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Happy Birthday, Leonore “Lee” Allman!

Happy Birthday, Leonore “Lee” Allman!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 4th 2021

The dirty little secret about show business is that it is a virtual petri dish for nepotism. As Fred Allen jokes in It’s in
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Happy Birthday, Olan Soule!

Happy Birthday, Olan Soule!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Feb 28th 2021

In 1947, when the dramatic anthology The First Nighter Program moved from its long-time Chicago home to Hollywood, leading
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Happy Birthday, Paul Dubov!

Happy Birthday, Paul Dubov!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 10th 2020

The 1968 feature film comedy With Six You Get Eggroll served as actress-singer Doris Day’s cinematic swan song. Dodo would
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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, Billy Idelson!

Happy Birthday, Billy Idelson!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 21st 2020

When Vic and Sade writer-creator Paul Rhymer decided to add a third character to his program in July of 1932, he had only o
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Happy Birthday, Barbara Eiler!

Happy Birthday, Barbara Eiler!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 27th 2020

You’re familiar with the old cliché: a young girl leaves her hometown and heads for Hollywood, determined to become an actr
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