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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. JUNE 19. 1980 r NORTH DAVIS LEADER, JUNE 19. 1980 ASK ME ABOUT TV Is Gloria Vanderbilt starting a jeans war? By CINDY ADAMS been gaining. Not in votes. In NEW YORK Gloria Van- - weight. She stopped vacuum- derbilt is piling up feuds in ing up breakfast in hopes that would help her shrivel a few proportion to the number sporting her jeans ... Cindy Williams upends herlabels. Ever since her Murjani self on the set. Stands on her boss Warren Hirsh signed head in the middle of a Blondie star Deborah Harry rehearsal. Shes up to her eyeto be the spokeschick for the balls in yoga. younger set, Glorias relation- Johnny Doran, Karl Malden (seated), Ricardo Montal-ba- n and Jonathan Kahn (I. to r.) sail through the turbulent waters of one of literaturess great adventure stories, in Captains Courageous, Sunday, June 22, on ABC. (REPEAT) (Stations reserve the right to make getting-back-togeth- er changes ) co-st- ar The ability to taste sweet foods diminishes with age. C Study of the Bard is still the best training By RUTH THOMPSON So you want to be a star. How much good will it do you to sit around the legendary ISchwabs drugstore or the n other lunch count- ;ers frequented by show biz aspirants, in the hope that a big producer or director will by, flip for your face and-o- r physique, come up with a contract ... then hire an acting teacher for you? The answer: That hasnt really worked since the long gone day when Lana Turner struck it lucky. Today its a good bet even the lightweight, clown-aroun- d roles on television go not just to actors who aspire to Shake--speasome day, but who cut their teeth, usually in college or drama school, on the flowing phrases of The Bard. half-doze- re Take Jamie Farr of M.A.S.H., for instance. He likes his steady job on the esteemed CBS series, but he grumbled recently to a reporter that at the tender . age of 17, at the Pasadena he had already j Playhouse, i played King Lear. i While he isn't aching to sub-- ; merge himself in a season of classical repertory right now, he would probably do a Broadway show Dased on the life of Jimmy Durante if he had the time. He doesnt, and . hes not sorry ... says he likes television and comedy but craves diversity so he wont go down in history just as Corporal Klinger, who wears dresses in an effort to get himself discharged from service in a Korean War that has lasted longer on television than in real life. Somebody who did cut his teeth on Shakespeare and who wants more, is the talented . and personable David Birney, -- ship with Hirsh has chilled to the proper temperature for white wine ... Steven Rubell phoned a chum and offered her tickets to a show. How he got them being in prison I dont know. and all Sammy Cahns reconciliation with the missus, Tita, is because, says Sammy, she . called and instigated it. Hes making a settlement with her, just in case ... Sir John Gielgud and Liza Minnelli will in Arthur, another movie to be shot on the sidewalks of New York ... From Diane Von If I could ' Furstenburg: change any of my features it would be my breasts. Theyre too small. It would be nice to have a real bosom. Ann Miller, a firm believer in reincarnation, believes she lived somewhere way back in Egypt ... From Lillian Gish: We should have two presidents. One to look after the world and one to look after co-st- ar series Bridget Loves Bernie) and their three dren are currently in resi- dence at Davids alma mater, ll Dartmouth College, where hes taking on a visiting professorship in drama for the summer. The carrot? I will direct one play and also star in Richard III. David adds that this summers experience has an added value, Because well be living right near the theater with the children, theyre having a chance they never had before to visit backstage, watch rehearsals and get a h idea of how plays are put together and what Meredith and I do for a living. When theyve visited us at studios, theyve seen only fragments. Not that David would give up television and films for just the stage or the classics. He likes his recently completed Operation Prime Time movie produced by Time Life for television syndication around the country this fall, Mom, The Wolfman and Me. Its contemporary. A man falls in love with a woman who has a child. Hes good with children and animals and homemaking. Hed rather stay home and bake bread than work at a teaching job that bores him. What does all this prove? Dont go to Schwabs for a job, or at least not until after youve honed the acting talents on something challenging like almost anything from Shakespeare. start-to-finis- I read somewhere a few years ago something about the late Inger Stevens. What happened to her? She used to play on TVs The Farmers E.S., Creed- Daughter. moor, N.C. Sadly, beautiful and