Oct 4, 2011 · No Cathy Lewis bit the dust too. Died in 1968, as I remember it, of cancer. Same with Mr. Griffin he also died in 1968. The whole cast seemed to die quickly after the show ended. But Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, & Whitney did live a long time afterward. Ray Fulmer and Lynn Borden are still kicking. _____

Apr 13, 2012 · Don DeFore, in the episode "The Natural Athlete" seems to do this most of the time in his shots, indicating that perhaps he was a pretty good bowler. They may have shot Shirley Booth's sequences in several takes until she actually got a strike. (After all, the lady was about 64 when they were filming this.)

Sep 22, 2013 · Shirley Booth's petition for DeFore and Blake I wonder if when Shirley Booth heard that Don DeFore's and Whitney Blake's contracts weren't renewed for the fifth season, if she petitioned for the sponsor/network/producers to in fact renew their contracts.

I love Shirley Booth, and thought she had to be quite nice -- like Hazel -- in real life. I'm afraid that's not so. A man trying to write a biography on her years ago, contacted her sister who told him she didn't have a thing to say, that she hadn't spoken to her sister in years.

Mar 8, 2011 · Shirley Booth was a comic genius. I agree that her chemistry with Don Defore and Whitney Blake was better than with Ray Fulmer and Lynn Borden, but she still stole the show. She didn't steal the show, it was her show to begin with, the show's name is Hazel, and the show revolved around that character. "Shirley Booth was a comic genius".

1) Shirley Booth, a veteran Broadway actress whose film career was limited to just five 1950's movies, won a Tony and an Oscar ( for both the stage and screen versions of Come Back Little Sheeba), as well as 2 emmys for her role as Hazel. 2) Whitney Blake was the mother of tv star Meredith Baxter ( Family Ties).

Sep 28, 2008 · When CBS expressed interest in picking up the show, Shirley Booth agreed to provide the financial backing herself to put the show back into production By the time the deal with CBS was finalised, former regular cast members DeFore and Whitney Blake had moved on to other commitments.

Mar 8, 2011 · As the star of the show, Shirley Booth, had a lot of clout, and Whitney felt that Shirley was in cahoots with the lightning director to light Whitney badly. Whitney also felt that Shirley had a say in her wardrobe, and made sure that she wore mostly drab gray or beige outfits after the show went to color.

Aug 21, 2019 · "Shirley Booth was a comic genius". Shirley Booth was an outstanding talent, one of the most talented actresses of all time, she won an Oscar for a dramatic role, a Tony for a dramatic role, she appeared in musicals, she was as they say in baseball a 5 tool player.

and adding "you could go snowblind from the whites." When I heard the commercials, I thought it was Shirley Booth. So did many other people, including acting friends who thought Miss Booth had fallen upon hard times. In 1971, she sued Colgate and Ted Bates, demanding damages because they had used an imitation of the "Hazel" voice.