Women broadcasters -- New York -- Archives.
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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
The Helen Faith Keane collection
Collection
0003-MMC-LAB
Abstract
Helen Faith Keane (1901-2011) hosted a TV program, The Helen Faith Keane Show… For Your Information, during 1951. The program, which was aimed toward women, dealt with everything "from how to play the piano to what to ask your doctor about breast cancer." It aired for one year over New York's WABD-TV, the now-defunct Dumont network's flagship station. Keane won McCall's Golden Mike Award for her program in 1951.The collection documents Keane's...
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 ...