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Gloria Blondell

Show Count: 31
Series Count: 7
Role: Old Time Radio Star
Old Time Radio
Born: August 16, 1910, New York City, New York, USA
Died: March 25, 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA

Gloria Blondell (August 16, 1915 −March 25, 1986) was an actress and voice actor between 1938 and 1962, and was the younger sister of Joan Blondell. In 1935 she appeared in the Broadway production of Three Men on a Horse at the Playhouse in New York City. She is probably best remembered for her role as Honeybee Gillis in the 1950s era sitcom, The Life of Riley. She appeared as enviably curvaceous Grace Foster in one episode of I Love Lucy entitled "The Anniversary Present" (1952). She was married to film producer Albert Broccoli. Gloria Blondell also portrayed an aging prostitute who rescues a town from a trio of criminals in "The Looters," an episode of Wanted Dead or Alive opposite Steve McQueen. For Daisy Duck's second appearance as a Disney cartoon character, Gloria Blondell took over, marking the debut of Daisy's "normal" voice. Blondell would voice Daisy for six of her nine speaking appearances during the classic shorts era.

Her interment was in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Source: Wikipedia

I Love a MysteryI Love a Mystery
Show Count: 113
Broadcast History: 16 January 1939 to 26 December 1952
Cast: Elliott Lewis, Luis Van Rooten, Russell Thorson, Michael Raffetto, Tony Randall, Robert Dryden, Jack Edwards, John McIntire, Cathy Lewis, Barton Yarborough, Jay Novello, Ben Alexander, Gloria Blondell, Cliff Arquette, Naomi Stevens, Edgar Norton, Barbara Jean Wong, Richard Legrand, Walter Paterson, Lal Chand Mehra, Jim Boles, Mercedes McCambridge
Director: Carlton E Morse
Producer: Al Span, Carlton E Morse, Buddy Twiss, Ralph Amati, George Cooney, Barney Beck
I Love A Mystery weaves a spell over its fans. It is a tale of three partners, Jack Packard, Doc Long and Reggie Yorke who formed the A-1 detective agency. They are adventurers who travel the world in search of action, thrills and mystery, battling the evils of natural and supernatural and rescuing women in distress.
Broadcast: May 26, 1949
Added: May 01 2017
Broadcast: 3rd September 1950
Added: Feb 27 2012
Broadcast: 5th July 1945
Added: Oct 08 2005
Broadcast: 7th June 1945
Added: Oct 18 2008
Broadcast: October 17, 1964
Added: Sep 19 2015
Broadcast: 9th October 1948
Added: Nov 02 2007
Broadcast: 1st December 1948
Added: Dec 02 2007