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You may have seen her on television — dozens and dozens of times. Do you recognize her? Leave your best guess in the comments. If necessary, I will add a hint.
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A hint: You may have seen her at the Stellar Employment Agency or in a sweltering apartment.
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It’s been very quiet today. The mystery actor is Betty Garde, seen here as Wanda Skutnik in Call Northside 777 (dir. Henry Hathaway, 1948). Garde is probably best known to television viewers as Thelma, the maid in the Honeymooners episode “A Woman’s Work Is Never Done,” and as Mrs. Bronson in the Twilight Zone episode “The Midnight Sun.” “Dozens and dozens of times” was meant as a bit of misdirection: I was thinking of seeing that one Honeymooners episode again and again and again. “The chubby one’s gonna be trouble.”
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[Garner’s Modern English Usage notes that “support for actress seems to be eroding.” I’ll use actor.]
Friday, April 28, 2017
Mystery actor
By Michael Leddy at 8:24 AM
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