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The Golden Girls (season 3)
The third season of ''The Golden Girls'' premiered on NBC on September 19, 1987, and concluded on May 7, 1988. The season consisted of 25 episodes. Broadcast history The season originally aired Saturdays at 9:00–9:30 pm (EST) from September 19, 1987, to May 7, 1988. Episodes Awards and nominations '' 40th Primetime Emmy Awards'' *Nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series *Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Beatrice Arthur) (Episode: "My Brother, My Father") *Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Rue McClanahan) (Episode: "Strange Bedfellows") *Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Betty White) (Episode: "Bringing Up Baby") *Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Estelle Getty) (Episode: "Old Friends") *Nomination for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series (Herb Edelman) (Episode: "The Audit") *Nomination for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series (Geraldine Fitzgerald) (Episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Golden Girls
''The Golden Girls'' is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris that aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992, with a total of 180 half-hour episodes, spanning seven seasons. The show's ensemble cast stars Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty. It is about four older women who share a home in Miami, Florida. It was produced by Witt/Thomas Productions, Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions, in association with ABC Signature, Touchstone Television. Paul Junger Witt, Tony Thomas (producer), Tony Thomas, and Harris served as the original executive producers. ''The Golden Girls'' received critical acclaim throughout most of its run, and won several awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series twice. It also won three Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Each of the four stars received an Emmy Awards, Emmy Award, making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tiara
A tiara (, ) is a head ornament adorned with jewels. Its origins date back to ancient Greco-Roman world. In the late 18th century, the tiara came into fashion in Europe as a prestigious piece of jewelry to be worn by women at formal occasions. The basic shape of the modern tiara is a semicircle, usually made of silver, gold, or platinum and richly decorated with precious stones, pearls, or cameos. Tiaras were extremely popular during the late 19th century and were worn at events where the dress code was white tie. After World War I, wearing a tiara gradually fell out of fashion, except for official occasions at a royal court. Interest in tiaras has increased again since the beginning of the 21st century. The word ''tiara'' is often used interchangeably with the word ''diadem''. Description The basic shape of the modern tiara is a semi-circle, usually made of silver, gold or platinum. Tiaras have also been made from tortoiseshell, coral and quartz, and in the 20th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tony Perez (actor)
Tony Perez is an American film and television actor. Perez was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. He is best known for portraying Officer Mike Perez on ''Hill Street Blues'' from 1981 to 1985. Perez also appeared in ''Lou Grant (TV series), Lou Grant'', ''CHiPs'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''L.A. Law'', ''General Hospital'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''NYPD Blue'' (S04E16), ''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under'', ''Sons of Anarchy'', ''24 (TV series), 24'', and ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time''. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Tony Living people 1935 births American male film actors American male television actors American male actors of Filipino descent American actors of Puerto Rican descent 20th-century American male actors People from Portsmouth, Virginia Male actors from Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chevrolet Corvette
The Chevrolet Corvette is a line of American two-door, two-seater sports cars manufactured and marketed by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque since 1953. Throughout eight generations, indicated sequentially as C1 to C8, the Corvette is noted for its performance, distinctive styling, lightweight fiberglass or composite bodywork, and competitive pricing. The Corvette has had domestic mass-produced two-seater competitors fielded by American Motors Corporation, American Motors, Ford Motor Company, Ford, and Chrysler; it is the only one continuously produced by a United States auto manufacturer. It serves as Chevrolet's halo car. In 1953, GM executives accepted a suggestion by Myron Scott, then the assistant director of the Public Relations department, to name the company's new sports car after the corvette, a small, maneuverable warship. Initially, a relatively modest, lightweight 6-cylinder, 6cylinder convertible, subsequent introductions of V8 engine, V8 engines, competitive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting Taxation in the United States, U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax law. It is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury and led by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who is appointed to a five-year term by the President of the United States. The duties of the IRS include providing tax assistance to taxpayers; pursuing and resolving instances of erroneous or fraudulent tax filings; and overseeing various benefits programs, including the Affordable Care Act. The IRS originates from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, a federal office created in 1862 to assess the nation's first income tax to fund the American Civil War. The temporary measure funded over a fifth of the Union's war expens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Casey Sander
