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Shirley Dinsdale

Shirley Dinsdale

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Born October 31, 1926 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died May 9, 1999

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Shirley Dinsdale grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. When she was a child, she was severely burned when a kettle tipped over on her and she spent a year in a hospital recovering. During that time a puppet named "Judy Splinters" kept her company. After she returned home, her father bartered for ventriloquist lessons and by the age of 14 was appearing on San Francisco radio shows. Soon she moved to Los Angeles and became a regular on Eddie Cantor's radio program. She also appeared in a number of local benefits for the war effort where she was spotted by a KTLA-TV staffer. In the new medium of television, Shirley, by then 17, started with a five minute daily program. Her renown spread and her program appeared as a daily evening broadcast on NBC during the summer of 1949 and a regular afternoon show for the 1949-1950 season.

In 1953, Shirley retired from show business, married and had two children. At the age of 40, she entered Stony Brook University in New York and graduated to become a cardiopulmonary therapist. She died in 1999 at the age of 71.

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KTLA at 40: A Celebration of Los Angeles Television Poster

KTLA at 40: A Celebration of Los Angeles Television TV Movie1986Self

The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1971Self

To Tell the Truth Poster

To Tell the Truth TV Series1956Self - Contestant

Where Was I? TV Series1952Self - Panelist

Inaugural Emmy Awards Ceremony Poster

Inaugural Emmy Awards Ceremony TV Special1949Self

Judy Splinters TV Series1949Self - Host

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