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Cynthia Lindsay(1915-2007)

  • Writer
  • Actress
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Cynthia Lindsay was born on 27 May 1915 in North Hempstead, New York, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Vacation Playhouse (1963), My Three Sons (1960) and To Rome with Love (1969). She was married to Louis Lindsay, Russell Gleason and Robert Patten. She died on 5 May 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
BornMay 27, 1915
DiedMay 5, 2007(91)
BornMay 27, 1915
DiedMay 5, 2007(91)
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Known for

Vacation Playhouse (1963)
Vacation Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
  • Writer
William Demarest, Don Grady, Barry Livingston, Stanley Livingston, and Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960)
My Three Sons
7.1
TV Series
  • Writer
John Forsythe, Melanie Fullerton, Joyce Menges, and Susan Neher in To Rome with Love (1969)
To Rome with Love
7.2
TV Series
  • Writer
Bachelor Father (1957)
Bachelor Father
7.3
TV Series
  • Writer

Credits

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Writer

  • John Forsythe, Melanie Fullerton, Joyce Menges, and Susan Neher in To Rome with Love (1969)
    To Rome with Love
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1970
  • Family Affair (1966)
    Family Affair
    7.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1966–1969
  • William Demarest, Don Grady, Barry Livingston, Stanley Livingston, and Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960)
    My Three Sons
    7.1
    TV Series
    • written by
    • teleplay & story
    • 1964–1967
  • American in Paris
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1964
  • Vacation Playhouse (1963)
    Vacation Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • teleplay by
    • 1964
  • A Look at Monaco
    TV Movie
    • written by
    • 1963
  • Bachelor Father (1957)
    Bachelor Father
    7.3
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1959

Actress

  • Lucille Ball, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ginger Rogers, Lee Bowman, Peggy Conklin, Donald Meek, Ann Miller, Alfred Santell, and Red Skelton in Having Wonderful Time (1938)
    Having Wonderful Time
    6.0
    • Camp Guest (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Ben Blue, Judy Canova, and Eleanore Whitney in Thrill of a Lifetime (1937)
    Thrill of a Lifetime
    5.5
    • Chorus Girl (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Groucho Marx in Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
    Sunday Night at the Trocadero
    4.6
    Short
    • Cynthia Lindsay - Singer
    • 1937
  • Tyrone Power, Sonja Henie, and Arthur Treacher in Thin Ice (1937)
    Thin Ice
    6.3
    • (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Sidney Blackmer, Mary Boland, Sidney Fox, Polly Moran, and Ned Sparks in Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
    Down to Their Last Yacht
    4.7
    • Ship Passenger (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • James Cagney, Joan Blondell, and Ruby Keeler in Footlight Parade (1933)
    Footlight Parade
    7.5
    • Chorus Girl (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Edna Callahan, Maxine Cantway, Margaret Cathew, Virginia Dabney, Marlo Dwyer, Muriel Gordon, Mildred Dixon, and Kathy Cunningham in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
    Gold Diggers of 1933
    7.7
    • Gold Digger (uncredited)
    • 1933

Personal details

  • Born
    • May 27, 1915
    • North Hempstead, New York, USA
  • Died
    • May 5, 2007
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Louis LindsayAugust 13, 1950 - January 28, 1962 (his death, 1 child)
  • Children
      Meg Lindsay
  • Parents
      Elsie McColl
  • Relatives
    • Morgan Linder Hobart(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Book: "I Love Her, That's Why!" (Credited ghostwriter of the George Burns autobiography). New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN: 9781258125660

Did you know

  • Trivia
    An author who began a career in entertainment as a stunt double for such stars as Claudette Colbert and Sonja Henie in films. She turned to writing after a horseback riding injury ended this phase of her career.
  • Quotes
    [on Boris Karloff marrying Evelyn Hope, the best friend of his wife Dorothy Stine, the very next day after divorcing Stine] I couldn't have been more surprised... You know, this was Dorothy's best friend! She was around the house all the time and it stunned me!

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