Dina Merrill Faces Tough Path From TV Fame to Roles
Dina Merrill, heiress and actress, reflects on scarce acting work as TV demand outpaces supply. She recalls a packed week in January with four shows and explains her struggle to balance appearances with serious acting ambitions. Her husband Stan Rumbough worries long runs could disrupt his schedule.
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Cimarron City Arrival and TV Tonight Highlights
Former Army doctor Joshua Newton arrives in Cimarron City to start anew. Cheyenne features a horse trader spying on Bronco. Edward G. Robinson stars in The Devil and Daniel Webster on Golden Showcase. Janis Page plays an actress entangled with a detective protecting her. Linda and Rusty woo Danny Thom for roller skates. Ben Casey performs brain surgery on a smallpox patient with amnesia. The Thriller drama follows international detectives cracking a crime syndicate. Hennesey shows memory lapses affecting Martha.
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Defenders tackles abortion trial with mixed reception
CBSs The Defenders drew fire and praise for a plot about a doctor accused of performing illegal abortions. Sponsors dropped it and some CBS affiliates balked at the theme, while the show prompted debates on a womans right to choose amidst dubious sensational turns. Also reviews of Sixty Hours to the Moon note practical prep for space and astronauts, with Col. John H. Glenn Jr. remarking that adults may see it as fiction while kids grasp it.
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Limeys Win Tonys Again By William Glover
New York AP report on the 1962 Tony Awards highlighting English stars Paul Scofield and Margaret Leighton winning top honors. It notes A Man for All Seasons as outstanding play, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as best musical with seven awards, and ties for best actress and best choreographer.
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Scofield
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Wing Ulebership
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Diahann Carroll
Agnes de Mille
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Joe Layton
Its Another Son For Jersey Chief Its Another Son For Jersey Chief
Trent on, N J AP A son was born Sunday night to New Jersey Governor and Mrs Richard J Hughes Gov and Mrs Hughes have seven other sons and two daughters
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Educational TV Institute Is Set
The Telecommunications Center of Ohio State University will sponsor the 32nd Institute for Education by Radio Television at the Deshler Hilton Hotel. Samuel B. Gould will describe New York City’s first regular channel educational television station in his keynote Thursday evening.
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