Kathleen Freeman's introduction to show business came very early in life. Her parents were vaudevillians, and she made her debut at age 2 in their act. Later she attended UCLA with intentions of becoming a pianist, but was bitten by the acting bug and never looked back. She gained experience on stage in various stock and repertory companies...See full bio »
1969-1972Love, American Style
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(segment "Love and the Pregnancy")
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Commissar (segment "Love and the Lady Athlete")
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Mrs. Kaplan (segment "Love and the Singles Apartment")
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I think comedy is more powerful than drama in the long run. Comedy is more difficult. It's very easy to make people cry.
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Trivia:
In the 1950s, at The Music Circus (a theater-in-the-round in Sacramento, Calif.) a prop chair collapsed under her weight while she was singing, the musicians stopped playing, and in a dead silence she got up to her knees, spread her arms and sang, "That's why I love the theater".
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