Archive for September 12th, 2011

WEDDING OF JOHN AND JACKIE ON THIS DAY IN 1953

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Socialite Jacqueline Bouvier and then-U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy began
dating soon after meeting at a dinner party organized by mutual friends in
May of 1952. The couples engagement was officially announced on June 25,
1953. They were married on September 12, 1953, at St. Mary’s Church in
Newport, Rhode Island by Boston’s Archbishop Richard Cushing. There were
an estimated 700 guests in attendance and 1,200 attended the reception
that followed at Hammersmith Farm is a Victorian mansion that was the
childhood home of Jacqueline. The newlyweds honeymooned in Acapulco,
Mexico before settling into their new home in McLean, Virginia.

 

 

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DEBUT OF ‘’BONANZA’’ ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Bonanza is western television series that ran on the NBC network from September
12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as
the second longest running western series (behind Gunsmoke). It still continues 
to air in syndication. In 2002, Bonanza was ranked #43 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest
TV Shows of All Tine.

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Filming on the Bonanza set

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ACTRESS LINDA GRAY IS 71 TODAY

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Linda Ann Gray is probably best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing on
the CBS television prime-time soap opera Dallas (1978-1991). Prior to acting,
Gray began working as a model in the 1960s. The famous film 1967 poster
for The Graduate (below) showed Gray’s legs, even though the actress in
the filmed role was Anne Bancroft. Gray began her professional acting
career in the 1970s, with guest roles on TV shows such as Marcus
Wilby, M.D
. on ABC from 1969 to 1977, and the NBC series McCloud
1970 to 1977.

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Linda Gray with co-star Larry Hagman

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