Rose Marie Lifelong Entertainer
Rose Marie hit the stage almost as soon as she could walk.
From This is True for 31 December 2017
entertainment
TV, Film, and Music producers, directors, actors. Writers are under writing, and magicians, dancers, and musicians are under art.
Howard Gottfried Film producer
Gottfried and Chayefsky are both best known for their biggest hit together: 1976’s Network.
From This is True for 10 December 2017
June Foray Familiar voice
Foray will always be best known as “Rocket J. Squirrel” (better known as Rocky).
From This is True for 30 July 2017
Bill Dana Comedian
“I was always frightened to death until I got on stage, and then I wanted to stay there forever.”
From This is True for 18 June 2017
Dina Merrill Actress
“It’s really so depressing to still be listed in the social register after all the acting I have done.”
From This is True for 28 May 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
Al Brodax TV producer
Brodax was a leading producer of animated films, short and long.
From This is True for 27 November 2016
Don Marshall Actor
“There weren’t that many jobs, guest starring jobs, for African-Americans — or any minorities, really.”
From This is True for 6 November 2016
Oscar Brand Songwriter
Through it all, WNYC never paid Brand; he would have refused a salary anyway.
From This is True for 2 October 2016
Leslie Martinson TV director
“You don’t watch a show for entertainment, you watch to study.”
From This is True for 4 September 2016