Actors -- United States -- Archives.
Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Betty Garde Papers
Collection
0002-MMC-LAB
Abstract
Betty Garde (1905-1989) was an American actress best known for being the original Aunt Eller in the 1943 production of the musical, Oklahoma. Her career also includes such radio programs as Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch and The Aldrich Family and work with Orson Welles and Eddie Cantor. Garde also appeared on early TV in such programs as The Honeymooners, Decoy, and ...
Dates:
1924-1978 and undated; Majority of material found within 1930s
Julie Stevens papers
Collection
0001-MMC-LAB
Abstract
Julie Stevens (1916-1984) was an American actress best known for playing the lead role on the CBS radio soap opera The Romance of Helen Trent. She performed this role for over 15 years, from 1944 to 1960. Stevens also appeared as newspaper reporter Lorelei Kilbourne on CBS television series Big Town, from 1951-1952. The bulk of the collection documents Stevens' early theatrical career and her long radio run as Helen on ...
Dates:
1940-1980; Majority of material found within 1942-1959