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Shirley (TV Series)
''Shirley'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on NBC from October 26, 1979 until January 25, 1980. Premise A recent widow moves from a big city to a small town with her three children, her stepson and her housekeeper. Cast *Shirley Jones as Shirley Miller *Patrick Wayne as Lew Armitage * Peter Barton as Bill Miller *Rosanna Arquette as Debra Miller *Bret Shryer as Hemm Miller *Tracey Gold as Michelle Miller *John McIntire as Dutch McHenry *Ann Doran Ann Lee Doran (July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000) was an American character actress, possibly best known as the mother of Jim Stark ( James Dean) in ''Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955). She was an early member of the Screen Actors Guild and ser ... as Charlotte McHenry *Cindy Eilbacher as Tracey McCord Episodes References External links * * *{{epguides, Shirley 1979 American television series debuts 1980 American television series endings 1970s American comedy-drama television series 1980s Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Ferber
Mel Ferber (October 2, 1922 – June 19, 2003) was a television director and producer, who oversaw the live two-hour TV presentation of ''Wonderful Town'' and the pilot for ''60 Minutes'' and other shows. Ferber was an executive producer of ''Good Morning America''. He was a member of the Directors Guild of America. Biography Ferber was born and raised in New York City, and was a graduate of City College of New York. He became a World War II hero when, after landing at Utah Beach, he and four other members of his unit captured 464 German soldiers and used their weapons to rearm a French battalion (earning him the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star). He entered the TV industry after he was discharged. As a member of CBS, Ferber directed ''Wonderful Town'', the first live two-hour show on TV, in 1958. Subsequently, he earned Emmy nominations for his work as executive producer and creator of ''Good Morning America'' and executive producer of CBS' ''Calendar''. He produced the pilot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as the 25th vice president of the United States, vice president under President William McKinley from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. Assuming the presidency after Assassination of William McKinley, McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party and became a driving force for United States antitrust law, anti-trust and Progressive Era, Progressive policies. A sickly child with debilitating asthma, he overcame his health problems as he grew by embracing The Strenuous Life, a strenuous lifestyle. Roosevelt integrated his exuberant personalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Preece
Michael Preece (born September 15, 1936) is an American film and television director, script supervisor, producer, and actor best known for directing television series ''Dallas'' and ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' and films ''The Prize Fighter'' and '' Logan's War: Bound by Honor''. Early life Preece was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School. His father was a salesman for a cigarette and cigar company, and his mother, Thelma Preece, was the first female business agent in Hollywood and founder of the Script Clerks Guild which later became the Script Supervisor Local 871 IATSE. Career While a freshman student at Santa Monica City College in the summer of 1955 in the early days of television Preece took on a job as a script supervisor. He worked as a script supervisor on such TV series as '' Mr. Novak'', ''I Spy'', and ''Hawaii Five-O'' and a score of such feature films as ''The Great Locomotive Chase'' (1956), ''The Spirit of St. Louis'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Marth
Frank Marth (July 29, 1922 – January 12, 2014) was an American film and television actor. He may be best known as a cast-member of ''Cavalcade of Stars'' (1949; 1950–1957), especially segments of ''The Honeymooners'', which later became a television series (1955–56). Early years Marth was born in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan to Mr. And Mrs. Frank Marth, Sr. He attended public schools graduating from Commerce High School. He initially worked in building construction, but after World War II he attended the Feagin School of Dramatic Art with plans to work in radio. Career Early in his career, Marth worked in radio, including being announcer, commentator, and disc jockey on WOV in New York City and WWDX-FM and WPAT in New Jersey. On stage, Marth acted in productions of local and regional theaters, including the Greenwood Playhouse in Maine and the Willimantic Playhouse in Connecticut. Marth's big screen credits included roles in films such as ''Mada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Haskell
Peter Abraham Haskell (October 15, 1934 – April 12, 2010) was an American actor who worked primarily in television. Early years Haskell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Rose (née Golden) and geophysicist Norman Haskell. He attended Browne & Nichols and later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University following a two-year stint in the United States Army where he rose to the rank of Private First Class. Career Haskell's plan to study at Columbia Law School was derailed when he was cast in the off-Broadway play ''The Love Nest'', with James Earl Jones and Sally Kirkland. The play closed after only 13 performances but led to his being cast in an episode of ''Death Valley Days''. Guest appearances followed on '' The Outer Limits'', ''Twelve O'Clock High'', ''Dr. Kildare'', ''Combat!'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''Ben Casey'', '' The Fugitive'', ''The F.B.I.'' ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', '' The Big Valley'', '' Mannix'', '' Medical Center'', ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Winter (actor)
