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| birth_place = Anaheim, California, U.S.1972238|19}}| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.| occupation = Actress| years active = 1934–1972{{marriage1938end=divorced}}{{marriage1942end=divorced}}{{Citation needed {{marriage1951}}}}}}File:GRINDE WILSON.jpg|thumb|Marie Wilson with director/writer alt={{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}}Marie Wilson (born Katherine Elizabeth Wilson; August 19, 1916 – November 23, 1972) was an American radio, film, and television actress. She may be best remembered as the title character in My Friend Irma.

Early life

Wilson was born in Anaheim, California, on August 19, 1916. Her nickname at Anaheim High School was “Maybelle”.WEB,www.anaheimcolonists.com/katherine-elizabeth-maybelle-wilson-a-k-a-marie-wilson-class-of-1933/, Katherine Elizabeth “Maybelle” Wilson – a.k.a. Marie Wilson – Class of 1933, Anaheim High School, Anaheim Union High School District, Anaheim, California, Anaheim High School Alumni Association, January 26, 2016, September 22, 2016, dead,www.anaheimcolonists.com/katherine-elizabeth-maybelle-wilson-a-k-a-marie-wilson-class-of-1933/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160923183141www.anaheimcolonists.com/katherine-elizabeth-maybelle-wilson-a-k-a-marie-wilson-class-of-1933/,">web.archive.org/web/20160923183141www.anaheimcolonists.com/katherine-elizabeth-maybelle-wilson-a-k-a-marie-wilson-class-of-1933/, September 23, 2016, mdy-all, Wilson graduated from high school in 1933.

Career

Radio

Although Wilson was afraid of the microphone used in radio, she played scatterbrained Irma Peterson in the radio comedy My Friend Irma from April 11, 1947, to August 23, 1954.BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=HqhoAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22My+Friend+Irma,+situation+comedy%22&pg=PA472, Dunning, John, John Dunning (detective fiction author), On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1998, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 978-0-19-507678-3, 472–473, Revised, 2019-09-04,

Film

Wilson began her career in Hollywood in the 1934 film Down to Their Last Yacht as a ship passenger, and then appeared in Babes in Toyland as Mary Quite Contrary. {{sfn|Brown|2016|page=128}} Wilson appeared in Ladies Crave Excitement (1935), The Girl Friend (1935), Stars Over Broadway (1935), Miss Pacific Fleet (1935), The Big Noise (1936),{{sfn|Hischak|2015|page=560}} Melody for Two (1937), Boy Meets Girl (1938),{{sfn|Maltin|2008|page=168}} Sweepstakes Winner (1939), Virginia (1941), She’s in the Army (1942),{{sfn|Curley|Wetta|1992|page=146}}{{sfn|Monush|2003|page=792}} You Can’t Ration Love (1944), Young Widow (1946), and Never Wave at a WAC (1952). Her career got a boost when she performed at Harold Lloyd’s Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals, which led to her being cast in Boy Meets Girl in 1938.JOURNAL, Cheatham, Maude, July 1938, Beloved scatterbrain: Wacky or wistful? Marie Wilson ia a little of both, and Hollywood’s best new comedy bet,archive.org/details/Screenland-1938-07-Vol-37-No-3/page/34/mode/2up?q=%22marie+wilson%22, Screenland, 37, 3, 34-35, 76-77, Internet Archive, In 1936, she played Miss Murgatroyd in Satan Met a Lady, a loose adaptation of the 1929 novel The Maltese Falcon{{ref|1|1}} by Dashiell Hammett.BOOK, The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell, Hammett, Dashiell Hammett, 1992, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, New York, 978-0679722649, She was in The Great Garrick as Nicolle in 1937. Wilson was in Fools for Scandal as Myrtle in 1938. She was in Waterfront in 1939 as Ruby Waters.In 1949, she played Irma Peterson in the film My Friend Irma, reprising her role from the radio series. In 1950, she again played Irma in My Friend Irma Goes West. In 1952, she played Jane Sweet in A Girl in Every Port, based on the short story They Sell Sailors Elephants by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan.{{sfn|Coniam|2016|page=63}} In 1957, she played Marie Antoinette in The Story of Mankind, loosely based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon. Wilson’s last film was 1962’s Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, based on the novel by Edward Streeter.Wilson also had roles in short films, including Bum Voyage (1934), Slide, Nellie, Slide (1936),{{sfn|Liebman|2010|page=246}} Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 6) (1938),{{sfn|Liebman|2010|page=153}} and Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 12).{{sfn|Liebman|2010|page=153}}

Television

Wilson first appeared on television in the series My Friend Irma from 1952 to 1954. She was in two episodes of Burke’s Law. Wilson’s voice was featured in the short-lived animated television series Where’s Huddles?. Her last role was in 1972 as Margaret Cooperman in Love, American Style. Wilson was a guest on The Ed Sullivan Show on four occasions.

