Bess Myerson as Miss America in 1945

Bess Myerson become the first Jewish woman to win the Miss America 
pageant shortly after World War II along with a first ever pageant award 
of $5,000 scholarship. 

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Myerson enjoyed a successful TV 
career as a game show panelist, actress, and commercial pitchwoman 
for many popular products.

 
Bess Myerson turned 89 on July 16th

  

            Dennis James (Demie James Sposa)   
     
                  (August 24, 1917–June 3, 1997)  

James is best known for hosting the first network game show
Cash and Carry on the DuMont Network in 1946, the first to
do a telethon and was in the first TV commercial as well. 

I’ve Got a Secret is a panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill
Todman for CBS television. It was a derivative of What’s My Line?. Instead of 
celebrity panelists trying to determine a contestant’s occupation, the panel
tries to determine a contestant’s "secret", from unusual to embarrassing.

The original version ran until April 3, 1967. It began broadcasting in black and
white and switched to a color format in 1966. The show was originally hosted
by radio and television personality Garry Moore.

Garry Moore with guest celebrity actor Paul Newman

Peter Marshall (Ralph Pierre LaCock) was the original host of the
NBC-TV game show ‘Hollywood Squares’ from 1966 to 1981.