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Articles / NewsJune Foray, Cartoon Voice and Radio Actress, Passes Away at 99
Special June Foray Tribute will air this evening (Thursday July 27th) at 8pm ET (5pm PT) and then will ...
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Articles / NewsFrom Chorus To Stardom: The Rise of Alice Faye
By Elizabeth McLeod It’s one of the most well-worn clichés in show business — the bright young thing in ...
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Articles / News“If trouble is around, yours truly will most likely get a chunk of it.”
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Sixty-seven years ago on this very date, actor Dick Powell whistled his very first ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Gertrude Warner!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr In his invaluable reference book The Great Radio Soap Operas, author Jim Cox opines ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Philip Rapp!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Comedy writer Phil Rapp was born on this date in 1907, and during his ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Cathy Lewis!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr When radio actress Cathy Lewis—born on this date in Spokane, Washington in 1916—married actor-director-producer ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday to the Chairman of the Board!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Francis Albert Sinatra—Oscar-winning actor, Grammy-winning recording artist, and star of the Emmy Award-winning television ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Richard Crenna!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr The go-to actor for radio’s squeaky-voiced adolescents was born in Los Angeles, California on ...
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Home“Why, Thrawkmawtinnnnnnnn…” The Radio Life of Shirley Mitchell
by Elizabeth McLeod Radio stars were all well and good. They got the covers of the fan magazines and ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Herb Butterfield!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Today’s birthday celebrant—born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1895 —may not possess the cachet ...
