Robert Blake, as ‘Mickey’ in the "Our Gang", shorts (1942).
Robert Blake in “Baretta” which ran on ABC-TV from 1975 to 1978.
Actor Robert Blake, best known as the star of the 1970s TV drama
Baretta and the crime film In Cold Blood (1967), died Thursday at
his home in Los Angeles. He had long-term heart issues and spent
the last few years listening to jazz music, playing his guitar and
watching classic movies.
Tracy Stratford as seen in “Living Doll”, the 126th episode (season 5)
of the CBS television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Original air
date was November 1, 1963.
Tracy Allison Stratford was born January 19, 1955 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Tracy Stratford also appeared on TV’s Ben Casey (1961) and The
New Loretta Young Show (1962).
June Foray (born June Lucille Forer)
(September 18, 1917 – July 26, 2017)
In 1960, June Foray provided the voice for Mattel‘s original “Chatty Cathy“ doll; capitalizing on this, Foray also voiced the malevolent
“Talky Tina” doll in the Twilight Zone episode “Living Doll“.
Telly Savalas with the Living Doll.
MIKE GRACIA
On this day in 1932, the 22-month-old son (right) of aviator Charles Lindbergh (left) was kidnapped. The child was found dead in May.
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann
(November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936)
The Andy Griffith Show aired on CBS from
October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968.
Ronald William Howard is 65 years-old today.
Director, producer, and actor who first became
known as Andy Griffith‘s son Opie on The Andy
Griffith Show and also played teenager Richie
Cunningham on Happy Days. His 2001 film A
Beautiful Mind received the Academy Award for
Best Picture and earned Howard the Academy
Award for Best Director. He also directed the
films Apollo 13 (1995) and Dr. Seuss’ How the
Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).
Happy Days, the original television sitcom aired first-run
from January 15, 1974 to September 24, 1984 on ABC,
Drew Barrymore in a 1979 Pillsbury cookie dough commercial.
1984
Drew Blythe Barrymore was born in Culver City, California.
Drew Barrymore gained fame as a child actress in Steven Spielberg‘s
film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). She won a Screen Actors Guild
Award in 2010 for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens. Drew
made her directorial debut with the 2009 film Whip It!
Drew Barrymore as Gertie in the Steven Spielberg
movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Grable’s iconic 1943 pose was a World War II bestseller.
Elizabeth Ruth "Betty" Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973)
Grable’s 42 movies during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than
$100 million. She set a record of 12 consecutive years in the top 10
of box office stars. The Treasury Department in 1946-47 listed her
as the highest-salaried American woman. She earned more than
$3 million during her career. Betty Grable died of lung cancer at age
56 in Los Angeles, California.
Betty Grable made her film debut at the age of 12 as
a chorus girl in the 1929 film Happy Days.
