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Happy Birthday, Wilms Herbert!

Happy Birthday, Wilms Herbert!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 2nd 2021

The actor born Victor Herbert Erpelding on this date in Chicago, Illinois in 1908 put his hobby of collecting rare, tropica
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Happy Birthday, Joan Alexander!

Happy Birthday, Joan Alexander!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 16th 2021

In 1938, aspiring actress Joan Alexander found herself in Vienna after a lengthy tour of major cities in North America, Lat
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Happy Birthday, Lawson Zerbe!

Happy Birthday, Lawson Zerbe!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 20th 2021

In her 1968 autobiography Tune in Tomorrow: Or, How I Found the Right to Happiness with Our Gal Sunday, Stella Dallas, John
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Happy Birthday, Berry Kroeger!

Happy Birthday, Berry Kroeger!

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

Berry Kroeger’s initial show business ambition was to become a concert pianist. Kroeger didn’t lack for talent, you unders
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Happy Birthday, Jay Novello!

Happy Birthday, Jay Novello!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 23rd 2020

Radio actors learned practically from their introduction to the medium that their fortunes were set if their talents includ
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Happy Birthday, Betty Lou Gerson!

Happy Birthday, Betty Lou Gerson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 20th 2020

George Allen took over as director of the West Coast radio mystery anthology The Whistler beginning in the mid-40s, and one
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