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Joyce Jordan, M.D.
Joyce Jordan, M.D. is a radio soap opera in the United States. It was broadcast on ABC, CBS and NBC at various times during the era of old-time radio. Donna Halper, in her book, ''Invisible Stars: A Social History of Women in American Broadcasting'', cited Jordan as one of the women in soap operas who "had careers ... which, of course, became a struggle as they tried to balance their work with their desire for a family." Origin ''Radio Varieties'' magazine reported in its September 1940 issue that the concept of the Joyce Jordan storyline originated during a ride on a bus in New York City. Producer Himan Brown and author Julian Funt sat behind a young couple "who were arguing the age-old theory that marriage and a career do not mix." As the two men who developed radio programs overheard the conversation, the storyline of ''Joyce Jordan'' emerged in their minds. Plot The program's national network debut was May 30, 1938, on CBS as ''Joyce Jordan, Girl Interne''. It had first been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaindel Kalish
Shaindel Kalish (January 15, 1910 – November 30, 2002) was an American actress on stage, on old-time radio, and in films. Her first name was sometimes spelled "Scheindel". She was also known at various times as Judith Blake, Ann Shepherd, Ann Preston, Judith Preston Blake, Ann S. Sheps, and Ann Shepherd Mann. She was a victim of the Hollywood Blacklist. Early years Born in Chicago, Kalish was the daughter of Yiddish theater producer Abraham Kalish and his wife, Esther Naidith, and she attended Marshall High School. She participated in dramatic activities with the Institute Players of the Jewish People's Institute, winning first individual prize for women in a competition in 1932. Kalish also attended the Goodman Theatre School of Drama in Chicago. Stage In 1933, Kalish had a leading role in ''Girls in Uniform'', presented at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago. During the play's run, she turned down an opportunity to meet with representatives from the Radio-Keith-Orpheum fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gertrude Warner
Gertrude Warner (April 2, 1917 – January 26, 1986) was an American voice talent who played multiple characters on radio productions during the Golden Age of Radio. Early life Warner was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1917. Her father was James L. Warner, who died not long after the great crash of 1929. Her mother was Mildred Lovejoy Warner, who died in 1976. Her brother, James L. Warner, was a B17 pilot in World War II, who died on November 20, 2008. She is survived by her son, Douglas Warner Frank. Career Warner's first starring role on radio came when she was 23, playing Rebecca Lane in ''Beyond These Valleys'' on CBS. Her successful radio career continued for 28 years and well over 4,000 performances. She was considered one of the queens of daytime radio, appearing in dozens of daytime serials. Among her accomplishments was being the female lead on the dramatic anthology ''Brownstone Theater'' on Mutual. She portrayed such well known characters as Della Street on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jane Higby
Mary Jane Higby (May 29, 1909 - February 1, 1986)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 129. was an American actress in the era of old-time radio and the early years of television. She is best known for her 18 years in the leading role on ''When a Girl Marries''. Early years The daughter of vaudevillian parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Higby (known professionally as the Higby Players) Mary Jane Higby was born in St. Louis, Missouri, "between a matinee and an evening performance." According to a newspaper photograph's caption, "literally she was carried on the stage by her theatrical parents as a prop when she was only 2." Perhaps her earliest public performance occurred when she was 5 years old. An article in the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' in 1914 listed Higby as one of "a number of helpful children howill give a performance for the benefit of the Post-Dispatch Pure Milk a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Schnabel
Stefan Artur Schnabel (February 2, 1912 – March 11, 1999) was a German-born American actor who worked in theatre, radio, films and television. After moving to the United States in 1937 he became one of the original members of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre repertory company. He portrayed Dr. Stephen Jackson on the CBS Soap opera, daytime TV series, ''The Guiding Light'', for 17 years. Biography Stefan Artur Schnabel was born February 2, 1912, in Berlin, Germany.Ancestry.com. ''New York, Naturalization Records, 1882–1944'' [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; ''Petitions for Naturalization from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1897-1944; Series: M1972; Roll: 1293'' He was the younger son of the classical pianist Artur Schnabel and contralto Therese Schnabel, Therese Behr Schnabel. His older brother was the pianist Karl Ulrich Schnabel. "My fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Coulouris
George Alexander Coulouris (1 October 1903 – 25 April 1989) was an English film and stage actor. Early life Coulouris was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England, the son of Abigail (née Redfern) anNicholas Coulouris a merchant of Greek origin. He was brought up both in Manchester and nearby Urmston and was educated at Manchester Grammar School. He attended London's Central School of Speech and Drama, in the company of fellow students Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft. Early career Coulouris made his stage debut in 1926 with ''Henry V'' at the Old Vic. In 1928 and 1929 he appeared in several productions at the Cambridge Festival Theatre including Eugene O'Niell's ''The Hairy Ape.''. By 1929, he made his first Broadway appearance, followed by his first Hollywood film role in 1933. A major impact on his life was Orson Welles, whom he met in 1936 when they both had roles in the Broadway production of Sidney Kingsley's ''Ten Million Ghosts''. Welles invited Coulouris to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Johnstone (actor)
