Spring Byington
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
You Can't Take It with You
as Penny SycamoreAlice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...
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Dragonwyck
as MagdaFor Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin,...
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Heaven Can Wait
as Bertha Van CleveSpoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he...
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Jezebel
as Mrs. KendrickIn 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...
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Werewolf of London
as Ettie CoombesA strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
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Meet John Doe
as Mme MitchellAs a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe,"...
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The Blue Bird
as Mummy TylAn ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a...
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Mutiny on the Bounty
as Mrs. ByamFletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas (uncredited)Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River,...
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Little Women
as MarmeeLittle Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy....
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Theodora Goes Wild
as Rebecca PerryThe small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They...
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Dodsworth
as Matey PearsonA retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that...
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The Heavenly Body
as Nancy PotterThe beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of...
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Suzie RobinsonDrama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan...
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lady Octavia WarrentonIn 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the...
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Singapore
as Mrs. BellowsAfter the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls....
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The Devil and Miss Jones
as Elizabeth EllisThe wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay...
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Quick Millions
as Mrs. John JonesIn Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine...
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In the Good Old Summertime
as Nellie BurkeTwo co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry...
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Devil's Doorway
as Mrs. MastersA Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.
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I'll Be Seeing You
as Mrs. MarshallMary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas...
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Palm Springs
as Aunt LettyA gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The...
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Broadway Hostess
as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-SmytheMelodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
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Arkansas Judge
as Mary ShoemakerArkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer...
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Love Me Forever
as Clara FieldsA man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with...
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The Rocket Man
as Justice Amelia BrownAfter procuring a special ray gun, a precocious orphan helps his community by exposing the shady...
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Presenting Lily Mars
as Mrs. MarsStarstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a...
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The Enchanted Cottage
as Violet PriceA homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend...
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Cynthia
as Carrie Bishop JanningsSheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
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Angels in the Outfield
as Sister EdwithaThe short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little...
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Roxie Hart
as Mary SunshineA café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing...
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Thrill of a Romance
as Nona GlennA soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business...
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Captain Eddie
as Mrs. FrostWWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race...
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It's Love I'm After
as Aunt EllaAn infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
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The Reformer and the Redhead
as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
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Because You're Mine
as Mrs. Edna MontvilleA famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.
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The Buccaneer
as Dolly MadisonFrench pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. HubbardAlexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and...
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Off to the Races
as Mrs. John JonesThe Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family...
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Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
as Self (archive footage)Documentary about the making of Disney's Animated Classic.
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My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mrs. 'Ma' PenroseLiving with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with...
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Please Believe Me
as Mrs. MilwrightA woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic...
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Ah, Wilderness!
as Essie MillerAt the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows...
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A Child Is Born
as Mrs. Mamie WestA pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
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The Road Back
as Ernst's MotherAfter the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel...
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Rings on Her Fingers
as Mrs. Maybelle WorthingtonSusan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the...
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The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Ma DavisA Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan)...
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Too Busy to Work
as Mrs. John JonesThe Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to...
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Way Down East
as Mrs. Louisa BartlettA family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By...
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Lucky Partners
as Aunt LucyTwo strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
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Penrod and Sam
as Mrs. SchofieldA boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
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The Big Wheel
as Mary CoyThe ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and...
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Little Mister Jim
as Mrs. StarwellAfter his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.
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The Great Impersonation
as Duchess CarolineThe second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set...
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The Vanishing Virginian
as Rosa YanceyThe perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and...
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Walk Softly, Stranger
as Mrs. BrentmanA petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
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When Ladies Meet
as Bridget 'Bridgie' DrakeMary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her...
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Salty O'Rourke
as Mrs. BrooksA gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.
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The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Cecilia TalbotWealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid...
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Bannerline
as Mrs. LoomisA young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
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Faithful in My Fashion
as Miss Mary SwansonA U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry....
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Green Light
as Mrs. DexterA brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a...
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Young as You Feel
as Mrs. John JonesFather sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city...
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A Family Affair
as Emily HardyJudge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his...
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Chicken Wagon Family
as Josephine FippanyAddie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile...
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Land of Liberty
as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
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Safety in Numbers
as Mrs. John JonesThe Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich...
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On Their Own
as Mrs. John JonesThe Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase...
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Big Business
as Mrs. John JonesA small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an...
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The Affairs of Martha
as Sophia SommerfieldMembers of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their...
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It Had to Be You
as Mr. Martha StaffordA chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
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Love on a Budget
as Louise JonesThis late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family...
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Borrowing Trouble
as Mrs. John JonesThe Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken...
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The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Agnes ThorndykeA captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
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My Love Came Back
as Clara MaletteAmelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius...
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According to Mrs. Hoyle
as Mrs. Harriet HoyleA retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.
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Louisa
as Louisa NortonArchitect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to...
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No Room for the Groom
as Mama KingsheadAlvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's...
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Penrod and His Twin Brother
as Mrs. Laura SchofieldPenrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend,...
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Living in a Big Way
as Mrs. Minerva Alsop MorganA World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her...
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Educating Father
as Mrs. John JonesJones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than...
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A Letter for Evie
as Mrs. McPhersonEvie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss,...
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A Trip to Paris
as Mrs. John JonesThe Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma...
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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Carlotta EmersonSeveral days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several...
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The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Mrs. John JonesFather goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a...
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Laddie
as Mrs. StantonHandsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military...
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B.F.'s Daughter
as Gladys FultonWealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and...
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The Girl on the Front Page
as Mrs. LangfordThe heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and...
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Every Saturday Night
as Mrs. EversFirst of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother...
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Hot Water
as Mrs. John JonesThe Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous...
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Stage Struck
as Mrs. RandallA Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...
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Meet Me on Broadway
as Sylvia Kane StormStuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a...
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Orchids to You
as Alice DraperAn unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's...
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Clarence
as Mrs. WheelerThe title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of...
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Hotel Haywire
as Mrs. ParkhouseParkhouse plays a practical joke on a poker-playing buddy by sending him home with a lady's...
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Down on the Farm
as Mrs. John JonesExcitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.
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Reward Unlimited
as Peggy's motherShort film about nurse service in wartime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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Back to Nature
as Louise JonesThe Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved...
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Everybody's Baby
as Mrs. John JonesThe Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to...
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Batman
as J. Pauline SpaghettiWealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...
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I Dream of Jeannie
as MotherWhile on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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Laramie
as Daisy CooperLaramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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December Bride
as Lily RuskinDecember Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959,...
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Dennis the Menace
as uncreditedThis 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family,...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Alice WagnerA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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The Detectives
as uncreditedThe Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...
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The Danny Thomas Show
as Eloise AdamsDanny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with...
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The Ford Television Theatre
as Aunt CordeliaThis show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
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The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. MillerThe 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...
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