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Happy Birthday, Joan Banks!

Happy Birthday, Joan Banks!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 30th 2017

In 1949, at the height of the success of radio’s My Friend Irma, actress Cathy Lewis—who originated the character of roomma
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Happy Birthday, Jean Vander Pyl!

Happy Birthday, Jean Vander Pyl!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 11th 2017

Universal Pictures brought a live-action version of the classic TV cartoon series The Flintstones to the big screen in 1994
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Happy Birthday, Groucho Marx!

Happy Birthday, Groucho Marx!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 2nd 2017

If comedian Groucho Marx—born Julius Henry Marx in New York City on this date in 1890—had achieved his childhood ambition o
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Happy Birthday, Jeff Corey!

Happy Birthday, Jeff Corey!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 10th 2017

In May of 2017, the memoirs of character actor Jeff Corey—born Arthur Zwerling in Brooklyn on this date in 1914—were publis
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Happy Birthday, Brett Halliday!

Happy Birthday, Brett Halliday!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 31st 2017

If we were to truly recognize the birthday of author Brett Halliday, we’d have to settle in for a series of blog posts. “
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Happy Birthday, Lou Krugman!

Happy Birthday, Lou Krugman!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 19th 2017

It seems odd that an actor who claimed to have emoted on over 10,000 radio broadcasts and provided voiceovers for 700 comme
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