`HOLIDAY INN' STAR MARJORIE REYNOLDS, 79.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Actress Marjorie Reynolds, wooed by rivals Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire in ``Holiday Inn'' and later the long-suffering wife on television's ``The Life of Riley,'' has died at age 79. Reynolds died Feb. 1, her family said Wednesday. ``Holiday Inn,'' the 1942 film that featured Crosby singing ``White Christmas A white Christmas, to most people in the Northern Hemisphere, refers to snowy weather on Christmas Day. This phenomenon is far more common in some countries than in others. ,'' crowned Reynolds' hard-won place in Hollywood. She went on to star in the Fritz Lang drama ``Ministry of Fear'' opposite Ray Milland Ray Milland (January 3, 1905 or 1907 – March 10, 1986) was an Oscar-winning Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. , ham it up Verb 1. ham it up - exaggerate one's acting ham, overact, overplay dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays in the comedy ``Up in Mabel's Room'' opposite Dennis O'Keefe, and dance in another musical, ``Bring On the Girls'' with Eddie Bracken Edward Vincent "Eddie" Bracken (February 7 1915 - November 14 2002) was an American actor. Born in Astoria, New York, he performed in vaudeville at the age of nine, and gained fame on Broadway in the musical Too Many Girls . As Peg Riley, Reynolds became a familiar face in American living rooms. She played the role opposite William Bendix's Chester A. Riley, aircraft plant worker and lovable bumbler, from 1953 to 1958. After the Riley television series, Reynolds appeared in the films ``Juke Box Rhythm'' in 1959 and ``The Silent Witness'' in 1962, but largely abandoned her acting career. She was born Marjorie Goodspeed in Buhl, Idaho Buhl is a city located on the old Oregon Trail in the western half of Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. Historic U.S. Route 30 goes right through Buhl along the scenic Thousand Springs Scenic Byway from Twin Falls to Bliss. , and moved to Los Angeles with her family when she was a child. She began acting in her childhood under the stage name Marjorie Moore. She changed her screen name after marrying production manager and screenwriter Jack Reynolds. After they divorced, she married film editor Jon M. Haffen. Reynolds is survived by a daughter. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Marjorie Reynolds in 1948 Television's wife of `Riley' |
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