William S. Johnstone (1908 – November 1, 1996) was an American radio and screen actor. He is best known for his voice work as the title character on ''The Shadow'' for five seasons from 19381943. Early years William S. Johnstone was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Scottish-born father and a German-born mother. Some newspaper publicity said he was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and came to the United States at age three. He worked as a newspaper reporter before he became an actor. Career Johnstone acted on stage with the Theatre Guild at the beginning of his career, appearing in a number of bit parts. He had supporting roles in 1927 in ''Fog-Bound'' and ''The Manhatters''. In 1928, he played the title role in '' Him'', written by E.E. Cummings. Cummings later commented, "William Johnstone made a marvelously attractive unhero ..." He also appeared that year in a lead role in Kate Clugston's ''These Days.'' In 1938, he was selected over 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Collyer
Bud Collyer (born Clayton Johnson Heermance Jr., June 18, 1908 – September 8, 1969) was an American radio actor and announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars. He is best remembered for his work as the first host of the TV game shows ''Beat the Clock'' and '' To Tell the Truth,'' but he was also famous in the roles of Clark Kent/Superman on radio and in animated cartoons, initially in theatrical short subjects and later on television. He also recorded a number of long-playing 33 1/3 R.P.M. record albums for children. Some of these had Bible stories, in keeping with his strong connections with his church and deep spirituality. Early life and career Collyer was born in Manhattan to Clayton Johnson Heermance and Caroline Collyer. He originally sought a career in law, attending Williams College, where he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and Fordham University law school. Although he became a law clerk after his gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Lovejoy
Frank Andrew Lovejoy Jr. (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962) was an American actor in radio, film, and television. He is perhaps best remembered for appearing in the film noir '' The Hitch-Hiker'' and for starring in the radio drama '' Night Beat''. Early life He was born in the Bronx, New York, but grew up in New Jersey. His father, Frank Andrew Lovejoy Sr., was a furniture salesman from Maine. His mother, Nora, was born in Massachusetts, to Irish immigrant parents. Radio A successful radio actor, Lovejoy played Broadway Harry on the '' Gay Nineties Revue'' and was heard on the 1930s crime drama series ''Gang Busters''. Lovejoy was a narrator (during the first season) for the show '' This Is Your FBI''. In radio soap operas, Lovejoy played Dr. Christopher Ellerbe in '' Valiant Lady'',Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). ''The Big Broadcast: 1920–1950''. The Viking Press. . p. 249. Sam Foster in ''This Day Is Ours'', and he had the roles of Brad Forbes on '' Brave Tomorrow'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Edward Johnson
Raymond Edward Johnson (July 24, 1911 – August 15, 2001) was an American radio and stage actor best remembered for his work on ''Inner Sanctum Mysteries''. Early years Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Johnson started out as a bank teller, and later studied acting at the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name .... Radio Johnson began his career in Chicago, some of his earliest work including a regular role on Edgar A. Guest's dramatic serial ''Welcome Valley'' (1932–1937) as Bill Sutter, and was featured on ''The National Farm and Home Hour'' in dramatic sketches as the Forest Ranger (a role also played by Don Ameche). Chicago to New York While in Chicago, Johnson began working with writer/director Arch Oboler, with roles on his ''Lights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Ryan (actress)
Patricia Ryan (February 25, 1921 - February 15, 1949) was a child and later young adult performer and an actress in old-time radio. She was taken ill during an evening broadcast and died the next day.DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 235. Early years Ryan's father was a doughboy in World War I. During his time in England he met an English girl, and they married. Their daughter, Patricia, was born about six weeks before they boarded a ship to sail to the United States. She worked in vaudeville when she was 7 years old. She also sang in the choir and played on the basketball team of St. Michael's Church. Ryan had an older sister, Peggy, and a younger sister, Janice. Radio Ryan began working in radio when she was 4 years old. (Another source says that she "started at the age of 8.") Her best-known role was probably that of Kathleen, Henry Aldrich's girlfriend on '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Widmark
Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914March 24, 2008) was an American film, stage, and television actor and producer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, '' Kiss of Death'' (1947), for which he also won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Early in his career, Widmark was typecast in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in films noir, but he later branched out into more heroic leading and supporting roles in Westerns, mainstream dramas, and horror films among others. For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Widmark has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2002, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Early life Widmark was born December 26, 1914, in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, the son of Ethel Mae ( ''née'' Barr) and Carl Henry Widmark. His father was of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Woods
Lesley Woods (August 22, 1910 – August 2, 2003) was an American radio, stage and television actress. She was a graduate of the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago. Personal life Woods was married to actor Richard McMurray. Sam McMurray is her stepson. Death Woods died on August 2, 2003, 20 days before her 93rd birthday. Stage Woods' acting on Broadway included being in ''Double Dummy'' (1936), ''Excursion'' (1937), ''Comes the Revelation'' (1942), ''The Assassin'' (1945), and ''A Case of Libel'' (1963–64). She was a member of Theatre West. A Billboard review of ''Comes the Revelation'' summarized Woods' acting as follows: "Small, blond and attractive, Miss Woods plays with an honesty and restraint that are as rare as they are commendable. Quiet, sincere and tremendously effective, she does one of the finest jobs of the entire season." Radio Woods' roles on radio programs included those shown in the table below. Other programs on which Woods was a regular included '' Crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
