In a career that has spanned eight decades, and included everything from silent films to vaudeville to Broadway to radio, Milton Berle qualifies as one of the personifications of "show business". Despite making a mark in each of the aforesaid media, Berle achieved his greatest success as the first acknowledged superstar of television. Between 1948 and 1956, Tuesday nights belonged to the... More »

Howard Andrew Williams was born in Wall Lake, IA on December 3, 1927. From the very beginning Andy's parents him, his three brothers, and sister to sing in the choir at the Presbyterian Church.

When Andy was 7, the family moved to Des Moines, IA. Andy attended Elmwood Elementary School, where he played in the school band, and later Callanan Junior High. The Williams Brothers... More »

Sandy Duncan was born not in Tyler, Texas as she always says, but in Henderson. Her father, M.R.Duncan, and her mother, Syliva Love Duncan, lived in Overton, Texas when Sandy was born on Wednesday, Febuary 20,1946 at 8:42pm. Sandy and her family moved when she was either six or nine months old, family stories differ. They moved to Killgore where Sandy's sister, Robin, was born in 1951. In 1954... More »

What does an actor do when he earns Emmy after Emmy playing a high-strung, overenthusiastic sheriff's deputy on a long-running TV comedy hit? If he's Don Knotts, he brings variations of that same character to the big screen in a succession of juvenile comedy features. This skinny, bug-eyed comic performer, adept at playing hypertense, frequently unnerved types, is a former ventriloquist who... More »

Dom Deluise made his tv debut on a local Cleveland, Ohio kids tv show "Tip Top Clubhouse!" with radio/tv and stage entertainer Joe Bova in the early 1950's. He would later become the fourth and last host/performer and instructor of WJZ/WABC TV Ch.7 NYC's "Tinker's Workshop", a daily kids educational tv show that made it's debut on Ch.7 on Monday morning November 15, 1954 (Bob Keeshan was the... More »

Ruth was born to immigrant parents. Her father was a sculptor of cemetery monuments. Ruth attended dancing school during her youth, and at 17, she attended classes at the Pasadena Playhouse. By 1959, Ruth had established her role as a character actress on the West Coast. She moved her career to Broadway, where she worked on perfecting her signature characters. She soon earned regular roles on a... More »

Deborah Ann Harry was adopted when she was a baby. She had always dreamed of being a star and she finally got that chance when she joined the band Blondie. She was in a band previously called Wind and the Willows, a hippie band that was a flop.

Debbie Harry fronted the band for 6 albums until she had enough. Her partner at the time Chris Stein was diagnosed with pemphegise and... More »

Jaye P. began her career at the ripe old age of three, performing with her family in their vaudeville act, "The Morgan Family". After she graduated from high school she was hired by the Frank DeVol Orchestra in 1950, where she was the vocalist for 3 years and had success with songs such as "Just a Gigolo" and "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries". In 1954 she was a regular on The Robert Q.... More »