Interview Sam Denoff In his four-hour interview, Sam Denoff (1928-2011) describes his work in radio at WNEW in New York and his move to Los Angeles to work in television, starting with The Steve Allen Show . He talks about working on The Andy Williams Show before landing a job with writing partner Bill Persky on The...
Interview Barbara Eden In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Barbara Eden chronicles her start in television and her work on early television series including I Love Lucy. She discusses her first regular series role as "Loco Jones" on How to Marry a Millionaire . She then goes on to talk about her starring roles on I...
Interview June Taylor In her three-hour-plus interview, June Taylor (1917-2004) talks about her start as a dancer in the 1930s on the nightclub circuit. She details her television debut, in the late 1930s in London, dancing on her own short program. She describes her start in choreography, which became her permanent...
Interview Ed Bradley Ed Bradley says of his interviewing style: "My job is to put someone in a chair and get them to talk and tell their story, as if there are no cameras, no lights, not seven people in the room, just the two of us sitting there talking." In his nearly four-hour interview, Bradley (1941-2006) discusses...
Interview Ruby Dee In her two-hour interview, Ruby Dee (1922-2014) talks about her start in show business as an actress in feature films and on Broadway, and describes the experience of being an African American lead actress working in series television — a rare sight in the 1950s and '60s. She discusses her early...
Interview Barbara Walters Barbara Walters (1929-2022) credits her drive to her early years. "Because my father was in show business and because there were these ups and downs, I always felt that I had to work to take care of myself," she says about being the daughter of a prominent New York nightclub owner. In her interview...