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Corliss Archer
Wonderful Whacl
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Corliss in real life is
bubbling, effervescent Janet Waldo,
carefree wife and happy mother-to-be
The telephone rang with its long, impatientsounding buzz and Janet Waldo, with her usual bounding energy, rushed to answer it before it could ring again.
A man's voice sounded over the telephone. He identified himself as the representative of a Hollywood motion picture film company. "May I speak to your mother, please," he said, soothingly.
"My mother!" exclaimed Janet. "Why, my mother doesn't live with me."
"What," came the surprised voice, the horrified voice. "You're only sixteen years old and you live
alone?" Janet mumbled something that sounded like "I'm
really old enough to take care of myself," and hung up the telephone.
The pretty, pert star of ABC's "Corliss Archer" tilted her head to one side and said softly, "It was ever thus. For eight years I've been playing a sixteen-year-old girl and people just won't believe I'll ever grow up— that I am grown up— that, as a matter of fact, I'm grown up enough to be married and about to be a mother. But most people are like the film executive. They just won't believe me and I haven't the heart to tell (Continued on page 74)
Meet Corliss Archer is heard Sun., 9:15 P.M. EDT, on ABC; sponsored by America's Electric Light and Power Companies.
True to type, Janet has teen-age telephones — but Bob does most of the suffering from it.
Author-husband Bob looks almost at home, even with baby books — Janet's learning fast!
Expecting their first baby soon, Janet giggles as husband Bob Lee practices an old paternal chore. The present family — from far left — consists of Bob, Pepe, Lady Ophelia, Janet, Perky.