Monday, August 23, 2021

This Week in Television History: August 2021 PART IV

 

August 25, 1931

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin is born. 





Media personality and occasional actor, known for fronting various talk and game shows. Appearing on television since the late 1950s. Philbin holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera. His trademarks include his excited manner, his New York Bronx accent, his wit, and irreverent ad-libs. He is most widely known for Live with Regis and Kelly, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Million Dollar Password, and for hosting the first season of America's Got Talent. He is the cousin of singer-songwriter and American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi.

August 29, 1966

Mia Farrow withdrew from the cast of the ABC-TV's Peyton Place.

Farrow left the series in 1966 at the urging of Frank Sinatra whom she married on July 19, 1966.



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