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Mary Linn Beller
Mary Linn Beller (March 1, 1933 – April 13, 2000) was an American child actress. Early years Beller was born in Brooklyn on March 1, 1933, the daughter of Samuel and Helen Beller. She began taking acting lessons by age 9, studying at the Heckscher Foundation and the Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan. She began auditioning for parts on radio when she was 12. She attended Midwood High School, Bennington College and Columbia University School of General Studies. Career Beller's first professional acting role consisted of a giggle on the radio version of ''Our Miss Brooks'' when she was 12 years old. She portrayed Babby on ''The Brighter Day'' and appeared on other radio programs, including ''Let's Pretend'' and ''School of the Air''. On stage, Beller performed in summer stock at age 16 in the ingenue lead role in '' You Can't Take It With You''. Other summer stock roles were followed by a six-week tour in ''Leaf and Bough'', which had three performances on Broadway. She also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Holbrook
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show that he developed called ''Mark Twain Tonight!'' while studying at Denison University. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain. He continued to perform his signature role for more than 60 years, retiring the show in 2017 due to his failing health. Throughout his career, he also won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television and was nominated for an Academy Awards, Academy Award for his work in film. Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's ''The Group (film), The Group'' (1966). He later gained international fame for his performance as Deep Throat (Watergate), Deep Throat in the 1976 film ''All the President's Men (film), All the President's Men''. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1974 miniseries ''Lincoln'' and 1985 miniseries ''North and South (miniseries), North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Date With Judy (TV Series)
''A Date with Judy'' is an American television sitcom, two versions of which were broadcast on ABC between 1951 and 1953. A daytime version ran on weekly on Saturdays from June 2, 1951, to February 23, 1952. A primetime version with a different cast ran from July 10, 1952, to September 30, 1953. Premise The title character was teenager Judy Foster. The book ''Television Series of the 1950s: Essential Facts and Quirky Details'' described Foster as "a very pretty girl who is called 'the cutest date in town'", adding, "Judy has a knack for finding mischief and has a firm belief that her family doesn't understand her." The ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010'' described her as "bright, enthusiastic and 'blessed' with a knack for finding trouble." Judy's parents were Melvyn and Dora Foster, and she had a 12-year-old brother, Randolph. Her boyfriend was Oogie Pringle. The program was derived from the radio show of the same name. Cast The table below shows the acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Stage Actresses
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Brooklyn
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakistan, Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwich Hospital (Connecticut)
Greenwich Hospital is a teaching hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, serving people in lower Fairfield County and lower Westchester County, New York. A member of Yale New Haven Health System, Greenwich Hospital is a teaching institution. It has an internal medicine residency program and is a major academic affiliate of Yale School of Medicine. The hospital is also affiliated with New York Medical College School of Medicine, Columbia University School of Social Work, Fairfield University School of Nursing and Graduate School of Education, Norwalk Community College, Pace University, and Westchester Community College Respiratory Therapy, among others. Greenwich Hospital Credentials, accessed July 1, 2015 In its 2020 fiscal year, the hospital reported 12,737 inpatient and 253,779 outpatient discharges. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starlight Theatre (TV Series)
''Starlight Theatre'' is a 30-minute American television anthology series of romantic stories that aired on CBS from April 2, 1950, to October 4, 1951. Forty-nine episodes aired. In 1950-1951 it alternated with ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show''. Guest stars that appeared include Mary Sinclair, Julie Harris, Barry Nelson, Eve Arden, John Forsythe, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper, George Reeves, Jean Stapleton, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, and Franchot Tone. Production Robert Stevens was the producer. The directors included Stevens, John Peyser, Yul Brynner, Martin Ritt, and Curt Conway. The program originated from WCBS-TV and was sustaining. It was broadcast at 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays, replacing ''The Girls''. Critical response Critic Jack Gould commended the "Welcome Home" episode for its portrayal of a radio correspondent who was thrust into celebrity status when she returned to the United States from the Far East. Gould's review in ''The New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (1950 TV Series)
''Escape'' is a 30-minute live American dramatic anthology television series produced and directed for CBS by Wyllis Cooper. Narrated by William Conrad, the series was the television counterpart to a successful CBS Radio series of the same name (1947–1954). Thirteen episodes aired on CBS from January 5, 1950, to March 30, 1950. The show's stories "depicted people attempting to deal with danger, the supernatural, or some fantasized situation." Among its guest stars were Kim Stanley, Lee Marvin, Tommy Rettig, and Brian Keith. The announcers were Jack McCoy and Elliott Lewis. The program was sustaining and originated from WCBS-TV WCBS-TV (channel 2), branded CBS New York, is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the CBS network. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside Riverhead, New York–lic .... References External links''Escape (1950 TV series)'' at CVTA with episode list* 1950s Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
