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The show's cast in 1955 as it premiered on CBS: Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney and Joyce Randolph The Honeymooners is an American television sitcom that originally aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason's variety show.
Herbert John Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987), known as Jackie Gleason, was an American actor, comedian, writer, and composer also known as "The Great One". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He developed a style and characters from growing up in Brooklyn , New York, and was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy, exemplified by his city bus ...
After Alice sends Ralph out for potato salad, the Kramdens' apartment is visited by a host of Jackie Gleason's colorful characters. This third and last version of the holiday episode features Frances Langford (another friend of Trixie's) singing two songs, and Eddie Hodges singing " Walkin' My Baby Back Home ".
"The Honeymooners" starred Gleason, one of the top stars of the Golden Age of Television, as bus driver Ralph Kramden, Audrey Meadows as his wisecracking wife Alice, Art Carney as Ralph's best ...
“The Honeymooners” was an affectionate look at Brooklyn tenement life, based in part on star Jackie Gleason’s childhood. Joyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actor whose role as ...
The Jackie Gleason Show aired for four seasons on CBS between September 1952 and June 1957. The program did not air during the 1955-1956 season, being replaced by two half-hour programs: a filmed version of its most popular feature, The Honeymooners, and its former summer replacement series, Stage Show.
Gleason died in 1987, marking the first loss of the show's famed quartet. Art Carney, who played Ed Norton, died in 2003, and Audrey Meadows, who played Alice Kramden, passed in 1996. PHOTOS ...
Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, and Meadows in The Honeymooners. Audrey Meadows (born Audrey Cotter; February 8, 1922 – February 3, 1996) was an American actress who portrayed the deadpan housewife Alice Kramden on the 1950s American television comedy The Honeymooners. She was the younger sister of Hollywood leading lady Jayne Meadows.