Actress Sophia Loren (Sofia Villani Scicolone)
is 87years young today.
Tracy Stratford as seen in “Living Doll”, the 126th episode (season 5)
of the CBS television anthology series The Twilight Zone. Original air
date was November 1, 1963.
Tracy Allison Stratford was born January 19, 1955 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Tracy Stratford also appeared on TV’s Ben Casey (1961) and The
New Loretta Young Show (1962).
June Foray (born June Lucille Forer)
(September 18, 1917 – July 26, 2017)
In 1960, June Foray provided the voice for Mattel‘s original “Chatty Cathy“ doll; capitalizing on this, Foray also voiced the malevolent
“Talky Tina” doll in the Twilight Zone episode “Living Doll“.
Telly Savalas with the Living Doll.
The Carol Burnett Show is a variety/sketch comedy television
show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence,
and Lyle Waggoner. In 1975, frequent guest star Tim Conway
became a regular after Waggoner left the series.
The show originally ran on CBS-TV from September 11, 1967,
to March 29, 1978, for 279 episodes, and with nine episodes
in the fall of 1991.
The series won 25 primetime Emmy Awards. In 2013, TV Guide
ranked The Carol Burnett Show number 17 on its list of the 60
Greatest Shows of All Time, and in 2007 it was included on the
list of Time‘s 100 Best TV Shows of All Time.
Carol will be 88 April 26.
Louis Jude Ferrigno Sr.
Famous bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno is known for playing The
Incredible Hulk on the TV series. His other notable films
include Sinbad of the Seven Seas and Hercules (below).
While in high school, he studied metal working. He became
a bodybuilder champion before pursuing a career in acting.
Due to ear infections suffered soon after birth, Ferrigno lost
75 to 80% of his hearing and has been using hearing aids
since the age of five.
1989
1983
Original CBS-TV release, November 4, 2977 – May 12, 1982
On October 29, 1858, the first store opens in a small frontier town in
Colorado Territory that a month later will take the name of Denver
in a shameless ploy to curry favor with Kansas Territorial Governor James W. Denver. The town was a brainchild of a promoter and real estate salesman from Kansas named William H. Larimer Jr.
James William "Jim" Denver
(October 23, 1817 – August 9, 1892)