(January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011)
Frances Bay was a U.S.-based Canadian character actress, best-known
for playing quirky, elderly women on film and television. She began her
acting career in her mid-50s.
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Mission: Impossible initial cast from left: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Martin
Landau, and Greg Morris
Mission: Impossible is a television series the aired on the CBS network from
September 17, 1966 to March 30, 1973. The leader of the team for the first
season was Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill. The leader for the following
seasons was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves. The iconic theme music
was composed by Lalo Schifrin.
M*A*S*H is a television series adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH, which was
itself based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, written by Richard Hooker. The medical drama/black comedy series premiered on September
17, 1972 and ended February 28, 1983. The final episode became the most watched television show in U.S. television history with 105.97 million viewers. In 2002, M*A*S*H was ranked #25 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
The Outer Limits aired on ABC-TV from September 16, 1963 to January 16, 1965
for a total, 49 episodes. The series is similar to the anthology show Twilight Zone,
but with more emphasis on science fiction. The series was revived in 1995 on
Showtime from 1995 to 1999, then again on the Sci-Fi Channel from 1999 until cancellation in 2002.
The Robe won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color,
and Best Costume Design, Color. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading
Role (Richard Burton), Best Cinematography, Color, and Best Picture. The film
also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. The Robe was the first movie
filmed in the widescreen CinemaScope process.Â