Biggest stars on the show?
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wordsatplaytoday — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 03:53 PM)
Who in the panel have been the biggest names you have seen?
Most or all of them are second or third rate TV ones.
But which ones have you seen that have done movies and maybe even been nominated or won an Oscar?
Only one I can think of is George Kennedy.
Anyone else as big as him that has been on?
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horizonbeach — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 05:20 PM)
Patty Duke won an Oscar for her portrayal of Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker".
Ethel Merman was a huge star on Broadway and also made some movies, I believe.
There were other guest celebrities who were not actors but were enormously successful in their own field. Professional baseball player Don Sutton, country music singer Bill Anderson, and household name psychologist (or was she a psychiatrist?) Dr. Joyce Brothers are some that come to mind. Dick Martin was a TV star, that's true, but he was the co-creator of "Laugh-in" which was a huge cultural phenomenon and he was probably worth millions upon millions of dollars by the time he appeared on MG.
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kapnkirk — 9 years ago(September 21, 2016 12:28 PM)
Michael Landon & Jack Klugman were pretty big. Sure they were TV stars but they were leads. A lot of Match Game contestants were TV supporting players.
No! That's not true at all, Elvis takes 50% of everything I earn!
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seldon913 — 9 years ago(September 21, 2016 02:10 PM)
Put Don Adams with the list of TV leads.
Della Reese was on there, but it was about 10 years before she became a TV lead with that series where she was an angel (she was also about half as big as she was on that series).
Didi Conn was in some movies, including
Grease
, but not a lead.
Jamie Lee Curtis was on in 1980, which would be after
Halloween
, though she became a much bigger name after
Trading Places
three years later.