Marge Cassingham Pianist
Who gave me my dry wit? This woman right here.
From This is True for 28 January 2024
entertainment
TV, Film, and Music producers, directors, arrangers. (Writers are separate)
Bill Fries “C.W. McCall”
A TV commercial maker turned music star.
From This is True for 3 April 2022
Bob Einstein Comic actor
Einstein vowed never to work in comedy, until he got an inside look at what the business was really like.
From This is True for 6 January 2019
Rose Marie Lifelong Entertainer
Born as Rose Marie Mazzetta, her father was veteran vaudeville actor Frank Mazzetta, so it was pretty natural for Rose Marie to hit the stage almost as soon as she could walk. She started performing at age three, mostly as a singer; by five, she was a star on NBC radio with her own national … Read more
From This is True for 31 December 2017
Francine York Human actress
The Honorary Unsubscribe is about “People you will wish you had known” — and I did meet Francine, in the early 1970s.
From This is True for 8 January 2017
Tony Verna TV sports director
“CBS wasn’t smart enough to go out there and get a patent.”
From This is True for 18 January 2015
Brandon Stoddard Network executive
“Networks and studios shouldn’t be in a position of exercising power over creative people,” he dared to say for the record.
From This is True for 28 December 2014
Mike Nichols Director
He was a hit with his comedy partner, but then he found directing.
From This is True for 23 November 2014
Herb Jeffries Singing cowboy
“How in the hell can I identify myself as one race or another?”
From This is True for 25 May 2014