1955 film still, for I Love Lucy episode Face To Face, aired on November 14, 1955, public domain Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989): “The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” Thought of as a dizzy sitcom redhead with big showbiz … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Funny Lady, Gracie Allen
Publicity photo of Gracie Allen from the Burns and Allen CBS Radio program, Wikimedia Commons Grace Allen (1895- 1964) "They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it." Gracie Allen made her stage debut in vaudeville as a singer and dancer when she … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor / Singer, Jim Nabors
June 12, 1930 - James Thurston Nabors: "Most people thought Gomer was stupid, dumb, a real klutz. But you study him, he really wasn't any of those things. Gomer just didn't want to see bad in anybody; you could never get him mad." Jim Nabors became a star playing the … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Raymond Burr
May 21, 1917– Raymond Burr: "Never gaining a good reputation is not nearly as painful as losing one." The Perry Mason character was from the brain of lawyer-turned-writer Erle Stanley Gardner in 1933. Mason appeared first in paperback books, and then was the center of a CBS … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Eve Arden
Photo Our Miss Brooks via YouTube April 30, 1908– Eve Arden "I like Mexico; it's so… Mexican." Eve Arden was born Eunice Mary Quedens. I would have changed my name too. When she was cast in the 1934 edition of the Ziegfeld Follies, she was told to change … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: “Bewitched” Actor, Dick Sargent
Via Wikimedia Commons April 19, 1930– Dick Sargent: "I wonder about Bewitched. But I guess we all wonder about something or other. Most working actors don't get a role where they become household faces. They may not know my name, I may be Darrin to people out there, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Television Icon, Fred Rogers
Via YouTube Screen-Grab March 20, 1928 – Mr. Rogers: ”What if you were offered an hour of live television every day? Can you imagine what it’s like to try to fill that up with something of value? I wanted to give the best I could.” I am not making this up, his given name … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor / Activist, Will Geer
March 9, 1902– Will Geer: "I'm a lifelong agitator, a radical. A rebel is just against things for rebellion's sake. By radical, I mean someone who goes to the roots." Want to really freak out those Conservative Christians and the White Nationalists? Let them in on a little … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor / Politician, Sheila Kuehl
Via Wikimedia Commons February 9, 1941– Sheila Kuehl: “No gay or lesbian person had ever won even a primary for California for the State Legislature. The thing that actually made it easy was ‘Zelda Gilroy.’ Everybody already liked ‘Zelda.’ They liked her a lot. And … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Farrah Fawcett
February 2, 1947– Farrah Fawcett: "I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer, and there is something that may not be very clear to me right now, that I will do." It was the face that launched a million push pins. An iconic Bruce McBroom … [Read more...]
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