MilesArcher

Exactly right, Lavender. Queenie Smith and Sammy White played the dance team of Frank and Ellie. Those parts were played by Marge and Gower Champion in the 1951 remake. Hattie McDaniel gets to sing part of "Can't Help Lovin Dat Man". Irene Dunne does the "Gallivantin' Around" number in blackface. With the main themes of miscegenation and spousal abandonment, it is certainly not a comedy, but it is a great musical. It probably saved Universal Studios from bankruptcy. Your thread, Lav.

Pat and Bebbie Boone use the same last name so Pat Boone doesn't fit the category. Remember, the people have to use different last names. A good answer for Debbie Boone might have been Rosemary Clooney, Mother-in-law.

George Clooney - Cousin Debbie Boone

Calling the Queen Of Hearts Queenie would be a stretch, even by my standards. No. this is a well known musical that I have mentioned in several recent threads. You might come up with it if you're just gallivantin' around these message boards.

Rita Wilson - Step Mother Talia Balsam

Lewis Eleanor and Cecilia

Virginia Madsen - Sister-in-law Edmund Gwenn

Ford I started the thread with Robert and Elizabeth Taylor on January 1st of last year. I thought I would give them another turn one year later. Now: Kenny and Diane

Parkyarkarkus - Father - Real name Harry Einstein or brother Bob Einstein whose better known as Super Dave Osborn. Yes, Albert's real name is Albert Einstein! Barry Fitzgerald

Debbie Reynolds - Mother Arlene Dahl

Shirley MacLaine - Sister Thanks for responding so quickly. Let's try to get the relationship as well for those who may be unfamiliar with the names . I suspect that we will have some rather obscure ones in the future. Thanks. Anne Archer

A year ago I started the Same Name - No Relation thread. Here is one that is basically just the opposite. I will name a celebrity, say *Joan Fontaine*. The next poster will name a famous relative of hers who uses a *different last name* as a professional name, and their relationsip. In this case that would be *Olivia DeHavilland - Sister*. Then that person would leave a name for the next poster. A couple of rules up front . No spouses are allowed. You can use blood relatives as well as step mothers, step fathers, step brothers and step sisters, half brothers and sisters and adopted children. If I posted *Judy Garland* you could answer with *Liza Minnelli* or *Lorna Luft*, but not Vincente Minnelli. You'll find that children of famous women who use their father's last name will probably be the most common relationships used. And one more thing, What if a celebrity doesn't use a last name, like Madonna or Cher? That's okay. For *Cher*, you could answer with Chastity Bono, but you couldn't use Sonny Bono. Good luck! Let's get started. The first name will be: *George Sanders*

Adams Robert and Elizabeth

Evelyn Keyes Allan "Rocky" Lane Supplied The Voice For TV's "Mister _______" Danielle Spencer's Role In "What's Happening?" Egyptian Sun God Peg's Husband In "The Life Of Riley" Maud Adams" Role In Her First James Bond Film + Louis Hayward Played "The ________ Of Monte Cristo"

Dr. Frances Horwich - That's Miss Frances of "Ding Dong School" Many Western Movie Heroes Wore A White _______ On "I Remember Mama", Mama's Nephew Was Known As ____. R. ET Ripoff "_______ And Me" On "Vegas", Robert Urich Played ______ Tanna Carol Burnett Was Frequently Asked To Do Her Tarzan _______

There was a movie that featured an actress whose first name was Queenie, and in the same movie there was a character named Queenie that was played by a different actress. What was the name of the movie and who were the actresses?

Correct, Eve, I couldn't have said it better myself. And by the way, here's a little bit of trivia for everyone. Riley's daughter, Babs, was played by Gloria Henry in the original TV series and by Lugene Sanders in the series with William Bendix. Later, they appeared together on an episode of "Richard Diamond, Private Detective". They played roomates. Your turn, Eve, and aren't you glad that your name isn't Gummo?

Well, that question was certainly more than I bargained for! Now, as long as we're on the subject of old TV shows, "The Life Of Riley" was a popular show in the 1950's. It starred William Bendix as Riley and Marjorie Reynolds as his wife, Peg. They were not the original stars of the TV series, however. William Bendix had starred in the series on radio in the forties, but he was under contract to RKO and couldn't do the original TV series. Who played Riley and Peg in the original TV series, and what member of a famous show business family was credited with helping to develop the radio series?

I think I've got it. Ray Milland did a show called "Meet Mr. McNulty". It was also called "The Ray Milland Show". It ran for two seasons from 1953 to 1955. Later, he did a series called "Markham" in 1959 and 1960. If this isn't it, then I give up!

Is it "Calloway Went Thataway"?

Okay, Thomas Mitchell had a show called "Glencannon" around 1959 and Jane Wyman hosted "The Fireside Theater" for a couple of seasons beginning about 1957. How's that?

Deleted - Eve beat me to it. Edited by: MilesArcher on Dec 27, 2009 9:28 PM

Boyd Rachel, Roy, and Emma

Some come quickly to mind, some don't. Walter Brennan starred in "The Real McCoys", Broderick Crawford starred in "Highway Patrol" and Loretta Young had "The Loretta Young Show". Hattie McDaniel did the "Beulah" show on radio in the late forties, but Ethel Waters starred in the TV series for two seasons before leaving. Hattie McDaniel then took over the role. Also, Bing Crosby had a sitcom called, strangely enough, "The Bing Crosby Show" for one season in the sixties, and Dean Jagger was a regular on, but not the star of, "Mr. Novak" in the sixties. I don't believe that Shirley Booth, Ernest Borgnine, or Donna Reed won Oscars in the thirties or forties.

I'm so glad you got it! I was running out of clues. Yes, "Monkey Business" was the title of a Marx Brothers movie in 1931, where they played stowaways on a ship. Cary Grant starred in a comedy with the same title in 1952 with Ginger Rogers and a young Marilyn Monroe. This is an example of two movies that were completely unrelated that had the same title. While you're trying to think of others that fit that category, we'll give finance another turn.