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Of the original What's My Line tv game show --specifically from the first decade of the 1950s. I haven't counted any male celebrities that are still living, but on the distaff side:

Doris Day
Mamie Van Dorn
Joanne Woodward
Eva Marie Saint
Jane Powell
Margaret O'Brien

I imagine there are more, but I haven't tabulated them all.
 
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Some others:

Rhonda Fleming
Arlene Dahl
Peggy King
Terry Moore

and Anna Maria Alberghetti.
 
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Being a devoted military history buff, I saw one show that had Admiral Halsey on. It was great to see this famous sailor try to stump the panel.
 
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A lot of those shows are on YouTube, as you know. I think the panel and moderator are gone. We watched that show every week. The newspapers used to print names of celebrity visitors to New York so the panel always checked the newspapers and they had good clues that way. I saw one this morning that had Audie Murphy, America's most decorated soldier.
 
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Did ya'll see the one with the elderly gentlemen who was a small boy sitting in Ford's Theatre when Lincoln was shot? He had fallen and bruised his face before he came on, but didn't want to miss being on the show.

I LOVE those old game shows!!!!!
 
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Scarlett O. said:
Did ya'll see the one with the elderly gentlemen who was a small boy sitting in Ford's Theatre when Lincoln was shot? He had fallen and bruised his face before he came on, but didn't want to miss being on the show.



I LOVE those old game shows!!!!!
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I saw it when it first aired and I saw it recently on YouTube.
 
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Okay, what mystery guest did not disguise their voice though well-known in the movies? Just a normal speaking voice was used.
 
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Rippon said:
Okay, what mystery guest did not disguise their voice though well-known in the movies? Just a normal speaking voice was used.
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The one who voiced Donald Duck? I can't recall his name without checking.
 
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I didn't realize that "What's My Line?" was so popular.
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What attracts me is the culture of that era. There was a politeness and decorum among the guests, panelists and host that doesn't exist much today. The maximum cash award stayed $50.00 for ages. Of course $50.00 then in today's equivalent is worth a lot more. But it wasn't about huge cash awards and "A brand new car!"

I am interested in the way people spoke back then. Naturally there were lots of accents, but Arlene Francis as an example, spoke in a dignified manner, but with no affectation. She remains my favorite panelist with a fine sense of humor. She was quite the pioneer in early television, even hosting some programs.

Some enterprising young person could do a doctoral dissertation on the program, or at least on American game shows of the mid-twentieth century. Fascinating things could be unearthed.
 
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Rippon said:
What attracts me is the culture of that era. There was a politeness and decorum among the guests, panelists and host that doesn't exist much today. The maximum cash award stayed $50.00 for ages. Of course $50.00 then in today's equivalent is worth a lot more. But it wasn't about huge cash awards and "A brand new car!"

I am interested in the way people spoke back then. Naturally there were lots of accents, but Arlene Francis as an example, spoke in a dignified manner, but with no affectation. She remains my favorite panelist with a fine sense of humor. She was quite the pioneer in early television, even hosting some programs.

Some enterprising young person could do a doctoral dissertation on the program, or at least on American game shows of the mid-twentieth century. Fascinating things could be unearthed.
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Yes, manners have fallen. Someone probably has written the dissertation. Years ago, I worked part-time at the IU Grad Library and several people had assigned divided desks where they were working on dissertations about the movie industry.
 
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"May-December romances....The last Confederate widow, Maudie Hopkins died on Aug. 1, 2008, at age 93. The last Union widow, Gertrude Janeway, died Jan. 17, 2003, also at age 93. The last Civil War veterans themselves, both Union and Confederate, died in the 1950s. Both men were more than 100 years old."

Stated in this 2016 article:

US News & World Report - North Carolina woman is daughter of a Civil War veteran, and still collects his benefits

"'One beneficiary from the Civil War [is] still alive and receiving benefits," Randy Noller of the Department of Veterans Affairs confirms. Irene Triplett – the 86-year-old daughter of a Civil War veteran – collects $73.13 each month from her father's military pension."

"Triplett's father was Mose Triplett, born in 1846. He joined the Confederate army in 1862, but later deserted and signed up with the Union. His first wife died and they did not have any children. He later married Elida Hall who was at least 50 years younger....Mose Triplett was 83 when Irene was born"
 
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