Stage

In June and July 1950, Wilson portrayed Lady Teazle in a production of School for Scandal at the Circle Theater in Hollywood. She appeared with her husband, Allan Nixon, who played Charles Surface.NEWS, Florabel Muir Reporting,www.newspapers.com/clip/76150594/mirror-news/, April 20, 2021, The Mirror, June 8, 1950, Los Angeles, California, 8, Newspapers.com, During February 1958 she starred as Cherie opposite Robert Gist as Bo in a production of Bus Stop at the Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix, Arizona.NEWS, Cutts, Anson B., ‘Bus Stop’ Presented With High Distinction, The Arizona Republic, February 12, 1958, Phoenix, Arizona, 3, Newspapers.com,

Walk of Fame

Wilson’s talents have been recognized with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: for radio at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard, for television at 6765 Hollywood Boulevard, and for movies at 6601 Hollywood Boulevard.NEWS,projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/marie-wilson/, Marie Wilson on the Hollywood Star Walk, Los Angeles Times, November 23, 1972, September 22, 2016,

Sculpture

Wilson’s left leg was the model for a 35-ft (sometimes referred to as 34-ft), two-ton sculpture outside the Theme Hosiery (later Sanderson Hoisery) plant on Olympic and Barrington in West Los Angeles. The DuPont Co. commissioned the plaster leg, which was painted as if to be wearing nylons, to promote its new nylons product. Wilson was hoisted thigh-level at the sculpture’s unveiling August 6, 1949.WEB,skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5145295&postcount=2669, SkyscraperPage Forum – View Single Post – noirish Los Angeles, WEB,www.plasticsnews.com/article/20140808/NEWS/140809932/the-woman-behind-dupont-s-nylon-leg?fbclid=IwAR0v1XifZgl8bg_xnahRk6GjsAFy-zps5QNqCdjwMBGecDySi1WCQpcIh48, The woman behind DuPont’s nylon leg, August 8, 2014,

Personal life

Wilson was married to actor Allan Nixon from 1942 to 1950.{{sfn|Los Angeles Times Staff|1950|page=3}} Her 1951 marriage to actor Robert Fallon lasted until her death from cancer at age 56.BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=OJGFAAAACAAJ, Charles, Tranberg, Charles Tranberg, Not So Dumb: The Life and Career of Marie Wilson, Albany, New York, BearManor Medi, 978-1593930493, 1970, Wilson was interred in the Columbarium of Remembrance at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&dq=marie+wilson+forest+lawn+1972&pg=PA101, Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory, Allan R., Ellenberger, 2001, McFarland, 978-0786450190, Google Books,

Filmography

Film{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable“|Notes 1934| Down to Their Last Yacht| Ship Passenger

• Romantic comedy and musical film directed by Paul SloaneWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/761/Down-to-Their-Last-Yacht/full-credits.html, Down to Their Last Yacht, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,
• Uncredited

}}Babes in Toyland (1934 film)>Babes in Toyland| Mary Quite Contrary

• Musical film directed by Charley Rogers and Gus MeinsWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20646/Babes-in-Toyland/full-credits.html, Babes in Toyland, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,
• Based on Victor Herbert’s popular 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland.{{sfn|Brown|2016|page=128}}

}} 1935| Ladies Crave Excitement| Girl

• Action and comedy film directed by Nick GrindeWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80578/Ladies-Crave-Excitement/full-credits.html, Ladies Crave Excitement, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,
• Uncredited

