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Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. Alma mater. University of Alabama. Occupation. Sportscaster. Mel Allen (born Melvin Allen Israel; February 14, 1913 – June 16, 1996) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and ...
Allan John Melvin (February 18, 1923 – January 17, 2008) [1] was an American actor and impressionist, who was cast in hundreds of television episodes from the 1950s to the early 1990s, often appearing in recurring roles on various series. Some of those roles and series include portraying various characters on: The Andy Griffith Show, as real ...
(a favorite expression of Allen's after an outstanding play by the home team), states that it was at CBS's suggestion in 1937, the year Melvin Israel joined the network, that he go by a different last name on the air. He chose Allen, his father's middle name as well as his own, and legally changed his name to Melvin Allen in 1943.
Beulah Margaret Melvin was born in Eureka, California on July 19, 1937, moving with her family at 18 months old to Fort Defiance, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation. [2][3][4] Her mother was a nurse at the Fort Defiance Indian Hospital. [4] In 7th grade, she moved to California and stayed there until she finished high school. [2]
Cheryl Rucker. Shirley Starks. Mary-eL. Website. www.melvinsealsandjgb.com. JGB is an American rock band led by Melvin Seals, who plays electric organ. [1] Its mission is to continue the musical legacy of the Jerry Garcia Band, of which Seals was a longtime member.
Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in 1929 as a suave leading man, perhaps best typified by his performance in the romantic comedy Ninotchka (1939) with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy Award ...
Maria Marx. Children. 3, including Mario Van Peebles. Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the early 2020s. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language ...
Melvin Mouron Belli (July 29, 1907 – July 9, 1996) [2] was a United States lawyer and writer known as "The King of Torts" [3] and by insurance companies as "Melvin Bellicose". He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor , Errol Flynn , Chuck Berry , Muhammad Ali , The Rolling Stones , Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker , Martha ...