Edward Dean Winter (June 3, 1937 – March 8, 2001) was an American actor. He is best known for his recurring role, Colonel Samuel Flagg, in the television series ''M*A*S*H'' from 1973 to 1979. His other notable television roles were as U.S. Air Force investigator Capt. Ben Ryan in season 2 of ''Project U.F.O.'' (1978–1979); and in ''Hollywood Beat'' (1985), ''9 to 5'' (1986–1988), and ''Herman's Head'' (1991–1994). Winter received two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominations for his performances in the original productions of ''Cabaret'' (1966) and '' Promises, Promises'' (1968). He also appeared in films such as ''A Change of Seasons'' (1980), '' Porky's II: The Next Day'' (1983) and ''The Buddy System'' (1984). Early career Winter was born in Ventura, California and began his acting career in Ashland, Oregon as a member of the cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During the 1961 season, he played Claudius in ''Hamlet'' and stayed for an ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Bartlett
Bonnie Bartlett (born June 20, 1929) is an American actress. Her career spans seven decades, with her first major role being on a 1950s daytime drama, ''Love of Life''. Bartlett is known for her role as Grace Snider Edwards on the Michael Landon television series ''Little House on the Prairie'' and as Ellen Craig on the medical drama series '' St. Elsewhere''. She and her husband, actor William Daniels, who played her fictional husband Dr. Mark Craig, each won Emmy Awards on the same night in 1986, becoming the first married couple to accomplish the feat since Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1965. Early life Bartlett was born in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, the daughter of Carrie Archer and Elwin Earl Bartlett, and was raised in Moline, Illinois. Her father had been an actor in stock productions across the country, but he gave up acting because her mother wanted to settle in Wisconsin. In 1947, she graduated from Moline High School. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyne Daly
Ellen Tyne Daly (; born February 21, 1946) is an American actress. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work, a Tony Award and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee. Daly began her career on stage in summer stock in New York, and made her Broadway debut in the play ''That Summer – That Fall'' in 1967. She is best known for her television role as Detective Mary Beth Lacey in ''Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–88), for which she is a four-time Emmy Award winner as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. In 1989, she starred in the Broadway revival of '' Gypsy'' and won the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Her other TV roles include Alice Henderson in '' Christy'' (1994–95), for which she won an Emmy in 1996 and Maxine Gray in ''Judging Amy'' (1999–2005), which won her a sixth Emmy in 2003. Her other Broadway credits include ''The Seagull'' (1992), her Tony-nominated role in '' Rabbit Hole'' (2006) and her Tony-nominated role in '' Mothers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Hackel
Dave Hackel is an American producer and screenwriter. He is best known for creating, writing and producing the CBS sitcom ''Becker'', which starred Ted Danson and ran from 1998 until 2004. Hackel grew up in Delaware, Ohio. He later moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1970s, where he had started working as a game show staffer. He started writing with Steve Hattman as a writing partner for television shows and for projects such as the 1980 television movie ''The Great American Traffic Jam''. Aside from all his work on ''Becker'', Hackel has also worked on episodes of ''Frasier'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Wings'', '' Dear John'', '' Out of This World'', ''Webster'', ''9 to 5'', ''Fish'', ''LateLine'', ''Harper Valley PTA'', ''Gridlock'', ''Shirley'' and '' The Pursuit of Happiness''. Hackel wrote columns for ''The Huffington Post ''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Myerson
Alan Myerson (born July 1, 1940) is an Americans, American film and television director. Career Myerson began working in theatre in New York City, then directing The Second City in Chicago. He founded the improvisational comedy troupe The Committee (improv group), The Committee in San Francisco in 1963. He directed films in the 1970s and 1980s, and has directed over 200 television episodes for shows such as ''Ally McBeal'', ''Boston Public'', ''Friends'', ''Boy Meets World'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'', ''Picket Fences'', ''Miami Vice,'' ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''Rhoda'', ''The Bob Newhart Show'', and ''Busting Loose (TV series), Busting Loose''. He has taught acting at University of California at Berkeley, UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, SF State, and directing at Maine Media Workshops. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, and has received nominations for Emmy, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Comedy Series, DG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Parks
Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor. He appeared in many films and made frequent television appearances, notably starring in the 1969–1970 series ''Then Came Bronson'', but was probably best known for his work in his later years with filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith. Personal life Parks was born in Corona, California. He drifted from job to job during his teenage years, including picking fruit, digging ditches, driving trucks, and fighting forest fires. Parks married five times. His first marriage in 1956 at age 16 to Louise Johnson lasted until 1958 and produced a daughter. His second marriage in 1964 to actress Jan Moriarty lasted only a few months, ending with her apparent suicide from an overdose. His third marriage in 1968 to Carolyn Kay Carson produced a son, James. His fourth marriage to Alston Fenci, whom he married in 1987, ended in divorce in 1996. In 1997 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
