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March 31, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY
Biography:American actor "William Daniels" was teamed at age 6 with his sister "Jackie" in a song-and-dance act that would become "The Daniels Family" when his other sister Carol joined. At the height of their activity, the Daniels were performing in as many as three radio shows per week, a welcome break from the harshness of their Brooklyn neighborhood. Acting in the long-running Broadway play Life with Father in 1945, Daniels was advised by the play's star and co-author Howard Lindsey to attend college just in case the acting business fell apart; after Army service and graduation from Northwestern University, Daniels found that, for him, the business had fallen apart. His confidence eroded by several years of relative inactivity, Daniels nearly turned down an opportunity to play Brick in a road company production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, but the play's author "Tennessee Williams" insisted upon casting... Full Biography
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Francis Fisher, William Daniels, and Valerie Harper
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