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Never Too Young
''Never Too Young'' is an American daytime serial that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from September 27, 1965 to June 24, 1966 and was the first soap opera geared towards a teen audience. The show premiered on ABC on the same day as ''The Nurses (1965 TV series), The Nurses''. Synopsis The series, which featured Tony Dow of ''Leave It to Beaver'' and Tommy Rettig of ''Lassie (1954 TV series), Lassie'' fame, was set in Malibu, California. ''Never Too Young'' chronicled the lives of a group of teens and their parents. Stories were told from the point of view of Alfy (David Watson), the owner of the local beach hangout, "The High Dive". The series featured several musical guests who performed at The High Dive, including: The Castaways (band), The Castaways, The Sunrays, Marvin Gaye, Johnny Rivers, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Mel Carter, Freddie Cannon, Ramsey Lewis, Ramsey Lewis Trio and The Girls (1960s band), The Girls. The show's theme song was composed by Ray Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by ''horse opera'', a derogatory term for low-budget Western (genre), Westerns. According to some dictionaries, for something to be adequately described as a soap opera, it need not be long-running; but some authors define the word in a way that excludes short-running serial dramas from their definition. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first Broadcasting, broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running soap opera. The longest-running television soap opera is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV in 1960. According to Albert Moran, one of the defining features that make a television program a soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Paul Revere & the Raiders (also known as Raiders) were an American rock band formed in Boise, Idaho, in 1958. They saw considerable U.S. mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s. The band was known for including Revolutionary War-style clothes in their attire. Originally an instrumental rock combo called the Downbeats, the Raiders were formed in 1958 by organist Paul Revere, and included singer Mark Lindsay. After charting in 1961 with the minor hit " Like, Long Hair" and then in late 1963 just missing ''Billboard''s Hot 100 with a cover of "Louie Louie", the band was signed to Columbia Records, under the tutelage of producer Terry Melcher. In January 1966 the single " Just Like Me"—propelled by exposure on Dick Clark's shows such as ''Where The Action Is''—reached no. 11 on the Hot 100, followed by the consecutive Top Tens "Kicks" and " Hungry", thus establishing the band as national stars. Clark's TV shows showcased Lindsay as a teen idol and Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice Wymore
Patrice Wymore Flynn (born Patricia Wymore; December 17, 1926 – March 22, 2014) was an American film, television and stage actress of the 1950s and 1960s, known for her marriage to Errol Flynn. Early life and stage career Born Patricia Wymore in Miltonvale, Kansas, to a family of vaudeville performers, she began touring with them at the age of six. By the time she reached adulthood, she was an accomplished dancer with a good singing voice. She auditioned in New York City for a part in '' Up in Central Park'', in which she performed in 1947. Still "Patricia Wymore," she then starred, fourth billed, with Johnny Downs, Red Buttons, and Jet McDonald in the 1948 Broadway musical ''Hold It!'', for which she won a Theatre World Award for "Promising Actress". This was followed by a five-month stint in the revue ''All for Love'' in 1949, where she was discovered by a talent scout from Warner Bros. who signed her up. Film career Her first film appearance under the name "Patrice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Carol
Cindy Carol (born Annette Carol Sydes, October 11, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. She was credited as Carol Sydes before her starring role as Gidget in ''Gidget Goes to Rome'' (1963). Personal She was born to Thomas and Ruth Sydes, who had three other children: Anthony, Jonathan, and Debbie, Her father was a high school English teacher, and she attended North Hollywood High School, where she was a cheerleader. Career Carol's first recorded role was as an uncredited schoolgirl in '' Good Morning, Miss Dove'' (1955). Under the name of Carol Sydes, she made a guest appearance in an episode of ''Medic'' that same year. This was followed by guest appearances in seven episodes of ''Leave It to Beaver'' in the years 1957–60, four of them in the role of Alma Hanson, the other three (one uncredited) in various other roles. Following guest appearances on ''My Three Sons'' in 1961 and ''The Donna Reed Show'' in 1962, she played the roles of Betty in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dack Rambo
Norman Jay "Dack" Rambo (November 13, 1941 – March 21, 1994) was an American actor, widely known for his role as Walter Brennan's grandson Jeff in the series '' The Guns of Will Sonnett'', as Steve Jacobi in the soap opera ''All My Children'', as cousin Jack Ewing on ''Dallas'', and as Grant Harrison on the soap opera '' Another World''. Early life Norman Jay Rambo was born on November 13, 1941, in Earlimart, California, to William Lester and Beatrice A. (née Rossi) Rambo. He was a middle child in a family of four children. His siblings were William Donald Rambo; identical twin Orman Ray "Dirk" Rambo (died 1967), and sister Beverly Jean Rambo. Beatrice Rambo outlived two of her three sons.According to ''California Birth Index, 1905-1995'' at ancestry.com Career After moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s, the 20-year-old twins were discovered by actress Loretta Young in 1962 and cast in her CBS series ''The New Loretta Young Show''. On February 5, 1967, Dirk Rambo was killed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lupton