}}The Girl Friend (film)>The Girl Friend| GirlEdward BuzzellHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/76293/THE-GIRL-FRIEND/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | Stars Over Broadway| MollyWilliam KeighleyHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/833/STARS-OVER-BROADWAY/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | Miss Pacific Fleet| Virginia ‘Vergie’ MatthewsRay EnrightHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/919/MISS-PACIFIC-FLEET/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | Broadway Hostess| DorothyFrank McDonald (director)>Frank McDonaldHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/1756/BROADWAY-HOSTESS/FULL-CREDITS.HTML>TITLE=BROADWAY HOSTESSPUBLISHER=TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM (TIME WARNER)ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 21, 2016, 1936Colleen (1936 film)>Colleen| MabelAlfred E. GreenHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/2436/COLLEEN/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, The Big Noise (1936 American film)>The Big Noise| DaisyWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTAHischakpage=560}}| Satan Met a Lady| Miss Murgatroyd

• Detective film directed by William DieterleWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/937/Satan-Met-a-Lady/full-credits.html, Satan Met a Lady, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,
• A loose adaptation of the 1929 novel The Maltese Falcon{{ref|1|1}} by Dashiell Hammett
• Directed by Roy Del RuthWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1764/The-Maltese-Falcon/full-credits.html, The Maltese Falcon 1931, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,

}}China Clipper (1936 film)>China Clipper| Sunny AveryWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | King of Hockey| ElsieNoel M. SmithHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/2799/KING-OF-HOCKEY/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, 1937| Melody for Two| Camille CaseyWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTAPoolpage=79}}| Public Wedding| TessieWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | Over the Goal| Co-ed

• Comedy film directed by Noel M. SmithWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2594/Over-the-Goal/full-credits.html, Over the Goal, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,
• Uncredited

}}| The Great Garrick| Nicolle

• Historical and comedy film directed by James WhaleWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/625/The-Great-Garrick/full-credits.html, The Great Garrick, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,
• Based on the play Ladies and Gentlemen by Ernest Vajda{{sfn|Goble|1999|page=471}}

}} 1938| The Invisible Menace| SallyJohn FarrowHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/79370/THE-INVISIBLE-MENACE/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | Fools for Scandal| Myrtle

• Screwball comedy produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoyWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2896/Fools-for-Scandal/full-credits.html, Fools for Scandal, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,
• Based on the unproducedWEB, Miller, Frank,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2896/Fools-for-Scandal/articles.html, Fools for Scandal, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016, 1936 play Return Engagement by Nancy Hamilton, James Shute, and Rosemary Casey{{sfn|Hamilton|2016|pages=3, 13}}

}}Boy Meets Girl (1938 film)>Boy Meets Girl{{sfn2008|page=168}}| SusieLloyd Bacon.HTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/61/BOY-MEETS-GIRL/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | Broadway Musketeers| Miss Connie ToddJohn FarrowHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/2317/BROADWAY-MUSKETEERS/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, 1939| Sweepstakes Winner| Jennie JonesWilliam C. McGannHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/2066/SWEEPSTAKES-WINNER/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, Waterfront (1939 film)>Waterfront| Ruby Waters

• Action and crime film directed by Terry O. MorseWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1964/Waterfront/full-credits.html, Waterfront, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 16, 2016,
• Adapted from the play Blind Spot by Kenyon NicholsonBOOK,books.google.com/books?id=4cqaWZn9zkoC&q=Blind+Spot%2C+by+Kenyon+Nicholson&pg=PT591, CAGNEY, 1st, John, McCabe, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1999, New York, 978-0786705801, {{sfn|Goble|1999|page=532}}{{sfn|Yogerst|2016|page=48}}{{sfn|The American Film Institute|1997|page=1114}}{{sfn|Aaker|2013|page=20}}