Clinton O. "Casey" Sander (born July 6, 1955 or 1956) is an American actor known as the character "Captain" Jimmy Wennick on the short-lived TV series '' Tucker''. His television credits also include ''Criminal Minds'', ''The Golden Girls'', '' Grace Under Fire'', ''Home Improvement'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', '' Rules of Engagement'', ''Sons of Anarchy'', ''Mad Men'', ''Silicon Valley'', '' The Newsroom'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Hunter'', NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and '' Marvin Marvin'', among other shows. He more recently had a recurring role on the TV sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' as Bernadette's father, Mike, and also appeared in four episodes of '' The Ranch'' as Roger Hollister. Early and personal life Sander was born in Washington, D.C. His father was an Air Force lieutenant colonel. While attending Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Washington, as sophomore, he played shortstop on the school's baseball team. In his senior year, he was a 10th round draft p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
McLean Stevenson
Edgar McLean Stevenson Jr. (November 14, 1927 – February 15, 1996) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake in the television series '' M*A*S*H'', which earned him a Golden Globe Award in 1974. Stevenson also appeared on a number of television series, notably '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'', '' The Doris Day Show'' and '' Match Game. Early life and education Stevenson was born in Normal, Illinois (coincidentally, a town located in McLean County). He was the great-grandson of William Stevenson (brother of US Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson), making him a second cousin once removed of two-time presidential nominee Adlai E. Stevenson II. He was also the brother of actress Ann Whitney. His father, Edgar, was a cardiologist. Their shared middle name, "McLean", came from Lottie McLean, Stevenson's paternal grandmother. Stevenson attended Bloomington High School and Lake Forest Academy. After high schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Schuck
Conrad John Schuck Jr. (born February 4, 1940) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for his role as Sergeant Charles Enright in the 1970s crime drama ''McMillan & Wife''. He also played Herman Munster in the late-1980s – early 1990s sitcom '' The Munsters Today,'' playing the role originated by Fred Gwynne in the 1960s sitcom ''The Munsters''. Schuck is also known for his work on ''Star Trek'', often playing Klingon characters, as well as his recurring roles as Draal on ''Babylon 5'' and as Chief of Detectives Muldrew of the New York City Police Department in ''Law & Order.'' Life and career Schuck was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Mary (née Hamilton) and Conrad John Schuck, a professor at SUNY Buffalo. He is of English and German descent. He made his first theatrical appearances at Denison University, and after graduating continued his career at the Cleveland Play House, Baltimore's Center Stage, and finally the American Conservatory T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edwin Newman
Edwin Harold Newman (January 25, 1919 – August 13, 2010) was an American newscaster, journalist, and author. After beginning his career with the wire services and serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Newman worked in radio for CBS News. He is known for a 23-year career with NBC News, from 1961 to 1984. Early life and education Newman was born on January 25, 1919, in New York City to Myron, a credit manager, and Rose (née Parker) Newman. His older brother was M.W. Newman, a longtime reporter for the '' Chicago Daily News''. His grandparents were all Russian-Jewish immigrants. Newman married Rigel Grell (1923–2020) on August 14, 1944. They had one daughter, Nancy, who was born on October 6, 1945, and who married the political scientist and university fund-raiser Henry Drucker (1942–2002) in 1975. Nancy died in Oxford on December 8, 2020, aged 75. After graduating from George Washington High School Newman attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, serving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Allan Rich
Benjamin Norman Schultz (February 8, 1926 – August 22, 2020), known professionally as Allan Rich, was an American character actor. Early live and career Rich was born to a Jewish family in Astoria, Queens, and his family moved to the Bronx when he was 6. Rich began his acting career when he was nine years old. He appeared in the Broadway productions ''I'll Take the High Road'' (1943), ''Career Angel'' (1944), ''Darkness at Noon'' (1951), and ''The Emperor's Clothes'' (1953). In 1948, Rich played the title role in a production of Ben Jonson's ''Volpone'' in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Beginning in 1979, Rich was distributor and publisher of Hollywood portraits made by George Hurrell. Personal life and death Rich was one of the many alleged communist sympathizers blacklisted in the 1950s Hollywood blacklist The Hollywood blacklist was the mid-20th century banning of suspected Communists from working in the United States entertainment industry. The blacklisting, blacklist began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and additionally as head of state beginning in 1988, as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990 and the president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, Gorbachev initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism but moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s. Gorbachev was born in Privolnoye, Stavropol Krai, Privolnoye, North Caucasus Krai, to a poor peasant family of Russian and Ukrainian heritage. Growing up under the rule of Joseph Stalin, in his youth he operated combine harvesters on a Collective farming, collective farm before joining the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Paul Ross
John Paul Ross (born 31 December 1956) is an English television and radio presenter, journalist and media personality. He is the son of Martha Ross and the elder brother of Jonathan Ross. Early life Growing up in outer east London, Ross was educated at Norlington School for Boys, and later read English at the University of Kent. Realising he would not be able to follow the academic career he favoured, "an English lecturer at a polytechnic", he commenced training as a journalist at the University of Exeter and subsequently started his career with the ''Western Times'' in Exeter in 1982. Career Television Ross became a researcher at London Weekend Television before becoming an editor for ''The Six O'Clock Show'' and ''The London Programme''. He worked as the series editor on series 3 and 4 of Channel 4's magazine style programme '' The Word'', and became executive producer for series 5. His first job as a TV presenter was on the current affairs show ''Eyewitness'', which ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
