(From the "N-Y Times")
An entertainer and television personality most notably in the 1940's and 50's,(Marion Carter Green) died on Friday, August 18, in New York City where she had lived for over 60 years. The cause was a heart attack shortly after surgery. She was 86.
On television, she guest-starred ten times in the first year of Milton Berle's renowned ''Texaco Star Theatre'' and for 57 weeks hosted WORTV's ''Starlit Playhouse.'' She also hosted two local New York TV quiz shows, ''Batter Up'' and ''Touchdown.'' She made frequent appearances as well on NBC-TV's ''The Buick -Berle Show.''
In the 1960's, she went on to make many television commercials, most prominently for Hotpoint,
Schaefer Beer, Broil Quik, Uncle Ben's Rice, Domino Sugar, and, with notable regularity, for Tide.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E2DF173AF930A1575BC0A9609C8B63
An entertainer and television personality most notably in the 1940's and 50's,(Marion Carter Green) died on Friday, August 18, in New York City where she had lived for over 60 years. The cause was a heart attack shortly after surgery. She was 86.
On television, she guest-starred ten times in the first year of Milton Berle's renowned ''Texaco Star Theatre'' and for 57 weeks hosted WORTV's ''Starlit Playhouse.'' She also hosted two local New York TV quiz shows, ''Batter Up'' and ''Touchdown.'' She made frequent appearances as well on NBC-TV's ''The Buick -Berle Show.''
In the 1960's, she went on to make many television commercials, most prominently for Hotpoint,
Schaefer Beer, Broil Quik, Uncle Ben's Rice, Domino Sugar, and, with notable regularity, for Tide.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E2DF173AF930A1575BC0A9609C8B63