}}| Should Husbands Work?| MyrtleGus MeinsHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/90026/SHOULD-HUSBANDS-WORK-/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | The Cowboy Quarterback| Maizie WilliamsWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTATibbetts2010|page=55}} 1941Virginia (1941 film)>Virginia| Connie PotterEdward H. GriffithHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/94856/VIRGINIA/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | Rookies on Parade| Kitty MulloyJoseph SantleyHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/88618/ROOKIES-ON-PARADE/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 15, 2016, Flying Blind (film)>Flying Blind| Veronica GimbleWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | Harvard, Here I Come!| Zella PhippsLew LandersHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/77445/HARVARD-HERE-I-COME/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, 1942Broadway (1942 film)>Broadway| GraceWilliam A. SeiterHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/69737/BROADWAY/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, She’s in the Army{{sfn>Curley1992Monushpage=792}}| Susan SlattertyJean YarbroughHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/89926/SHE-S-IN-THE-ARMY/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, 1944| You Can’t Ration Love| Bubbles KeenanWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944 film)>Shine on Harvest Moon| Margievaudeville team of Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth directed by David Butler (director)>David ButlerHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/3062/SHINE-ON-HARVEST-MOON/FULL-CREDITS.HTML>TITLE=SHINE ON HARVEST MOONPUBLISHER=TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM (TIME WARNER)ACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 21, 2016, | Music for Millions| MarieHenry KosterHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/2704/MUSIC-FOR-MILLIONS/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, 1946| Young Widow| ‘Mac’ McCallisterEdwin L. MarinHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/96573/YOUNG-WIDOW/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | No Leave, No Love| RosalindWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, 1947| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami| Rachel MichotAlbert LewinHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/87191/THE-PRIVATE-AFFAIRS-OF-BEL-AMI/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 13, 2016, | The Fabulous Joe| Gorgeous GilmoreWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 13, 2016, Linda, Be Good{{sfn>Monushpage=792}}| Margie LaVitteWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 13, 2016, 1949 in film>1949My Friend Irma (film)>My Friend Irma{{sfnO’Dellpage=292}}{{sfn2003|page=959}} Irma Peterson

• Comedy film directed by George MarshallWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84328/My-Friend-Irma/full-credits.html, My Friend Irma, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 13, 2016,
• Most notable as the film debut of the comedy team Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• Based upon the radio series My Friend Irma

}}1950 in film>1950My Friend Irma Goes West{{sfn>Sterling2009|page=292}}

• Crime-comedy musical film directed by Hal WalkerWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84329/My-Friend-Irma-Goes-West/full-credits.html, My Friend Irma Goes West, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 13, 2016,
• Based on the radio show My Friend Irma

}} 1952| Never Wave at a WAC| Clara Schneiderman / Danger O’DowdNorman Z. McLeodHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/84724/NEVER-WAVE-AT-A-WAC/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, A Girl in Every Port (1952 film)>A Girl in Every Port| Jane Sweet

• Comedy film directed by Chester ErskineWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2226/A-Girl-in-Every-Port/full-credits.html, A Girl in Every Port, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 13, 2016,
• Based on the short story They Sell Sailors Elephants by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan{{sfn|Coniam|2016|page=63}}

}} 1953| I Was a Burlesque Queen| Margie LaVitte

• Drama film written and directed by Sidney W. PinkWEB,www.ovguide.com/i-was-a-burlesque-queen-9202a8c04000641f8000000013811c95, Watch I Was a Burlesque Queen (1953) Free Online, OVGuide, FilmOn, FOTV Media Networks Inc., Beverly Hills, California, September 23, 2016,
• Archive footage of 1947’s Linda, Be Good

}}| Marry Me Again| DorisFrank TashlinHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/82983/MARRY-ME-AGAIN/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, 1957 in film>1957The Story of Mankind (1957 film)>The Story of Mankind| Marie Antoinette

• Directed and co-produced by Irwin AllenWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91525/The-Story-of-Mankind/full-credits.html, The Story of Mankind, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,
• Very loosely based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van LoonBOOK, The Story of Mankind, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Hendrik Willem, van Loon, Cosimo Classics, New York, 2006, 978-1596059566, Reissue,

}}1962 in film>1962| Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation| Mrs. Turner

• Comedy film directed by Henry KosterWEB,www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/83706/Mr-Hobbs-Takes-a-Vacation/full-credits.html, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner), Atlanta, September 21, 2016,
• Based on the novel Mr. Hobbs’ Vacation by Edward StreeterBOOK, Mr. Hobbs’ Vacation,archive.org/details/mrhobbsvacation00stre, registration, Edward, Streeter, Edward Streeter, Harper (publisher), Harper & Brothers, 1954, 1391704,

