Nominees for the 9th annual TV Emmy Awards confer in Feb. 1957:
Ida Lupino, nominated for “Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series” for Four Star Playhouse, huddles with Ann B. Davis and Vivian Vance, nominees for “Best Supporting Performance by an Actress” for The Bob Cummings Show and I Love Lucy, respectively.
Tonight in 1955 — #TheBobCummingsShow (aka #LoveThatBob) debuted on NBC.
Future #BradyBunch icon #AnnBDavis won 2 Emmys (and was nominated for 2 more). #DwayneHickman (#DobieGillis) and RosemaryDeCamp (#TheLifeOfRiley) co-starred.
The series was created by #PaulHenning, later the creator of #TheBeverlyHillbillies, #PetticoatJunction and #GreenAcres!
#ClassicTV #OnThisDay #1950s #1950sTV #1960s #1960sTV #Nostalgia
P.M.Bryant
Will McKinley