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Happy birthday, Lillian Randolph! She's best known for her role Birdie on radio's The Great Gildersleeve. Randolph got the job, in part, because of her wonderful laugh! Listen to Randolph and the whole
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Born in Cleveland, Ohio 12/14/1898; died 9/12/1980 of cancer in Arcadia, California. Twin sister of actress Amanda Randolph. Mother of actor Charles McCowan, deseased Motown recording artist Barbara Randolph. African-Amercian actress that made her screen debut in Little Men (1940).
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From the 1940's until the early 1950's, Randolph was a regular performer on radio programs including The Baby Snooks Show for CBS and NBC; The Remarkable Miss Tuttle for NBC (1942). Birdie Lee Coggins on The Great Gildersleeve for NBC-Radio (1941-1957). Daisy the housekeeper on The Billie Burke Show for CBS-Radio (1943-46). Ella Mae on My Mother's Husband for NBC-Radio (1950). Beulah on The Beulah Show for CBS-Radio (1952-1953).
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Madame Queen on The Amos And Andy Show for CBS-TV (1951-1953). Birdie Lee Coggins on the syndicated television series, The Great Gildersleeve (1954). Rose Kincaid on The Bill Cosby Show for NBC-TV (1969-1970). Sister Sarah on the 1977 ABC-TV miniseries, Roots.
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