Fran Allison
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| Fran Allison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 November 1907 La Porte City, Iowa |
| Died | 13 June 1989 (aged 81) Los Angeles County, California |
Fran Allison (20 November 1907 – 13 June 1989) was a television comedian and singer. She is best known for her starring role in the puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie, which ran from 1947 to 1957, returning to the air regularly until the mid 1980s. The trio also hosted The CBS Children's Film Festival, introducing international children's films in the late 60s and 70s.
[edit] Biography
Allison was born in La Porte City, Iowa. She was a regular performer on The Breakfast Club, a popular old-time radio program which ran from 1933 to 1968. On The Breakfast Club she portrayed "Aunt Fanny", a gossipy small-town spinster until the show ended in 1968. Allison was a 1927 graduate of Coe College and she began her broadcasting career at WMT in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Fran Allison died from myelodysplasia at the age of 81.[1]
[edit] External links
- http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/allisonfran/allisonfran.htm
- http://kukla.tv/coronet.html
- Fran Allison at the Internet Movie Database
- Fran Allison's Photos & Gravesite
[edit] References
- ^ "Fran Allison, 81, the Human Side Of 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' Show.", New York Times, June 14, 1989. Retrieved on 2008-04-26. "Fran Allison, the warm-voiced human component of the popular television show Kukla, Fran and Ollie, died of bone marrow failure at the Sherman Oaks (Calif.) Community Hospital yesterday. She was 81 years old and lived in Van Nuys, Calif."
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