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CELEBRATING 85 YEARS TODAY

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Singer, dancer, and actress Jane Powell (Suzanne Lorraine Burce)


Powell was born the only child to Paul E. Burce (a
Wonder Bread employee)
and Eileen Baker Burce (a housewife) in Portland, Oregon, At five, she was
on the KGW radio children’s talent program Stars of Tomorrow. She attended
Beaumont Grade School and Grant High School in Portland.

During the summer of 1943, Jane and her parents went on a vacation to
Hollywood. where she appeared on Janet Gaynor‘s radio show Hollywood
Showcase: Stars over Hollywood
. It was a talent competition, and Powell
won and soon auditioned with Louis B. Mayer at MGM as well as David O.
Selznick
. Without even taking a screen test, Powell was then signed to a
seven-year contract with MGM.

As of 2013, Powell lives with her fifth husband, former child star Dickie
Moore
, in New York City and Connecticut, and is still active in television
and theater.

 

 

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SOME CLASSIC TONIGHT SHOW COMEDY

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GAME SHOW CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS TODAY

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Art Fleming

The television game show Jeopardy!, created by Merv Griffin, originally aired in the
daytime on NBC from March 30, 1964 to January 30, 1975. The quiz show became
a weekly nighttime syndicated edition airing from September 9, 1974 to September
5, 1975. Art Fleming was the original host. Various versions of the show have since
followed with Alex Trebek as the present host.

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Alex Trebek

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SCREENWRITER HAS DIED AT 91

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     Lorenzo Semple Jr. (March 27, 1923 – March 28, 2014)

Lorenzo Semple Jr., the creator of the classic Batman ABC-TV series
(1966-1968) has died. The screenwriter just turned 91 on Thursday
and passed away of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles Friday.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1931

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David Janssen (David Harold Meyer) 

(March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980)

Janssen is best remembered for starring in the ABC-TV series, The
Fugitive from 1963-1967 and for title roles in Richard Diamond, Private
Detective
on CBS television from 1957 to 1960 and O’Hara, U.S. Treasury
on CBS from 1971 to 1972..

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Fugitive - David Jansen, Fred Johnson
Bill Raisch played the one-armed man

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