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August 29, 1917 - July 9, 2004 On what would have been her 95th birthday... In Memoriam Remembers: Isabel Sanford
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Happy Birthday! Charles Boyer (1899) Nancy Kulp (1921) Donald O'Connor (1925) Roxie Roker (1929) At Rest: Anissa Jones (1976)
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Born: July 17, 1917 She will always be remembered for her bellowing laugh, crazy hair, zany wardrobe and amazing humor. It is a great tragedy that this lady has left us... Her career began in the late 1950's and it didn't stop until she drew her last breathe only six days ago. As herself she appeared on many television shows including "You Bet Your Life", "The Jack Paar Tonight Show", "The Jack Paar Program", "The Match Game", "The Art Linkletter Show", "What's My Line?", "Jackie Gleason and his American Scene Magazine", "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre", "I've Got a Secret", "The Milton Berle Show", "The Carol Burnett Show", "The Joey Bishop Show", "The Hollywood Palace", "The Ed Sullivan Show", The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "The Hollywood Square...
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Post # 600 - an extra sad moment....a great man has left us. Born: September 28, 1923 One of my favorite actors of all time... He was on the stage in 1940's and also appeared in some feature films including 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird. Mostly though audiences will remember him for his MANY MANY appearances on television between 1949 and the early 2000's. The list includes (but is not limited to): "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse" "Robert Montgomery Presents" "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" "Ben Casey" "The Donna Reed Show" "The Lucy Show" "The Twilight Zone" "77 Sunset Strip" "The Fugitive" "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" "Star Trek" "Bonanza" "All in the Family" "Cannon" "Marcus Welby, M.D." "The Waltons" "Columbo" "Ironside" ...
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November 20, 1921 - August 14, 2012 She was in films - Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, No Man of Her Own and Fort Worth just to name a few. She was on television - "Robert Montgomery Presents", "Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre", "Playhouse 90", "Wagon Train", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "The Twilight Zone", "Cannon", "Barnaby Jones" and "American Playhouse." ---- Just to name a few... In 1978 she became known to a brand new generation of fans when she played Ma Kent in the Superman motion picture starring Christopher Reeve. Her husband Jonathan Kent was played by fellow screen legend Glenn Ford. Her final acting role was in a 1992 episode of "Murder, She Wrote" starring Angela Lansbury. In Memoriam Remembers: Phyllis Thaxter
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Happy Birthday! Marion Lorne (1883) Joe Besser (1907) Jane Wyatt (1910) Marjorie Reynolds (1916) Deborah Walley (1943) At Rest: Henry Fonda (1982) Loretta Young (2000) Merv Griffin (2007)
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Happy Birthday! Rosetta LeNoire (1911) At Rest: Richard Deacon (1984) Alan Napier (1988) Edna Skinner (2003) Fay Wray (2004) Barbara Bel Geddes (2005) Patricia Neal (2010)
