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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Beaver's Mom is Gone

Barbara Billingsley (December 22, 1915 – October 16, 2010^]) was an American film, television, voice and character actress of stage, who in her five decades of television came to prominence in the 1950s on the big screen in The Careless Years opposite Natalie Trundy, followed by her best-known role, that of June Cleaver onLeave it to Beaver and its sequel Still the Beaver (also known as The New Leave It to Beaver). -Wikipedia

From IMDB: Born:

Barbara Lillian Combes
December 22, 1915 in Los Angeles, California, USA

The iconic Eisenhower-Kennnedy-era mom has passed away at her home in Santa Monica. Billingsley brought the sort of even-handed and loving approach in her character, that every kid wished they had at home. For true film trivia fans, her other roles include an uncredited one in the 1953 McCarthy Era Science Fiction kitch classic "Invasion from Mars" as Kelson's secretar

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Why I serve.

Art Lynch is an actor

and educator who serves

on the National Board of Directors

of the Screen Actors Guild

representing Nevada.

In his over 20 years of Nevada

based Guild service

he has chaired committees,

served on the elected council,

served as Nevada Vice President

and President. He co-chairs

the New Technology Committee

and has long been active

in other national committees,

including the Young Performers

Committee, dedicated to

helping young talent and

their parents to prepare

for and deal with the needs

and demands of the industry.

The guild does not

compensate members

who serve in offices or on committees.

His work is voluntary and for the benefit

of all talent and future talent.

A veteran of Chicago theatre and both film

and commercial acting,

his belief is that all those who find enjoyment

in the craft, the arts, who take

the time to train and pursue work,

should call themselves actors,

has been at the center of his over

a decade of coaching acting full-time.

Lynch is an instructor at the

College of Southern Nevada

where his focus is communication

and helping students

to achieve their personal goals.

His voice can be heard on Sundays

over Nevada Public Radio

(based through KNPR 88.9 FM)

statewide as the state voice

of Weekend Edition Sundays and

as on-air local host from

5 AM to midnight on Sundays.

After two decades living

in the heart of Las Vegas,

he and his wife Laura,

relocated to historic Boulder City

seven years ago,

where he works with the Park and

Recreation District serves on the board

of the Dam Short Film Festival,

31ers. He and with his wife are establishing

a social services life counseling opportunity.

Lynch is currently completing a

PhD in Education

through Capella University.

Art Lynch writes and edits this blog,

along with sagactor and others.

You may e-mail Art Lynch at

art.lynch@artlynch.org

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