| 词条 | Fran Allison |
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| name = Fran Allison | image = Fran Allison.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Allison in 1953 | birth_name = Frances Helen Allison | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|11|20|mf=y}} | birth_place = La Porte City, Iowa | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|6|13|1907|11|20|mf=y}} | death_place = Sherman Oaks, California | othername = | years_active = 1937–1980s | spouse = Archie Levington (June 8, 1940 – April 25, 1978)}} Frances Helen Allison (November 20, 1907 – June 13, 1989) was an American television and radio comedian, personality and singer. She is best known for her starring role on the weekday NBC-TV puppet show Kukla, Fran and Ollie, which ran from 1947–57, occasionally returning to the air until the mid-1980s. The trio also hosted The CBS Children's Film Festival, introducing international children's films, from 1967-77. BiographyEarly yearsFrances Helen Allison was born to Jesse Louis (1871–1941) Allison and Anna M "Nan" (née Halpin; 1876–1957) Allison in La Porte City, Iowa, where her father worked as a clerk in a grocery store until his stroke in 1913. They then moved in with her paternal grandparents, David Allison, a civil war veteran, and Susan nee Booth Allison. Their house still stands on Sycamore Street in LaPorte City, IA.[1] She was a 1927 graduate of Coe College, where she was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta. She was a fourth-grade teacher for four years in Schleswig and Pocahontas, Iowa,[1] before beginning her broadcasting career at WMT[2] in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Another source describes WMT as "Waterloo radio station WMT.")[2] In 1934, Allison was among "14 sectional winners in the Hollywood Hotel radio contest."[3] RadioShe moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1937, where she was hired as a staff singer and personality on NBC Radio.[4] A July 26, 1937, newspaper item reported, "Fran Allison, singer of WMT, Waterloo, Ia., makes her network debut in the WJZ-NBC club matinee at 3."[5] Beginning in 1937, she was a regular performer on The Breakfast Club,[2] a popular Chicago (and NBC) radio show, and was a fixture for 25 years as "Aunt Fanny", a gossipy small-town spinster.[6] Her Aunt Fanny character also appeared on the ABC-TV series, Ozark Jubilee, during the late 1950s. While in Chicago, she was also heard on Those Websters.[1] Kukla, Fran and Ollie{{Main|Kukla, Fran and Ollie}}In 1947, the director of WBKB-TV in Chicago asked Burr Tillstrom if he could put together a puppet show for children, and he asked Allison,[2] whom he had met during a World War II war bond tour, to join the show.[7] She was the only human to appear on the live series, filling the role of big sister and cheery voice of reason as the puppets, known as the Kuklapolitan Players, engaged each other. Other television workHer television career continued after the initial run of Kukla, Fran and Ollie: in the late 1950s, she hosted The Fran Allison Show, a panel discussion TV program in Chicago; and appeared in television musical specials including Many Moons (1954), Pinocchio with Mickey Rooney (1957),[8] Damn Yankees (1967) and Miss Pickerell (1972). She had her own program, The Fran Allison Show on WGN-TV (1958-1960).[9] In the 1980s, she hosted Prime Time, a show for senior citizens, on KHJ-TV in Los Angeles.[4] RecordingsAllison made records for the RCA Victor label. She had two minor pop hits. In 1950 her recording of "Peter Cottontail" charted at #26 around Easter of 1950. The next year her recording of "Too Young" achieved position #20. In both recordings she is backed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0268682/ Jack Fascinato], who was the orchestra leader of Kukla, Fran and Ollie.[10] RecognitionIn 1950, Allison received an Emmy Award as Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality.[11] In 1959, she won two Chicago Emmy awards.[12] In 2002, she was a Silver Circle honoree of the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.[13] In 1967, Iowa Wesleyan University awarded her an honorary doctorate of letters.[14] Personal lifeAllison was married to music publisher Archie Levington.[2] In her free time, she devoted her efforts to promoting mental health. One reporter wrote, "For mental health, she will travel anywhere, anytime."[15] DeathIn later life, Allison lived in Van Nuys, California. She died June 13, 1989, aged 81,[16] from myelodysplasia in Sherman Oaks, California,[17] and was buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was survived by a brother, Lynn.[18] LegacyFor contributions to the television industry, Allison was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6763 Hollywood Boulevard.[19] She was inducted into the Chicago Television Academy's Silver Circle in 2002.[20] She appeared with puppets Kukla and Ollie on a 44¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the "Early TV Memories" series, issued on August 11, 2009.