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Edd ie A l ber t
Edward Albert
H eimberger
(April 22, 1906 ? M ay 26, 2005),
known professionally as Eddie
Albert, was an American actor
and activist. H e was nominated
for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actor in 1954 for his
performance in Roman H oliday,
and in 1973 for T he H eartbreak
K id.
O ther well-known screen roles
of his include Bing Edwards in
the Brother R at films, traveling
salesman Ali H akim in the
musical Oklahoma!, and the
sadistic prison warden in 1974's
T he Longest Yard. H e starred as
Oliver Wendell Douglas in the
1960s
television
situation
comedy Green Acres and as
Frank M acBride in the 1970s
crime drama Switch. H e also had
a recurring role as Carlton Travis
on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane
Wyman.

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Ev e A r den
Eve Arden (April 30, 1908 ?
N ovember 12, 1990)[2] was an
American actress. H er almost
60-year career crossed most
media frontiers with both
supporting and leading roles, but
to younger audiences she may be
best-remembered for playing the
sardonic but engaging title
character, a high school teacher,
on O ur M iss Brooks, and as the
R ydell H igh School principal in
both Grease and Grease 2.

H om e Cooked M eal 1955

Lio nel Ba r r ymo r e
Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel
H erbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 ?
N ovember 15, 1954) was an
American actor of stage, screen
and radio Young Dr.K ildare as
well as a film director.[1] H e
won an Academy Award for Best
Actor for his performance in A
Free Soul (1931), and remains
best known to modern audiences
for the role of the villainous M r.
Potter character in Frank Capra's
1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
He
is
also
particularly
remembered
as
Ebenezer
Scrooge in annual broadcasts of
A Christmas Carol during his
last two decades. H e was a
member
of the theatrical
Barrymore family
Biographical Shor t A udio

M a r ia n Jo r da n
M arian Irene Driscoll Jordan
(April 15, 1898 ? April 7, 1961)
was an American actress and
radio personality. She was most
remembered for portraying the
role of M olly M cGee, the
patient,
common
sense,
honey-natured wife of Fibber
M cGee on the N BC radio series
Fibber M cGee and M olly from
1935?1959. She starred on this
series opposite her real-life
husband Jim Jordan.