Actress Mercedes McCambridge dies at 85
From USA Today: Actress Mercedes McCambridge, who worked on shows ranging from I Love a Mystery, Red Ryder, and Abie’s Irish Rose, and the woman who Orson Welles called, “the world’s greatest living radio actress,” died on March 2.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-03-17-mercedes-mccambridge_x.htm
I had always hoped we could get her to attend an FOTR Convention where I could meet this wonderful actress, but it was not to be.
March 17th, 2004 at 9:14 pm
Now I have two reasons to be sad each St. Patrick’s Day. RIP, Mercedes.
September 19th, 2005 at 9:40 pm
Always wanted to know where exactly Mercedes came from and the origin of her father and general family and her tie up with Ireland. My grandfather Alfred Patrick McCambridge came from Ireland to New Zealand early 1900’s and I believe, was accompanied by his brother, Daniel who settled in the USA. Is ther any tie up that you’re aware of. Had my father been alive, he would now be about 88 years old.