LOS ANGELES -- Barbara Billingsley, who gained supermom status for her gentle portrayal of June Cleaver, the warm, supportive mother of a pair of precocious boys in "Leave it to Beaver," died Saturday. She was 94. Billingsley, who had suffered from a rheumatoid disease, died at her home in Santa Monica, said family spokeswoman Judy Twersky. When the show debuted in 1957, Jerry Mathers, who played Beaver, was 9, and Tony Dow, who portrayed Wally, was 12. Billingsley's character, the perfect stay-at-home 1950s mom, was always there to gently but firmly nurture both through the ups and downs of childhood.
LOS ANGELES - Frank Bank, who as Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford served as the dim-witted foil to "Beaver" Cleaver and brother Wally on the classic TV comedy "Leave It to Beaver," died Saturday. He was 71. A spokesman for Hillside Memorial Park in Los Angeles confirmed Bank's death but did not disclose where he died or the cause.
The author don't mean a "classic" such as I Love Lucy or The Honeymooners but some fare more typical of the age. Say, Leave It to Beaver. Even after performing this exercise and recognizing just how bad those 1950s sitcoms were, you probably feel a little affection for them. That attitude of wonder and condescension is what people attitude toward the news media will be in 10 or 20 years. They will look back and be amazed that they were ever content with having a handful of newspapers, just as they used to have only three networks. Nevertheless, the mere fact that news will be digital and linked will make today's papers look as limited by their medium as a staticy rerun of My Little Margie.
Jerry Mathers doesn't want to give anyone the wrong impression; he loved working as a child actor. But he didn't like the audition process. So when it came time for one of his last interviews for the role of the irrepressible Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver on the beloved sitcom "Leave It to Beaver," he told the producers that he'd rather be at his first Cub Scout meeting. The show's creators and producers, Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, were impressed that he wanted to be a real kid -- in fact, Mathers says that was the clincher that got him hired.
AUBURN - Teaming up with the big orange bus and local health organizations, the city of Auburn is hosting a health fair offering free services Wednesday. Featured will be "Leave It To Beaver" star Jerry Mathers, and the drug industry's "Help is Here Express" orange bus that will offer help with prescription assistance programs. After Wednesday, anyone can get help in applying for prescription assistance programs at City Hall, Mayor John Jenkins said Monday.
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'Leave it to Beaver' isn't what you think A calendar event set for Thursday at Yakima Valley Community College has a title, "Leave It To Beaver," that might be quaintly misleading, right up until you look at the subhead: "A Rodent's Role in Watershed Restoration.
LOS ANGELES - Even decades after the show ended, Barbara Billingsley expressed surprise at the lasting affection people had for "Leave it to Beaver" and her role as the warm, supportive mother of a pair of precocious boys. The actress, who gained supermom status for her portrayal of June Cleaver in the 1950s television series, died Saturday after a long illness. She was 94.
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Motherless child Mary Scott imagined becoming the perfect embodiment of the stereotypical suburban housewife of the 1950s. Her role model was a character in the "Leave It to Beaver" TV sitcom.
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