In Memoriam

Happy Birthday! Marco Rizo (1915) Virginia Mayo (1920) Richard Crenna (1926) Dick Clark (1929) At Rest: Arthur Q. Bryan (1959) Zeppo Marx (1979) 

Happy Birthday! Zamah Cunningham (1892) Luis Van Rooten (1906) Fran Ryan (1916) At Rest: Natalie Wood (1981) Cary Grant (1986) Ralph Bellamy (1991) Gene Rayburn (1999) 

April 10, 1923 - November 26, 2013 In Memoriam Remembers: Jane Kean 

Happy Birthday! Dick Powell (1901) Harry Bartell (1913) Elliott Lewis (1917) Hope Lange (1931) Gloria Winters (1931) At Rest: Rosalind Russell (1976) Garry Moore (1993) Terry Lester (2003) Leslie Nielsen (2010) 

Happy Birthday! Whitney Ellsworth (1908) Stephen Elliott (1918) Bruce Lee (1940) At Rest: David White (1990) Billie Bird (2002) 

Happy Birthday! Charles Schulz (1922) Robert Goulet (1933) Marian Mercer (1935) 

Happy Birthday! Ricardo Montalban (1920) At Rest: Laurence Harvey (1973) Jack Albertson (1981) Flip Wilson (1998) 

Happy Birthday! Cathleen Nesbitt (1888) Bernard Lenrow (1903) Don MacLaughlin (1906 or 1907) Howard Duff (1913) Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913) At Rest: Richard Carlson (1977) Jeffrey Lynn (1995) Pat Morita (2005) 

Happy Birthday! Boris Karloff (1887) Harpo Marx (1888) Nana Bryant (1888) George O'Hanlon (1912) Michael Gough (1916) Steve Landesberg (1936) At Rest: Shemp Howard (1955) Marie Wilson (1972) Larry Hagman (2012) 

Happy Birthday! Elizabeth Patterson (1875) Roland Winters (1904) Mary Jackson (1910) Rodney Dangerfield (1921) Geraldine Page (1924) At Rest: Mae West (1980) Michael Conrad (1983) Sterling Holloway (1992) Parley Baer (2002) Also today we remember one of America's greatest heartbreaks fifty years later... President John F. Kennedy May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963

 As you may or may not know the great Shirley Mitchell passed away on November 11, 2013 at the age of 94.  Ms. Mitchell's career was long and amazing, she appeared on just about every program of the 1950's-1970's.  At the time of her death she was the final surviving player from the "I Love Lucy" show.  In honor of Ms. Mitchell this post will not only remember her but also all the other supporting players that made "I Love Lucy" a strong program.  Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley have already been covered extensively on this blog so I will skip them this time around. Shirley Mitchell played Lucy's friend Marion Strong in three episodes during the 1953-1954 season. Doris Singleton (1919-2013) played Lucy's friend/nemesis Carolyn Appleby in ten episodes during the shows run Elvia Allman (1904-1992) played three different parts the candy factory forewoman in "Job Switching", Minnie Finch's neighb...

Happy Birthday! Reginald Denny (1891) Evelyn Keyes (1916) Phyllis Thaxter (1919) Danny Dayton (1923) Franklin Cover (1928) Richard Dawson (1932) 

Happy Birthday!  Clifton Webb (1889) Trevor Bardette (1902) Eleanor Audley (1905) Tommy Dorsey (1905) Tom Villard (1953)

Happy Birthday! Imogene Coca (1908) Arthur Peterson (1912) Jocelyn Brando (1919) Malcolm Mealey (1920) At Rest: James Coburn (2002) 

Happy Birthday! Byron Keith (1917) Rock Hudson (1925) Rusty Burrell (1925) At Rest: Esther Rolle (1998) 

Happy Birthday! Richard Hale (1892) Jim Jordan (1896) Burgess Meredith (1907) George O. Petrie (1912) Daws Butler (1916) Guy Stockwell (1934) At Rest: Clark Gable (1960) William Holden (1981) Ralph Edwards (2005) 

