Sally Struthers won two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Gloria Stivic on
the CBS television series All in the Family (1971-1979). Sally was born in
Portland, Oregon where she attended Grant High School. She received a
scholarship for the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts. Struthers
Made her TV debut as a dancer on a Herb Alpert special. She is presently a
spokesperson for the Christian Children’s Fund.
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SALLY STRUTHERS IS 67 TODAY
ON THE GREEN ACRES SET
Metropolitan Studios in Hollywood (1921), later called the General Service Studio, where many independent producers shot their films.
The set of Green Acres on a soundstage at General Service Studios
The sitcom starred Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor and ran from 1965-1971 on
the CBS television network
RADIO SHOW BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1939
Penny Singleton as Blondie with co-star Arthur Lake playing Dagwood
Blondie is a radio situation comedy adapted from the long-run Blondie comic
strip by Chic Young. The radio program was originally a summer replacement
for The Eddie Cantor Show. However, Cantor did not return in the fall, so the
sponsor, R.J. Reynolds’s Camel Cigarettes chose to keep Blondie on the air
from 1939 to 1950 on several networks.
RADIO SERIES DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1932
Vic and Sade rehearsal: from left: Art Van Harvey, Bernardine Flynn, Paul
Rhymer and Bill Idelson
The radio program Vic and Sade was created and written by Paul Rhymer. It
was regularly broadcast on radio (NBC/CBS) from 1932 to 1944, then heard
intermittently until 1946, and was briefly adapted to television in 1949 and
again in 1957.
During its 14-year run on radio, Vic and Sade became one of the most
popular series of its kind, earning critical and popular success: according
to Time, Vic and Sade had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943. For the
majority of its span on the air, Vic and Sade was heard in 15-minute
episodes without a continuing storyline. The central characters, known
as "radio’s home folks," were accountant Victor Rodney Gook (Art Van
), his wife Sade (Bernardine Flynn) and their adopted son Rush played
by (Bill Idelson).
JERRY MATHERS IS 66 TODAY
Gerald Patrick "Jerry" Mathers
Mathers is best remembered for his classic role as a child on the CBS/ABC
television show, Leave It To Beaver from 1957-1963. He made a PET milk
commercial at the age of 2 and was also a model for a department store ad.
Jerry Mathers later became a successful banker and real estate investor
and reentered the entertainment industry in 1978.
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