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Happy Birthday, Amzie Strickland!

Happy Birthday, Amzie Strickland!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jan 10th 2014

One of radio’s most prolific character actresses was born in Oklahoma City on this date in 1919: Amzie Strickland. That fi
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Happy Birthday, Cathy Lewis!

Happy Birthday, Cathy Lewis!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 27th 2013

When radio actress Cathy Lewis—born on this date in Spokane, Washington in 1916—married actor-director-producer Elliott Lew
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Happy Birthday, House Jameson!

Happy Birthday, House Jameson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 17th 2013

When radio’s popular family sitcom The Aldrich Family came to television in the fall of 1949, it soon established a reputat
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Happy Birthday, William Spier!

Happy Birthday, William Spier!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Dec 5th 2013

The man who brought listeners “radio’s outstanding theatre of thrills” (Suspense!) and “the greatest private detective of t
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Happy Birthday, J. Scott Smart!

Happy Birthday, J. Scott Smart!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 27th 2013

While two of the radio programs based on characters created by author Dashiell Hammett—The Adventures of the Thin Man and T
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Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff!

Happy Birthday, Boris Karloff!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 23rd 2013

Born on this date in 1887, William Henry Pratt no doubt had little inkling that he was destined to become a horror film ico
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