The Real McCoys is an American sitcom starring Walter Brennan,Richard Crenna,and Kathleen Nolan. Co-produced by Danny Thomas's Marterto Productions in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus's Westgate Company,it was broadcast for six seasons:five by the ABC-TV network,from 1957 to 1962;and a final season by CBS,1962–1963. Set in California's San Fernando Valley,it was filmed at Desilu studios in Hollywood.
Cloris Leachman was an American actress and comedienne whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She won many accolades,including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations,making her the most nominated and,along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus,most awarded performer in Emmy history. Leachman also won an Academy Award,a BAFTA Award,and a Golden Globe Award. In her early career,she was known for her versatility. Another unique trait of Leachman's acting style was her distinctive physicality,where she used props to accentuate and express her roles' characterizations.
Megan Mullally is an American actress. She is best known for playing Karen Walker in the NBC sitcom Will &Grace,for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series,winning twice,in 2000 and 2006. She also received nominations for numerous other accolades for her portrayal,including seven consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series,winning three times,in 2001,2002,and 2003,as well as receiving four Golden Globe Award nominations.
June Lockhart is an American retired actress,beginning a film career in the 1930s and 1940s in such films as A Christmas Carol and Meet Me in St. Louis. She acted primarily in 1950s and 1960s television and with performances on stage and in film. On two television series,Lassie and Lost in Space,she played mother roles. Lockhart also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968–70). She is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner. With a career spanning nearly 90 years,Lockhart is one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Irene Ryan was an American actress and comedian who found success in vaudeville,radio,film,television,and Broadway. She is most widely known for her portrayal of Daisy May "Granny" Moses,mother-in-law of Buddy Ebsen's character Jed Clampett on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971). She was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1963 and 1964 for the role.
Jean Hagen was an American actress best known for her role as Doll Conovan in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952),for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hagen was also nominated three times for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Margaret Williams on the first three seasons (1953–56) of the television series The Danny Thomas Show.
Lee Patrick was an American actress whose career began in 1922 on the New York stage with her role in The Bunch and Judy which headlined Adele Astaire and featured Adele's brother Fred Astaire.
Estelle Winwood was an English actress who moved to the United States mid-career and became celebrated for her wit and longevity,starring in film and TV roles until her nineties.
Katharine Elizabeth Garde was an American stage,radio,film and television actress.
Beverly Lucy Garland was an American actress. Her work in feature films primarily consisted of small parts in a few major productions or leads in low-budget action and science-fiction movies;however,she had prominent recurring roles on several popular television series.
Joan Staley was an American actress and model.
Amy Aquino McCoy is an American television,film,and stage actress. The graduate of Yale University has appeared in television series such as Brooklyn Bridge,ER,and Being Human,and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in Picket Fences. She was co-secretary/treasurer of the SAG-AFTRA until August 2015 and starred in the television series Bosch as Lt. Grace Billets.
Cynthia Lauren Tewes is an American actress. She played Julie McCoy on the television anthology series The Love Boat,which originally aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986.
Irene Tedrow was an American character actress in stage,film,television and radio.
Lurene Tuttle was an American actress and acting coach,who made the transition from vaudeville to radio,and later to films and television. Her most enduring impact was as one of network radio's more versatile actresses. Often appearing in 15 shows per week,comedies,dramas,thrillers,soap operas,and crime dramas,she became known as the "First Lady of Radio".
Cynthia Boyd Stone was an American actress.
Sally Cullen Brophy was a Broadway and television actress and college theatre-arts professor.
Dorothy Ruth Morris was an American film and television actress known for her "girl next door" persona.
Doris Nolan was an American actress best known for her Broadway roles and her appearance in the 1938 movie Holiday. She appeared in plays and films during the 1930s and 1940s. Later she moved to the UK,where she made guest appearances on British television shows.
Lydia Reed is an American former child actress who was known primarily for roles in 1950s films like The Vampire and High Society;she also appeared as Hassie in several seasons of the TV series The Real McCoys.
