Comments by "christine paris" (@christineparis5607) on "The Blasting of Blossom Rock: Submarine Explosion" video.
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@bluegrassengineer
I had to look that up, and it was incredible! She had a fantastic career from the 1920s (in vaudeville) to movies in the 30s, 40s and 50s, then tv, when, as you said. She played the grandma on the Addams Family. What's even more unusual is that her sister was Jeannette Macdonald, was a big box office star in the 40s. She was the operatic singer who always played with another singer, Nelson Eddy, and Maurice Chevalier. She had gold records, hit after hit films and lives on today in cartoons where she and Eddy were often imitated as the Canadian mountie who sang while riding his horse through the snow and the damsel in distress. I think Dudley Do Right was copied from them. Older people will recognize these names immediately, but they are still worth looking up on utube. Hilariously camp today, but loved back in the old days!
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