TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1955)

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A zonite douche immediately washes away germs and waste deposits. It effectively deodorizes and leaves you with a wonderful sense of well-being and confidence— so refreshed and dainty. Inexpensive — zonite costs only a few pennies per douche. Use as directed. Why They Remember Mama ZONITE— the Ideal 'AIL-PURPOSE' Antiseptic-Germicide {Continued from page 51) stumbled into a bad marriage," says Rosemary Rice, who plays Katrin on the program. "I call my own mother 'Mum,' but to me, Miss Wood will always be Mama," says Robin Morgan, who has grown up on the show from a wide-eyed sevenyear-old to a bright, keen-witted thirteen. As if preparing a sequel to Mama, entitled "I Remember Peggy Wood," they tell what she means to them. The fun stories come first — picnics at Peggy's home in Connecticut, post-vacation parties at her Manhattan apartment, laughs during moments of relaxation over coffee at rehearsals. Next they tell of her professional help. "She advises me which Broadway roles to accept," say Dick. "Then she's right there, suggesting, criticizing, making sure I give a good performance." Her help for Robin began with the child's first appearance on Mama, when, carrying a white rabbit, she was required to fall. "The rabbit squirmed and I was scared I'd hurt it," Robin recalls. "Mama asked, 'Are you having trouble?' Then she showed me what to do." "Showing Robin what to do" has gone on ever since. Peggy has taught her to embroider and knit: "When I finally learned to purl, she showed it to everyone, saying, 'I told you Robin could do it.' " They exchange recipes and Robin brings samples of her cooking for Peggy to taste. Both are proud of their Norwegian pancakes. Robin shows her report card. "She's quick to discipline me, but quicker to praise." Always, Mama is concerned about her stage children's happiness. Says Rosemary, "It upset everyone when I became engaged to a man who was so jealous he insisted I quit the show. Peggy made me see I was an individual, not a doormat. She said, 'Are you sure he's right for you, and you for him? Take your time. Don't let pride stand in your way. Better to break up now than divorce later.' I was touched that she cared so much what happened to me." Breaking that engagement cleared the way for Rosemary's happy marriage last year to Jack Merrell, a young insurance man. "Jack is proud of me and proud of the show," Rosemary confides. "He told me he knew I'd always need to create something. You don't know what that meant to me. This isn't just a TV job. We're a real family, and if I had to quit, I'd feel just awful." Dick, when he came under Mama's kindly influence, was twenty, and finding out just how much footloose fun a young actor can have. "I never intended to get tied down," he says, "but I wasn't here long before I wanted a family of my own." He found the girl when dancer Pat Poole wandered in from the Jackie Gleason rehearsal next door. "Our wedding was a real thrill. Mama cried just as many happy tears as my own mother. Judson Laire — he's Papa — was an usher, and all the family was there." All the family gathered again when Pat's and Dick's son was baptized. "Peggy and Jud are his honorary godparents," says Dick proudly. "His name is Richard Nels Van Patten, and of course we call him Nels." A more formal accounting of Peggy Wood's life also is impressive. Her starring and leading-role credits cover two full columns in Who's Who in the Theater and range from singing the lead in "Naughty Marietta," when she was eighteen, to dramatic roles in Shakespeare, Shaw and Noel Coward plays. She has also published a novel, an autobiography and many magazine articles. She first wed the poet, John V. A. Weaver. Eight years after his death, she married William A. Walling, head of a large printing company. She has a son, David, and two grandchildren who are a great source of happiness. For her inspired portrayal in Mama, as Marta Hansen, the Norwegian immigrant who gave her family, through love, the security it lacked financially, Peggy Wood was decorated by King Haakon of Norway with the Royal St. Olav Medal. Lake Erie College conferred on her the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, and many civic groups have also made citation in her honor. With a mature actor's viewpoint, Judson Laire, who plays Papa Hansen, comes as close as anyone can to defining the magic of Mama: "Peggy set the pace and, long ago, we all stopped regarding this as 'just another show.' Instead, each episode is truly a family problem. We work it out together." And each will always remember Mama. It might have been my daughter! When you listen to radio's "My True Story", you hear an emotion-packed episode that might easily have happened in your town, your own street — your own home. For here ore true-to-life stories, taken right from the files of "True Story Magazine". They deal with the loves and hates, jealousies and fears of real-life people. And understanding their agonizing emotional conflicts may help you to avoid heartache for yourself or your loved ones. So be sure to listen. TUNE IN // MY TRUE STORY // AMERICAN BROADCASTING STATIONS No one understood why the Reverend had married her— the town's spinster. Only she knew his shameful reason. Read "MURDERESS!" in MAY TRUE STORY MAGAZINE at newsstands now.