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Jan 27, 2025

Jan Shepard (1928–2025), actress in King Creole

Jan Shepard was an actress who starred alongside in “King Creole” and “Paradise, Hawaiian Style.” 

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Mar 11, 2024

Jean Allison (1929–2024), prolific character actress 

Jean Allison was a character actress with a prolific career in the 1950s through ‘80s, appearing in dozens of TV shows.

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Mar 1, 2024

Anne Whitfield (1938–2024), actress in White Christmas

Anne Whitfield was an actress best known for playing Susan Waverly in the classic Hollywood musical, “White Christmas.”

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Feb 27, 2024

Jackie Loughery (1930–2024), first Miss USA

Jackie Loughery was the winner of the first ever Miss USA pageant in 1952 and went on to an acting career.

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Oct 23, 2023

Elaine Devry (1930–2023), The Atomic Kid actress

Elaine Devry was an actress who appeared in such films as “The Atomic Kid” and “A Guide for the Married Man,” and was briefly married to Mickey Rooney in the 1950s.

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Apr 3, 2023

Sharon Acker (1935–2023), Point Blank, Perry Mason actress

Sharon Acker was an actress known for movies and TV shows including “Point Blank” and “The New Perry Mason.”  

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Feb 11, 2019

Joe Sirola (1929–2019), “The King of the Voice-Overs”

Character actor played Freddy Fleet on “The Andy Griffith Show.”

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Oct 10, 2018

Peggy McCay (1927 – 2018), “Days of Our Lives” star

Played Caroline Brady on the soap for over 30 years.

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May 17, 2017

Remembering Raymond Burr (video)

Raymond Burr (1917-1993) remains one of the most popular TV actors of all time. Viewers felt like they knew him from his iconic roles as lawyer Perry Mason and detective Robert Ironside. He was, by all outward appearances, a typical Hollywood star. He attended public events with starlets like Natalie Wood on his arm, and gave generously to charity. However, there was a side of his life that he felt America and Hollywood wasn’t ready for at the time. Burr was gay, and remained in the closet until his death in 1993.

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Jan 27, 2017

Barbara Hale (1922 - 2017), Perry Mason star

Actress Barbara Hale, who won an Emmy Award for playing legal secretary Della Street on the long-running "Perry Mason" television series, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at her home in Sherman Oaks, California. She was 94.

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Oct 12, 2016

Patricia Barry (1922 - 2016), soap opera star

The veteran soap opera actress appeared on “Days of Our Lives,” “All My Children,” and “Guiding Light.”

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