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Beulah Zachary (August 13, 1911 – February 3, 1959) was an American television director and producer.


Early life and career

Beulah May Zachary was born in
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on August 13, 1911, to parents William and Beulah Zachary. She attended Salem College, and intended to become a teacher. She began working in television in 1944, when she was hired by the Chicago-based station WKBK. She is most noted for being the executive producer of the television series ''
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'', a puppet show which ran between 1947 and 1957.


Death

Beulah Zachary died in the
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in
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on February 3, 1959, as one of the 65 casualties of the 1959
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plane crash. Having never married, she was survived by her father William (who died a few months later) and her older sister Elizbeth Vogler.


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* 1911 births 1959 deaths Accidental deaths in New York (state) American television producers American women television producers People from Brevard, North Carolina Salem College alumni Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1959 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States 20th-century American women {{US-tv-producer-stub