talent- ed Inger killed herself. At least that was the official verdict. That was in 1970. Many years earlier, in New Inger attempted suicide by swallowing lye, but she survived that. She was a girl, always pre- From Joan Fontaine: delightful seating a cheerful face in Today everybodys hung up public, but she obviously had on culture. Culture is what my some very private torments, butcher would have if he were HAPPY WITH EDEN a surgeon ... Paul Newman: Please send me Barbara My latest definition of a Edens address so that I can lawyer: A person willing to write her. I would really love spend your last cent to prove to have it because I Dream hes right ... Have a snarl of Jeannie is my favorite TV fromLauren Bacall: I have a program. I never miss it in Lisa dog that growls, a parrot that the afternoon. swears, a stove that smoke Fondrun, Starkville, Miss. and a cat that stays out all a fan of Barbaras, If night. Why in the world do I youllyoure be happy to know that need a husband!... "Ive finally figured out todays movie ratings system. G means the hero gets the girl, R means the villain gets the girl, and X means everybody gets the ago. The series is for NBC. Vincent Price. girl! After the movie ran on the A lot of people criticize network and got astronomical American presidential campaigns, but Im not one of them. I figure anything that keeps Ronald Reagans old movies off TV cant be all bad ... Psychics are predicting Elizabeth Taylor Warner will get a divorce next year. Me, I usi make no comment but, lets Margaret Thatcher, the face it, theyve been right six British prime minister, has times so far. whose early stage credits include repertory seasons at Stratford in Connecicut and the New York Shakespeare Festival. Davi- d- his wife Meredith Baxter, (they met when cast on the televisin to chil-stro- By VALCAREW LATE QUESTION POWERS THAT IS I just saw a two-pamovie starring Powers Booth as Jim Jones. Where can I write to the (I have to admit) handsome A Fan, Wyoming, Powers? rt Mich. First of all. handsome Pow-Yorers (and be is, very) will tike yon better if yon spell his last name correctly, which is Boothe. He's a Texan, married, and has been on TV a lot in recent months. Write him in care of bis manager, Dolores Robinson, 3884 Rambla Orienta, Malibu, CA 90265. Dolores also manages LeVar Burton, should yon or your friends also waol to write him. k, BACH VIEW -- I would like to know if Catherine Bach is married and if she is a mother to how many kids? TJ4., Chicago Heights, 111. Catherine, who plays Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard, Is married. She doesnt have any children, but two cats, one named Free and one named Easy, live with her and her husband, along with a golden retreiver George. named CROSSWORD . TV PEOPLE I kid TVs most-hate- d is aspiring comedian How would you like to d of your life as spend kid in Amerithe most-hate- d ca? That is exactly Alison and she Arngrims situation loves it. Alison, an blonde, has starred as nasty Nellie Oleson in NBCs Little House on the Prairie series since it began six years ago. I was 11 years old when we started the show, says Alison. 1 wore a blonde wig with awful curls and tried to be as mean and wicked as possible whenever I appeared as Nellie. Michael Landon (executive producer and star of the series) said he wanted people who watched the show to hate me. And they do! Alison reports that she knew she was playing the part right when she went on her first public appearance tour and a little girl walked up to her and kicked her. I dont get much fan mail," laughs Alison. Not many people look up to or admire Nellie Oleson. The letter I remember best was from a woman who said, If I had a child like you Id nail her ears to the barn. has a The bright teen-agwacky sense of humor and loves showing it so much that she is now in her third year as comedian at Los a stand-u- p Angeles-are- a night clubs. During the daytime 1 get one-thir- er ACROSS 1 Sportscaster Allen 4 Actor Adams (in Lou Grant) 9 Sprite 42 Likewise 45 Microbes 49 Beer's kin 60 Actress Thomas 54 River island 55 By way of 56 Finished 19 Small ornastarred in ment Fish 21 Reatlirm 40 Largs vol- 23 Hanging open 24 Actor Alan 42 Jazz man 57 Affirmative 27 vote 12 Orinoco tribu- Alison Arngrim to do mean, wicked things to nice people. Then, at night I head for the Comedy Store or Club or one of the Blah-Bla- h the other local comedy clubs p stand-uroutine. and do my Alsion loves to perform. If I can gather more than two people in a parking lot I'll jump onto the roof of my car and do my act. Alison is looking forward to the seventh season of Little House, because she will now be a housewife and mother. The character of Nellie was married on the show recently, and Landon has informed Alison that Nellie will soon become a mother. 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