MilesArcher Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 You got it, Mr. Sixes. Unless you saw the TCM documentary on Cooper, I don't know how you could even look that up. Good work. You're next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickisilverwolf Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Hmmm. I have two guesses, neither one of which quite fits. *Vampira* -- Finnish-born, but never really had a lead role. (Also one of my role models.) *Gale Sondergaard* -- fits the description perfectly otherwise, but was actually Danish-American, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Taina Elg ? She was one of the 3 beauties in *Les Girls* . She's the one that Kay Kendall (another unbelieveably beautiful actress) says attempted suicide because Gene Kelly's character Barry didn't love her. Very beautiful actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Thanks. I'll pass this round. Thread Is Open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 "Not much is made of the fact I was nominated for my performance for a Hitchcock film. I guess I can not blame them. I did not win. But I could not speak English and it had to be spelled out phonetically for me. I was a former chemist who became a classically-trained actor on the stage and was respected for my performances in Ibsen productions. While I made films in my own country, I did not make what they call Hollywood films until I was 72. You see, my wife was Jewish and, when I couldn't stand any longer the treatment and discrimination she received, we emigrated to America in 1939. I acted in American films from 1940 to 1948. She made 6 American films, herself an actor too. Then, in 1950, I felt it was time to go home and I enjoyed acting once again at what I love the best, for my audiences in the stage, where I received even more praise from critics. I died from a heart attack while flying home from New York. Do you know me and my beautiful wife?" Edited by: allaboutlana on Oct 16, 2012 4:48 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Elsa and Albert Bassermann?? Recognized his role in Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondant immediately, because I alwasys have to turn away and the sound down when those b------ds are torturing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allaboutlana Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Absolutely correct! Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Thanks. This actor came from a talented family. His father a violinst, his mother an opera singer. Hr received the purple heart and was well educated attending the Yale Drama School. He did have roles in films, but is probably better known for his tv roles. He could be seen with much regularity in the 50's- 70's on TV, with some recurring roles and his own TV shows. Very handsome man and he's still around today. Who ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Yes, indeed--very handsome. He was my grade school heart throb. Mother was Alma Gluck and father was Efrem Zimbalist Sr. You're, ofcourse, talking about Jr., father of cute little Stephanie jr. Lav--you know Efrem was also in some good film roles, like "By Love Possessed" with Lana. Enjoyable question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Thanks, so handsome. I didn't want to give the film info in the first clue, thought it might be too obvious, figured I'd save it if needed. *House of Strangers* with EGR, *Harlow* (the Carol Lynley one), *By Love Possessed* with Lana and *Wait Until Dark* with Audrey. There are others. He went to a prestigious private school, that was in the next town over from where I lived in Ma. My kids went there a couple of summers for camp. Yes, Stephanie is adorable. He's in his 90's now. Glad you enjoyed the question and it reminded you of one of your childhood hearthrobs. Your thread, cujas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Thanx, again Lav-- Next--This guy was somewhat of an engima; his popular persona was opposite his real self. *He is one of the early TV sitcom stars, who, along with his show, is almost forgotten. He was a staple of all kinds of TV shows in the 1950's, but continued working on TV into the early 70's. *Boomers knew his voice/character as the star of a popular Sat morning cartoon show. *He was the "best" friend of at least 2 of 1950's Hollywood legendary stars. --Made few movies, but TCM people all know his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 First guess, I've never forgotten Jim Backus in I Married Joan from the '50s, along w/Mr Magoo or Thurston Howell III ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I think it's Wally Cox from "Mr. Peepers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Whose best friend was Cox, aside from Brando? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 cujas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 Yes, Miles--our beloved Mr. Peepers. FYI--Wally was the last recorded person who talked to Marilyn before her death. And he was also Bobby Blake's best friend. Miles is up! Edited by: cujas on Oct 22, 2012 4:43 PM Edited by: cujas on Oct 22, 2012 4:45 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Thanks. Wally Cox was the voice of Underdog on Saturday mornings. Now, do you know us? We were two movie veterans who appeared in the "Spin And Marty" serials on the original "Mickey Mouse Club". One of us had been one of the busiest character actors in Hollywood from the late thirties through the mid-fifties, appearing in hundreds of "B" movies and action serials, mostly at Republic Studios, usually playing the villain. In the "Spin And Marty" serials, I played the ranch owner. The other fellow was younger. He had only been in movies since the late 1940's, but they were some very well known westerns, usually in support roles. He also kept busy with small roles in non-westerns. In "Spin And Marty", he played the ranch foreman and mentor to the boys. He was a second generation movie actor. Do you know us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Are you Roy Barcroft and Harry Carey, Jr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 You got them, Edythe. Roy Barcroft played Colonel Logan and Harry Carey Jr. played Bill Burnett. Do you remember ranch hand Ollie's favorite expression? If not, I'll tell you later. It's your turn now, Edy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Alright, see if you know me? A character actress with a distinctive voice easily recognized , worked in film, radio and television from the early '40s through the mid'60s. I was often cast as the mother in many roles. My "maker" and Hollywood icon extraordinaire and I died within a day of each other. Who am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Hint: Every little girl knew my voice by the time she was over the age of 4. Oh, it was such a jolly little voice. Edited by: Edythevanhopper on Oct 27, 2012 2:20 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 My first film I made with the man that boosted my star was in 1941...the last was in 1967 when we both died during its production. The film that every little girl knows so well was made in 1950, a one word title. Can you identify that role, me, and my "maker"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Ironically--I've never seen this movie in question, Disney's Cinderella, really only bits and pieces. But also ironically--the lady in your question, I watched, as a child on December's Bride, and she reminded me of my Grandmother. Either way--she must have had something endearing to little girls--i.e. Verna Felton, who played Hilda, your Fairy Godmother. Am I on the right track here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edythevanhopper Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Right track, you're in the station. Verna Felton was the voice of the fairy godmother, one role that endeared her to all of us. I first saw her on December Bride and couldn't wait to see her every week. I loved that show. She and Walt Disney died within a day of each other during their last film together, The Jungle Book. Great, cujas, your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujas Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 This young lady was always prim and proper. She wasn't a famous supporting actress, but a consistent one. She appeared in A movies with Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Rosalind Russell, although most of her movies were classy "B's". I and many other people see her in a famous horror movie every Halloween. She made a few for Universal and this one was part of the Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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