John Rollin Lupton (August 23, 1928 – November 3, 1993) was an American film and television actor. Early years Lupton was the son of Adelma and Dorothy ( Marsh) Lupton. He developed an interest in drama while he was a student at Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin. He pursued acting via an apprenticeship with a stock theater company in New York, and after graduating he toured with the Strawbridge Children's Theater Company. Career After completing his studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Lupton performed with stock companies in Ocean City, New Jersey and Saratoga Springs, New York. He later joined MGM in Hollywood, making his film debut in '' On the Town'' in 1949. He co-starred in 1956 with Fess Parker in Disney's '' The Great Locomotive Chase''. During the 1954-1955 television season, Lupton appeared as a college student in several episodes of the CBS sitcom, '' The Halls of Ivy''. He also played Chris Lambert on the NBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Harmon
Patricia Joy Harmon or Joy Patricia Harmon (born May 1, 1940) is an American baker and former actress. Early years The daughter of Homer Harmon, Joy Patricia Harmon was born in Jackson Heights, New York, or Flushing, New York. She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946. She was a Miss Connecticut, She tied for fourth runner-up in the 1957 competition for Miss Connecticut. When she was three years old, Harmon modeled clothes in Fox Movietone News newsreels. She skipped two grades in elementary school and graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut. Career Harmon's stage debut came in ''Pajama Tops'' at the Klein Memorial Theatre in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She toured the United States in stock company productions, including ''The Marriage-Go-Round'', ''The Solid Gold Cadillac'', '' The Tender Trap'', ''The Importance of Being Ernest'', and ''Susan Slept Here''. On Broadway, Harmon portrayed Betty Phillips in ''Make a Million'' (1958). She also appeared in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Clayton
Jan Clayton (August 26, 1917 – August 28, 1983) was a film, musical theater, and television actress. She starred in the popular 1950s TV series '' Lassie''. Early years Born in 1917 in Tularosa, New Mexico, the only child of two schoolteachers, Clayton started singing by age four. Career Clayton was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starlet in the early 1940s, appearing in several films, none of them particularly notable, except for an unbilled role in 1948 as a singing inmate in '' The Snake Pit''. She appeared in the role of Julie Jordan in the original 1945 Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic ''Carousel''. Clayton can be heard on the original cast recordings of both ''Carousel'' (1945) and the 1946 Broadway revival of Kern's 1927 musical play ''Show Boat''. In 1954, Clayton was one of the many guest stars in a television spectacular tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein, '' The General Foods 25th Anniversary Show'', which featured all the then-surviving stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Blodgett
Michael Blodgett (September 26, 1939 – November 14, 2007) was an American actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Of his many film and television appearances he is best known for his performance as gigolo Lance Rocke in Russ Meyer's 1970 cult classic ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls''. He retired from acting in the late 1970s and began a writing career. Early life and career Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Blodgett attended the University of Minnesota before moving to Los Angeles to act. Once in Los Angeles, he earned a degree in political science from Cal State Los Angeles and attended Loyola Law School for one year before turning his attention to acting. In the summer of 1967, Blodgett served as emcee of ''The Groovy Show'', a beach-party dance show for teens on Los Angeles's KHJ-TV. In 1968, Blodgett moved to KTTV, where he hosted a 90-minute Saturday night talk show, ''The Michael Blodgett Show''. After his role in ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' in 1970, Blodgett appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merry Anders
Merry Anders (born Mary Helen Anderson; May 22, 1934 – October 28, 2012) was an American actress who appeared in a number of television programs and films from the 1950s until her retirement from the screen in 1972. Early life Anders was born in Chicago in 1934, the only child of Charles, a contractor, and Helen Anderson. Anders was of German, Irish and Swedish descent. In 1949, Anders and her mother visited Los Angeles for two weeks. They decided to remain in Los Angeles permanently while Charles Anderson remained in Chicago. While she was a student at John Burroughs Middle School (Los Angeles), John Burroughs Middle School, Anders met former actress Rita Leroy who encouraged her to begin a modeling career. While working as a junior model, Anders began studying acting at the Ben Bard Playhouse. It was there that a talent scout from 20th Century Fox spotted her and signed her to a film contract in 1951. Career Anders made her film debut in the 1951 musical ''Golden Girl (1951 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Shadows
''Dark Shadows'' is an American Gothic fiction, Gothic soap opera that aired weekdays on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show depicted the lives, loves, trials, and tribulations of the wealthy Collins family of Collinsport, Maine, where a number of supernatural occurrences take place. The series became popular when vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) was introduced ten months into its run. It would also feature ghosts, werewolf, werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a Parallel universe (fiction), parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. The show was distinguished by its melodramatic performances, atmospheric interiors, numerous dramatic plot twists, broad cosmos of characters, and heroic adventures. Unusual among the soap operas of its time, which were aimed primari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls (1960s Band)
The Girls were an American all-female band from Los Angeles, California, United States. They initially called themselves The Sandoval Sisters and The Moonmaids before settling on The Girls in 1965, when they signed a recording contract with Capitol Records.Biography, The Girls website. The members were sisters: Rosemary (lead guitar), Diane (rhythm guitar), Sylvia (bass), and Margaret (drums and lead vocals) Sandoval. They released two with Capitol, including a version of the biker song "Chico's Girl", written by and |