Happy Birthday! Jack Ingram (1902) Carol Bruce (1919) Arnold Johnson (1921) Barbara Cason (1928) Whitman Mayo (1930) At Rest: Tyrone Power (1958) 

Happy Birthday! Dick Powell (1904) Louise Brooks (1906) Rosemary DeCamp (1910) Sherwood Schwartz (1916) Brian Keith (1921) Veronica Lake (1922) McLean Stevenson (1927) Robert Ginty (1948) At Rest: Eddie Bracken (2002) 

November 4, 1919 - November 11, 2013 In Memoriam Remembers: Shirley Mitchell 

Happy Birthday! Hermione Baddeley (1906) Leonard Penn (1907) Robert Sterling (1917) Jack Elam (1920) Jack Narz (1922) Richard Mulligan (1932) Dack Rambo (1941) 

Happy Birthday! Kim Hunter (1922) William Lanteau (1922) Grace Kelly (1929) At Rest: Eve Arden (1990) Penny Singleton (2003) 

Remembering everyone (both past and present) who served this country in order to keep us free and safe.  You are all heroes! Happy Birthday! Jess Oppenheimer (1913) Jonathan Winters (1925) Vincent Schiavelli (1948) 

Happy Birthday! Claude Rains (1889) Harry Andrews (1911) George Fenneman (1919) Richard Burton (1925) Alaina Reed-Hall (1946) Brittany Murphy (1977) 

Happy Birthday! Ed Wynn (1886) Lou Lubin (1895) Paulene Myers (1913) Hady Lamarr (1914) Dorothy Dandridge (1922) 

Happy Birthday! June Havoc (1912) Robert Strauss (1913) Esther Rolle (1920) Darla Hood (1931) 

November 7, 1964 - May 8, 1999 In Memoriam Remembers: Dana Plato 

Happy Birthday! Eric Wilton (1882) Jonathan Harris (1914) Also today marks the 56th anniversary of the show that directly followed "I Love Lucy."  Originally known as "The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show" it was later called "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse presents the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show" and then finally "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" in reruns.  Its first installment, "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana", originally aired on November 6, 1957.  This episode was 75 minutes long and featured several guest stars.  Here is a look back at the cast. Lucille Ball (1911-1989) Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) Vivian Vance (1909-1979) William Frawley (1887-1966) Special Guest Stars Hedda Hopper (1885-1966) as herself Rudy Vallee (1901-1986) as himself Cesar Romero (1907-1994) as Carlos Garcia Ann Sothern (1909-2001) as Susie MacNamara Frank Nelson (1911-1986) as the Cruise Director Sothern crossed over from her sh...

Happy Birthday! Natalie Schafer (1900) Joel McCrea (1905) Roy Rogers (1911) John McGiver (1913) Vivien Leigh (1913) Elois Jenssen (1922) Herbert Edelman (1933) At Rest: Ward Bond (1960) Stafford Repp (1974) Fred MacMurray (1991) Jill Clayburgh (2010) 

Happy Birthday! Ian Wolfe (1896) Frank Jenks (1902) Walter Cronkite (1916) Art Carney (1918) Martin Balsam (1919) Kate Reid (1930) Noam Pitlik (1932) Linda Gary (1944) At Rest: Sheree North (2005) Andy Rooney (2011) 

 Happy Birthday! Gilbert Mack (1912) Charles Bronson (1921) Leonard Stone (1923) Aneta Corsaut (1933) Mike Evans (1949) Philip J. Amelio II (1977) At Rest: Mary Martin (1990) Bob Kane (1998) Jonathan Harris (2002)

Happy Birthday! Burt Lancaster (1913) Ann Rutherford (1917) Shepard Menken (1921) At Rest: Paul Frees (1986) Sid Melton (2011) 

Happy Birthday! Jeff Richards (1924) Dean Miller (1924) Emmaline Henry (1928) Marcia Wallace (1942) At Rest: Phil Silvers (1985) Noah Beery, Jr. (1994)