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Happy Birthday, Fran Carlon!

Happy Birthday, Fran Carlon!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 2nd 2020

Actress Fran Carlon—born in Indianapolis, Indiana on this date in 1913—was married to actor-announcer Casey Allen for many
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Happy Birthday, Chester Morris!

Happy Birthday, Chester Morris!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 16th 2020

Chester Morris starred in several Boston Blackie movies during the 1940s (Alias Boston Blackie, Boston Blackie and the Law,
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Happy Birthday, Mary Lee Robb!

Happy Birthday, Mary Lee Robb!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 15th 2020

Actress Mary Lee Robb’s first professional radio job in 1947 was a small one. She was hired to play Pearl, the daughter of
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Happy Birthday, Ronald Colman!

Happy Birthday, Ronald Colman!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 9th 2020

In February of 2012, an auction by Nate D. Sanders Memorabilia successfully sold fifteen Academy Awards Oscars for a total
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Happy Birthday, Conrad Binyon!

Happy Birthday, Conrad Binyon!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 30th 2020

“Why are you so extra nice to me?” asked sixteen-year-old Conrad Binyon of his mother in 1947. Ma Binyon wouldn’t admit it
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Happy Birthday, Lionel Stander!

Happy Birthday, Lionel Stander!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 11th 2020

Lionel Stander, the character actor best remembered by fans as chief-cook-and-bottle-washer Max on the TV detective drama H
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