The Women Who Made Television Funny
Subtitle: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: January 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780786429004
Subjects: Individual actors & performers; Television; c 1945 to c 1960; Biography & Autobiography; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Television - General; Entertainment / General; Women; Actresses; Biography; Television actors and actresses; Television comedies; United States
Description: "Most talented actresses who made America laugh in the 1950s are off the air today, but their pioneering Hollywood careers irrevocably changed the face of television comedy. This book pays tribute to 10 prominent television actresses. Appendices offer cast and crew lists, a chronology of comedy feature events, and a biographical sketch of 10 less familiar actresses"--Provided by publisher.