}}“>

Film shorts/documentaries{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable“|Notes| 1934| Bum Voyage| Ship’s Passenger at PartyWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | 1935| My Girl Sally| Leading actressAlfred J. GouldingHTTP://WWW.EBOOKSREAD.COM/AUTHORS-ENG/LIBRARY-OF-CONGRESS-COPYRIGHT-OFFICE/MOTION-PICTURES-1912-1939-HCI/PAGE-170-MOTION-PICTURES-1912-1939-HCI.SHTMLWORK=PRELINGER LIBRARYPUBLISHER=LIBRARY OF CONGRESSACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 22, 2016, | 1936Slide, Nellie, Slide{{sfn>Liebmanpage=246}}| Nellie, the Softball Player| Directed by Ralph Staub 1938| Swingtime in the Movies| HerselfCrane WilburHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/400445/SWINGTIME-IN-THE-MOVIES/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, | For Auld Lang Syne #3| Herself| DocumentaryVitaphone Pictorial Revue>Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 6){{sfn2010|page=153}}| HerselfClem McCarthy, and I. MillerHTTP://WWW.TCM.COM/TCMDB/TITLE/400316/A-VITAPHONE-PICTORIAL-REVIEW-NO-2-6/FULL-CREDITS.HTMLWORK=TURNER CLASSIC MOVIESLOCATION=ATLANTA, September 21, 2016, Vitaphone Pictorial Revue>Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2 No. 12){{sfn2010|page=153}}| Herself| Directed by Lloyd French| 1950| Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman| HerselfWORK=COLUMBIA PICTURESLOCATION=LOS ANGELES, September 23, 2016, 1954 in film>1954| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars on Parade| Herself| Written and directed by Ralph Staub“>

Television{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable“|Notes| 1952–1954My Friend Irma (radio-TV)>My Friend Irma| Irma Peterson| Contract role 1962The Comedy Spot{{sfn>Brookspage=276}}| Ernestine| Episode: “The Soft Touch”| ErnestineFIRST=LEEPUBLISHER=AMAZON.COM#HISTORY>LOCATION=SEATTLEISBN=978-1511590679, Sidney Salkow{{sfn>Irvinpage=110}}| 1963Empire (1962 TV series)>Empire| Guest| Episode: “Hidden Asset” (S 1:Ep 26) 1964Burke’s Law (1963 TV series)>Burke’s Law| Chuchi SmithList of Burke’s Law episodes (1963 series)#Episodes>Who Killed Marty Kelso?” (S 1:Ep 22)| My Son, the Witch Doctor| Leading actressThe Fresno Bee Staffpage=108}}| 1965| Burke’s Law| Ramona SpecksList of Burke’s Law episodes (1963 series)#Episodes>Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings?“( S2:Ep 20)| 1968Richard Blackwell#Career>Mr. Blackwell Presents{{sfn2003|page=264}}Pittsburgh Press Staffpage=82}}| Directed by William Edwards and William Stierwalt| 1969Jack Cassidy’s St. Patrick’s Day TV Special{{sfn>Terracepage=203}}| Singer| Directed by William Rainbolt| 1970| Where’s Huddles?| Penny McCoy| Contract role| 1972| Love, American Style| Margaret CoopermanList of Love, American Style episodes#Episodes>Love and the Girlish Groom / Love and the New You / Love and the Oldlyweds / Love and the Wishing Star” (S 4:Ep 4)

References

Notes

1. {{note|1}} Original publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1929.

Citations

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Sources

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• NEWS,www.newspapers.com/newspage/162129819/, Allan H. Nixon, actor divorce, Los Angeles Times, December 30, 1950, September 22, 2016, 3, {{sfnref, Los Angeles Times Staff, 1950, }} {{Subscription required}}
• BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=N2D3DAAAQBAJ&q=Babes+in+Toyland+film+is+based+on+Victor+Herbert%27s+popular+1903+operetta+Babes+in+Toyland&pg=PA128, Character-Based Film Series Part 3, Terry, Brown, Lulu (company), Lulu Publishing, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2016, 978-1365021312, 128,
• BOOK, The Encyclopedia of Film Composers, Thomas S., Hischak,books.google.com/books?id=Xz99CAAAQBAJ&q=The+Big+Noise+Frank+McDonald&pg=PA560, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland, 2015, 978-1442245495, 560,
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• BOOK, Leonard Maltin’s 2009 Movie Guide, Leonard, Maltin, Leonard Maltin, New American LibraryImprints, Signet Classics, New York, 2008, 978-0451224682, 168,
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