''Personal Appearance Theater'' is an American half-hour television anthology series that featured a combination of comedy and mystery films. A total of 29 episodes aired on

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from October 27, 1951 to May 23, 1952. Among its guest stars were

Nina Bara Nina Bara (born Frances Joan Baur on May 3, 1920, died August 15, 1990) was an American actress who performed in films, on television, and on old-time radio. Early years The daughter of an Italian mother and an American father, George Baur, Bara ...

,Staff, “Space Girl ‘Tonga’ to Appear At White-Barne Grand Opening,” ''The San Bernardino Daily Sun'', San Bernardino, California, Wednesday 17 November 1954, Volume LXI, Number 67, page 8.

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Buddy Ebsen Buddy Ebsen (born Christian Ludolf Ebsen Jr., April 2, 1908 – July 6, 2003), also known as Frank "Buddy" Ebsen, was an American actor and dancer, whose career spanned seven decades. One of his most famous roles was as Jed Clampett in the CBS ...

Joseph Schildkraut Joseph Schildkraut (22 March 1896 – 21 January 1964) was an Austrian-American actor. He won an Oscar for his performance as Captain Alfred Dreyfus in the film ''The Life of Emile Zola'' (1937); later, he was nominated for a Golden Globe for h ...

Anita Louise Anita Louise (born Anita Louise Fremault; January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1935), ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' (1935), ''Anthony ...

Jane Darwell Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard; October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her p ...

, and

Dub Taylor Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994),Dub Taylor, 87, Actor in Westerns, The New York Times, October 5, 1994, Section B, Page 12 was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extens ...

References

External links

''Personal Appearance Theater'' at CVTA with episode list
1950s American anthology television series 1951 American television series debuts 1951 American television series endings American Broadcasting Company original programming {{US-tv-prog-stub