[21] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Remenih|first1=Anton|title=Here Is Story of Fran Allison in Wonderland|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1950/03/26/page/130/article/here-is-story-of-fran-allison-in-wonderland|accessdate=February 20, 2016|agency=Chicago Tribune|date=March 26, 1950|location=Illinois, Chicago|page=Part 3-Page 12}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|last1=Longden|first1=Tom|title=Fran Allison|url=http://data.desmoinesregister.com/famous-iowans/fran-allison|website=The Des Moines Register|accessdate=February 19, 2016}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Iowan Wins|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4359659/the_mason_city_globegazette/|agency=The Mason City Globe-Gazette|date=August 11, 1934|location=Iowa, Mason City|page=16|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=February 18, 2016}} {{Open access}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=allisonfran|title=Fran Allison|publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications|author=Gibberman, Susan|accessdate=2010-01-16}} 5. ^{{cite news|last1=Butterfield|first1=C.E|title=The Radio Forecast|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4360031/the_wilkesbarre_record/|agency=The Wilkes-Barre Record|date=July 26, 1937|location=Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre|page=14|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=February 18, 2016}} {{Open access}} 6. ^{{cite episode|title=Fran Allison|url=http://www.goldenage-wtic.org/gaor-26.html|series=The Golden Age of Radio|last1=Bertel|first1=Dick|last2=Corcoran|last3=Ed|network=Broadcast Plaza, Inc.|station=WTIC Hartford, Conn.|airdate=May 1972|season=3|number=2}} 7. ^{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/r00mac#page/n517/mode/2up|title=Kukla's Daddy|date=November 1949|work=Radio-TV Mirror|publisher=Macfadden Publications|pages=57, 77–80|accessdate=August 22, 2016}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=Fran Allison Is A Fairy On 'Pinocchio'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4368314/daily_independent_journal|agency=Daily Independent Journal|date=October 12, 1957|location=California, San Rafael|page=47|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 19, 2016}} {{Open access}} 9. ^{{cite news|last1=Ryan|first1=James|title=TV Personality Fran Allison Dead At 81|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4368481/tyrone_daily_herald/|agency=Tyrone Daily Herald|date=June 14, 1989|location=Pennsylvania, Tyrone|page=8|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=February 19, 2016}} {{Open access}} 10. ^{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|authorlink=Joel Whitburn|title=Pop Memories 1890-1954|year=1986|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=22}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Awards Search|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominations/award-search?search_api_views_fulltext=Fran+Allison&submit=Search&field_celebrity_details_field_display_name=&field_show_details_field_nominee_show_nr_title=&field_show_details_field_network=All&field_show_details_field_production_company=All&field_nominations_year=1949-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_nominations_year_1=2016-01-01+00%3A00%3A00&field_award_category=All|website=Television Academy|accessdate=February 19, 2016}} 12. ^{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Robert|title=Fran Allison, Norman Ross Emmy Winners|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14495801/1959_chicago_emmy_winners/|accessdate=February 20, 2016|agency=Chicago Tribune|date=May 7, 1959|location=Illinois, Chicago|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} 13. ^{{cite web|title=2013 Silver Circle Honors|url=https://chicagoemmyonline.org/awards/past-chicago-silver-circle-inductees-2/|website=Chicago Emmy Online|accessdate=February 20, 2016}} 14. ^{{cite news|last1=Flora|first1=Doris P.|title=Arms Reach Out To 'Aunt Fanny'|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19690530&id=RA0dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BpwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7326,6924866&hl=en|accessdate=February 20, 2016|agency=The Tuscaloosa News|date=May 30, 1969|page=12}} 15. ^{{cite news|last1=Carlile|first1=Olga Gize|title=Fran Allison Without Kukla, Ollie|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4368060/freeport_journalstandard|agency=Freeport Journal-Standard|date=May 17, 1968|location=Illinois, Freeport|page=6|via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=February 18, 2016}} {{Open access}} 16. ^DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960, pg. 10, McFarland & Company, Inc.; {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}} 17. ^{{cite news|title=Fran Allison, 81, the Human Side Of 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' Show.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5D71430F937A25755C0A96F948260|publisher=New York Times|date=June 14, 1989|accessdate=2008-04-26}} 18. ^{{cite news|last1=Kogan|first1=Rick|title=Fran Allison, of 'Kukla, Fran & Ollie'|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1989/06/14/page/34/article/fran-allison-of-kukla-fran-ollie|accessdate=February 21, 2016|agency=Chicago Tribune|date=June 14, 1989|page=14}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hwof.com/stars?recipient=Fran_Allison |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame database |publisher=HWOF.com}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://studiobriefing.com|title='Fran' To Be Honored By Home Town|publisher=Studio Briefing|date=2002-01-16|accessdate=2010-01-16}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=http://usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=b239add4e81c7cb7c2ed4ee7312e3c74048bc6af&Kukla__Fran_and_Ollie|title=Kukla, Fran and Ollie|publisher=U.S. Stamp Gallery|accessdate=2018-02-03}} External links{{commons category}}
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