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In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Murray Fromson (1929-2018) talks about his early years growing up during the Depression and World War II, and his early interest in journalism. He discusses writing...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (1923-2014) talks about his early life and his first job as a journalist during World War II. He describes his attempts to become...

In her nearly two-hour interview, Allison Janney talks about her early interests in figure skating and theater acting. She describes auditioning for a play directed by Paul Newman while at...

In his two-hour interview, Loren Jones (1905-1999) discusses being one of the last surviving engineers who worked with Vladimir Zworykin and David Sarnoff at RCA Laboratories on the invention and...

In his over three-hour interview, Martin Hoade (1916-2006) recalls his early days in television working for NBC on programs such as newsreels and political conventions. He talks about his move...

In her two-hour interview, Esme Chandlee (1918-2012) discusses her first job at MGM working in the fan mail department and how this led to her role as the head of...

In her two-hour interview, Janie Bryant talks about her interest in design from a very early age. She discusses her childhood in Ohio and Tennessee, as well as her avid...

In his nearly three-hour interview, Shelley Berman (1935-2017) discusses his long career as a comedian and actor. He speaks of growing up in Chicago and studying acting at the Goodman...

In the half-hour solo portion of his interview, Bertram van Munster chronicles his early childhood in Holland and his film work in Munich, Germany. He discusses moving to Los Angeles...

In the half-hour solo portion of her interview, Elise Doganieri discusses her parents and childhood, and wanting to work in advertising. She chronicles her first jobs in advertising and explains...

In the 20-minute solo portion of her interview, Irma Kalish (1924-2021) talks about growing up in New York and being inspired to become a writer after her college dean told...

In the 25-minute solo portion of his interview, Austin "Rocky" Kalish (1921-2016) talks about growing up in the Bronx and turning to writing while serving in the army during World...

In his three-hour interview, Steve Levitan describes his early interest in creative writing. He talks of his multiple internships in radio and television, and discusses working in television news for...

In his three-hour interview, Ed O'Neill discusses entering acting in his early thirties. He talks of his love of theater and speaks of several plays he was in before landing...

In her two-hour-forty-five-minute interview, Sheila Kuehl talks about her introduction to performing on live radio as a child. She tells how that led to her role as "Jackie Erwin," the...

In his three-hour interview, Edward James Olmos talks about his early interests in baseball and rock and roll music, which led to his life-long love of performing for audiences. He...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, J. Michael Straczynski talks about his early life and writing career. He discusses working as an assistant to Norman Corwin and having a chance meeting with...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Ralph M. Baruch (1923-2016) recounts his childhood in Germany and his family's flight to France during World War II. He recalls his first job in sales...

In his nearly three-and-a-half-hour interview, Greg Daniels discusses writing for The Harvard Lampoon, which led to a job writing for HBO's Not Necessarily the News. He recalls his early writing...

In his three-hour interview, Steve Kroft details his early interest in journalism and his stint in the army, where he reported for both the Armed Forces Radio and Stars &...