Archive for November 20th, 2014

BROADCAST DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1929

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Gertrude Berg (born Tillie Edelstein) played Molly 
Goldberg

The Goldbergs is a domestic comedy-drama featuring
the home life of a Jewish family living in the Bronx. The
program was devised by writer-actress Gertrude Berg
who also starred as the lovingly meddlesome matriarch
Molly Goldberg. The 15-minute program was broadcast
from 1929 to 1946, first on NBC, later moving to CBS in 
1936.

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MIKE NICHOLS IS DEAD AT 83

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Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky)

(November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014)


Mike Nichols, the director of film, TV and stage hits such as
"The Graduate," "Working Girl" and ”Angels in America", died
Wednesday night of cardiac arrest at his home in New York. 

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IN THE NEWS ON THIS DAY

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Tim Maguire

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KAYE BALLARD IS 89 TODAY

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Kaye Ballard (born Catherine Gloria Balotta in Cleveland, Ohio)

Actress/comedienne and singer Kaye Ballard starred on the NBC 
sitcom The Mothers-in-Law (1967 – 1969). She was the first singer 
to release a version of "In Other Words." It was released by Decca
in April 1954.

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