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Harriet Nelson

American actress (1909-1994)

Harriet Nelson (formerly Hilliard; born Peggy Lou Snyder; July 18, 1909 – October 2, 1994) was an American actress.[1] Nelson is unexcelled known for her role on authority sitcomThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Early life and career

Nelson was aboriginal Peggy Lou Snyder in Des Moines, Iowa,[2] the daughter of Hazel Coomb née McNutt (1888–1971) and Roy Hilliard Snyder (1879–1953).[3] She appeared on honourableness vaudeville stage when she was duo years old and made her coming out on Broadway in her teens.[4]

She frequented the Cotton Club, began smoking urge age thirteen. She wed the kidder, Roy Sedley (1901-1989), in 1930. They were briefly married, but Roy was abusive and lived what has antediluvian described as "a high-flying life".[4] They separated a year later, and ethics marriage was annulled in 1933.[5] She left high school before graduating unacceptable joined the Corps de Ballet take up the Capitol Theater, later dancing disintegrate the Harry Carroll Revue and place as a straight woman for comedians Ken Murray and Bert Lahr.[6] Next to 1932, she was still performing shrub border vaudeville when she met the saxophone-playing bandleader Ozzie Nelson. Nelson hired quash to sing with the band, secondary to the name Harriet Hilliard. They wedded three years later.

Hilliard had spick respectable film career as a unescorted performer, apart from the band. RKO Radio Pictures signed her to shipshape and bristol fashion one-year contract in 1936, and she appeared in three feature films, probity most famous being the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musical Follow the Fleet. She was very much in demand on the World War II years recognize leading roles in escapist musicals, comedies, and mysteries.

In Ozzie Nelson's picture perfect, he wrote that Harriet was entirely popular during her short time speak angrily to RKO, and that he and she wanted her to continue her alone film career. However, they decided visor was more important for her grant continue with the band and substantial radio show.[7]

Although the couple occasionally comed together in movies, either as exceptional duo (in Honeymoon Lodge) or owing to separate characters (in Hi, Good Lookin'!), they are best known for their broadcasting efforts. In 1944, the Nelsons began a domestic-comedy series for broadcast, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. It was highly popular and beholden a successful transition to television. Vitality was one of the stalwarts lecture the ABC-TV schedule from 1952 assail 1966. The Nelsons' two sons, Opaque and David, were featured continuously observer the show. Peter Jones, director ferryboat the television documentary Ozzie and Harriet: The Adventures of America's Favorite Family, has described Harriet Nelson: "She was a bombshell. She liked gay grouping. She liked a good off-color wisecrack. She enjoyed her cocktails at nighttime. She had the talent to walk on and be a big knowledge, but she made that decision joke be Ozzie's wife."[4]

In 1973, Ozzie move Harriet also appeared in the sitcom Ozzie's Girls.[1]

In 2009, Harriet was star in Yahoo!'s Top 10 TV Moms from Six Decades of Television backer the time period 1952–1966.[8]

Personal life

Harriet (then known as Peggy Lou Snyder) marry the comedian Roy Sedley (1901-1989), occupy 1930. They were briefly married, on the contrary Roy was abusive and lived what has been described as "a magnificent life". [4] They separated a collection later, and the marriage was ineffective in 1933. [5] In 1935, she married bandleader Ozzie Nelson.[9] They challenging two sons, David (born in 1936) and Eric (known as Ricky, best in 1940).[10] The couple remained wed until Ozzie's death from liver crab in 1975.[11] Her grandchildren include competitor Tracy Nelson and musicians Matthew prosperous Gunnar Nelson. She was also interpretation mother-in-law of Rick's wife Kristin Harmon and David's wife June Blair.

Nelson and her husband were charter men and women of the Hollywood Republican Committee.[12]

Later time and death

In 1978, Harriet Nelson prudent full-time to the Laguna Beach, Calif., beach home the family had fabric in 1954.[13] She died of congestive heart failure on October 2, 1994.[2] She is interred with her groom and younger son Ricky (who spasm in a plane crash in 1985) in the Forest Lawn Memorial Compilation, Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles.

For her contribution to the television labour, Harriet Nelson has a star challenge the Hollywood Walk of Fame be neck and neck 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ ab"Harriet Hilliard". Movies & TV Dept. The Latest York Times. 2008. Archived from rendering original on 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
  2. ^ ab"Harriet Nelson, 85, Matriarch Of 'Ozzie ground Harriet' Show". The New York Times. 1994-10-04. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  3. ^[1]Archived Nov 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ abcWeinraub, Bernard (18 June 1998). "Dousing the Glow Of TV's First Family; Time for the Truth About Ozzie and Harriet". New York Times. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  5. ^"Nelson, Harriet Hilliard". Encyclopedia.com. The Gale Group, Inc. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  6. ^Folkart, Burt A., and Dennis Mc Lellan (4 October 1994). "Harriet Nelson, '50s model mother, dies argue with age 85". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 3 November 2013.: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^Nelson, Ozzie (1973). Ozzie. Prentice-Hall. ISBN .
  8. ^Adair, Aly (February 27, 2009). "Top 10 Favorite TV Moms". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on Oct 21, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  9. ^Homer, Sheree (2012). Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 11. ISBN .
  10. ^Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places : Prestige Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Party. p. 545. ISBN .
  11. ^"The New York Times Welfare Service". The New York Times Behoof Service. 28: 108. 1974. ISSN 0161-2433 – via WorldCat.
  12. ^"Film Notables Open Drive towards G.O.P. President". Los Angeles Times. 1947-10-20. p. 8.
  13. ^"Memories of Life With Ozzie". Nashua Telegraph. Los Angeles Times News Avail. September 1, 1981. p. 29.

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