Articles for tag: Addams Family, Patty Duke

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What Became of the Cast of “The Addams Family”?

“The Addams Family” was a comedy about an odd and creepy family that ran on ABC from 1964 until 1966. The show was the network’s answer to “The Munsters”, which was a hit on the rival CBS network. Of the eight main characters that were featured in “The Addams Family”, four still survive. The actors ...

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Five Good Movies About Blindness

  People who are blind, have low vision, or are visually impaired are as much a part of our society as those who are not, but they don’t often feature in our entertainment. These movies about blindness or with visually impaired or blind characters give us a peek into a life we might not have ...

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80’s TV Update: Double Trouble

Double Trouble is an 80’s TV show that chronicled the lives of identical twins, Kate and Allison Foster. Kate and Allie were played by Liz and Jean Sagal, and the show is a classic 80’s sitcom. The TV show also starred Donnelly Rhodes and Patricia Richardson as the “adults” in the teen fest. Double Trouble ...

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Famous People that Have Bipolar Disorder

There have been many famous people with bipolar disorder, or thought now to have had it based on their lifeworks and stories. There have been so many, in fact, that it is considered by some to be a mark of genius. That may or may not be true, but it is easy to see why ...

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Sharon Tate Biography

Sharon Marie Tate was born on January 24, 1943 in Dallas, Texas to Paul and Doris Tate. Tate’s siblings consisted of two girls, Deborah and Patricia. At the age of only six months, Tate won “Miss Tiny Tot of Dallas, Texas”. The family moved many times while Tate was young because of her father’s career ...

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A Matter of Justice: a Movie Review

Patty Duke gives one of her most powerful performances ever as the domineering yet powerfully persuasive mother of a slain marine. A Matter of Justice tells the story of the depth a woman will go to obtain justice for her child who was murdered. The movie opens with Chris (played by Jason London) helping defend ...

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Forgotten ’80s Sitcoms

I was born in 1968…this makes me a bona fide Generation X’er. Most of my adolescent years were spent in front of my television; indeed, I was a tv junkie in the late ’70s, ’80s, and early ’90s. My favorite television and movie genre is drama, but I could always appreciate a good comedy every ...