Sunday, September 6, 2009

Stars of Yester Years

June Lockhart

June Lockhart Lost in Space

Born with true acting genes, June Lockhart, the daughter of actors Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, had a huge interest in following the footsteps of her parents. Born on 25th June over eighty years ago, the hall...

Betty Garrett

Betty Garrett of All in the Family

Born on May 23rd 1919, Betty Garrett was an actress, singer, dancer and comedienne who reached her fame during the age where movie musicals in Hollywood captured everyone’s hearts. Her career was tainted by...

Ann Davis of The Brady Bunch

Ann Bradford Davis or better known as Ann B. Davis in the entertainment world was perhaps best known for her role in The Bob Cummings Show. Davis won two Emmys for her role in The Bob Cummings Show in 1958...

Abe Vigoda

Abe Vigoda of the Godfather

Best known as the double-crossing Salvatore Tessio in Francis Ford Coppola’s and Mario Puzo’s The Godfather and its sequel, The Godfather II, slouch-shouldered and long faced Abraham Charles Vigoda or...

Rose Marie Darling of the Airwaves

Born on August 15th 1923 in New York City, Rose Marie has had the unique distinction of having two separate entertainment careers; one in the 1920s and the other that began in the 1940s stretching out until...

A Little Rascal

Dorothy Deborba of Our Gang

Despite having a career as a child actress that spans only over a period of three years, Dorothy DeBorba starred over fifteen feature films and gained mainstream success while she was on the screen. Born in...

Betty White

Betty White the Queen of Game Shows

With six Emmy awards and twelve Emmy nominations along with her own star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Betty White’s career that has lasted over six decades is a feat that would be quite spectacular and...

Charlotte Rae

Charlotte Rae of The Facts of Life

Even in her mid-eighties, members of the public would still recognize Charlotte Rae as Edna Garrett from The Facts of Life, the role she was best known for almost worldwide. Charlotte Rae was born in...

Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman the oldest contestant on Dancing With The Stars

In the history of female or male Hollywood performers, no one has accomplished more than Cloris Leachman. The Des Moines native, born on April 30th 1926, has won eight Primetime Emmys, one Daytime Emmy, an...

Jean darling

Jean Darling of Our Gang

Jean Darling, born Dorothy Jean LeVake, was born in Santa Monica on August 23rd 1922 and was best known as a famous child actress during her time as a member of Hal Roach’s Our Gang or The Little Rascals....

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