In Memoriam

Born on this day: Ed Sullivan (1901) Arnold Stang (1918) At Rest: Harpo Marx (1964) Mabel Albertson (1982) Whitney Blake (2002)

Born: July 4, 1910 Died: September 26, 2010 An actress who appeared on stage, film and and television recently left at the remarkable age of 100... She began in films in 1932 and had a steady run until 1939. She made more appearances in 1944 and 1946 and then retired. She returned to acting in 1975 by appearing in the TV movie "The Legend of Lizzie Borden" which starred Elizabeth Montgomery... Other television credits include "The Waltons", "Murder, She Wrote", "The Invisible Man", Touched by an Angel" and "General Hospital." In 1997, at the age of 87, she found brand new fame by appearing as the 100 year old survivor of the Titanic in the film of the same name...thanks to her work in the movie she became the oldest woman in cinema history to ever be nominated for an Oscar... In 2001 she returned to world of mystery when she played a woman old enough to remember the seeing slaves escape on the underground railroad in the TV...

Happy 90th Birthday to an actress that appeared briefly on Broadway, film and prime time television before becoming an icon in daytime soaps. In the 1940's she appeared on Broadway and went onto appear in a few films shortly after. She guest starred on such television shows as "Kraft Television Theatre", "The United States Steel Hour", "The Patty Duke Show" and "The Defenders." On January 5, 1970 she began playing the role of Mona Kane (later Tyler) on the daytime soap opera "All My Children." Her character was the mother of the now infamous Erica Kane (Susan Lucci). She often sparred with the wealthy and snobbish Phoebe Tyler (Ruth Warrick), wife of her employer and later lover Dr. Charles Tyler (Hugh Franklin). Phoebe made several attempts to stop the relationship but in the end Charles divorced her and married Mona. Phoebe vs. Mona was on the next twenty years... She played the role until her death from cancer on June 1, 1994....

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905) Greta Garbo (1905) Leon Askin (1907) Jack Warden (1920) Phyllis Kirk (1927) Happy Birthday! In Memoriam Remembers you all on what would've been your special day!

This is the 350th post - I am so thrilled, In Memoriam involves a lot of hard work but every bit of it is my pleasure and a lot of fun... On this day in history.... Happy Birthday! Roddy McDowall (1928-1998) Anne Bancroft (1931-2005) At Rest: Red Skelton (1913-1997) In Memoriam Remembers: Roddy McDowall Anne Bancroft Red Skelton

Born: December 10, 1923 A wonderful actor has left us...on the same day as another wonderful actor. September 11, 2010 took both this man and Kevin McCarthy from us... At the time of his passing he had 191 credits to his name... One of his earliest television appearance was on "The Donna Reed Show." From there on he built up an incredible resume as a television character actor. He become a household name when he began playing Rhoda Morganstern's (Valerie Harper) father in a few episodes of "Mary Tyler Moore." In 1974 "Rhoda" made it's debut and the actor was present as Mr. Morganstern on a recurring basis until the show ended in 1978... On the big screen he appeared in such films as The Sting, Patch Adams, Freaky Friday, The Master of Disguise, Stuart Little, My Giant, The One and Only and The Big Bus... In 1972, he played the original Howard Cunningham in a sketch on "Love, American Style." The sketch of course would lead to th...

Born: February 15, 1914 I write this with a great deal of saddness. This wonderful character actor left us this past Saturday at the age of 96...he had 204 acting credits to his name. He appeared on film, Broadway and television as well as lending his voice to radio... His most memorable film of course was 1956's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. He became a hero to all sci-fi fans. The 1978 remake of film appropriately included a cameo by the actor who made the film part of the cinema history...some other film credits include the screen version of Death of a Salesman and The Twilight Zone: The Movie. His very first film was 1944's Winged Victory, however the actor did not receive screen credit... On the stage he became well known for his twenty year run as President Harry Truman in the one man show "Give 'Em Hell Harry." He first appeared on television on "The Ford Theatre Hour" in 1949. He appeared in the screen version of The Man Who Came to ...