell (Cally Harper Ewing), Kimberly Foster (Michelle Stevens), Sasha Mitchell (James Beaumont), Barbara

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Happy Birthday! Bob Hope (1903) At Rest: Harvey Korman (2008)

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Born: September 22, 1912 On stage she appeared in such productions as Our Town (a role she later played in the 1940 film version).  She also appeared in other such films, The Ten Commandments and Strange Bargain just to name a few.  On television she was a very busy character actress appearing on several shows including "Robert Montgomery Presents", "Your Show of Shows", "Lux Video Theatre", "The Ed Sullivan Show", "Suspense", "The Colgate Comedy Hour", "Playhouse 90", "The United States Steel Hour", "The F.B.I.", "Ironside", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father", "The Bob Newhart Show" (as Bob's mother), "The Mod Squad", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "Police Story", "Police Woman", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The Bionic Woman", "General Hospital", "Dallas" (as J.R.Ewing's mother-in

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Happy Birthday! John Wayne (1907) James Arness (1923) At Rest: Anne Haney (2001) Eddie Albert (2005) Art Linkletter (2010)

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May 25, 1939 - April 10, 2010 Happy Birthday! In Memoriam Remembers: Dixie Carter 

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Happy Birthday! Scatman Crothers (1910) Artie Shaw (1910) Betty Garrett (1919) Edna Skinner (1921) Rosemary Clooney (1928)

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April 15, 1933 - May 18, 1995 She was a marvelous performer who left us much too early.  Seventeen years after her passing... In Memoriam Remembers: Elizabeth Montgomery 

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April 5, 1933 - May 17, 2005 Seven years after his passing... In Memoriam Remembers: Frank Gorshin

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Happy Birthday! Irving Berlin (1888) Phil Silvers (1911) Foster Brooks (1912) Denver Pyle (1920)

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Born on this day in 1923 she appeared in many films including All About Eve, The Blue Gardenia and The Ten Commandments.  On television she made guest appearances on many shows including "Wagon Train", "Playhouse 90", "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour", "Batman" (playing villianess' Zelda the Great and Olga (seen in the photo above) Queen of the Cossacks.  As Olga she worked opposite Vincent Price (part of his face is in the photo) who played the super-villain Egghead.  She appeared several times on "The Love Boat" and "Marcus Welby, M.D."  In 1983 she began playing Victoria Cabot on "Hotel" and remained with the show until her death on December 12, 1985.  Because of the show's filming schedule her final episode didn't actually air until mid-1986.       On her 89th birthday, In Memoriam Remembers: Anne Baxter

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Happy Birthday! Raymond Bailey (1904) Orson Welles (1915) At Rest: Marlene Dietrich (1992)

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One half of the genius behind "Amos 'N' Andy" He was on the air from the late 1920's to the early 1960's... His characters: -Amos Jones -George "Kingfish" Stevens -Lightnin' the Janitor -Brother Crawford and others... are legendary.... Born on this day in 1899, he passed away on December 10, 1982. In Memoriam Remembers: Freeman Gosden