Art Linkletter
About this star
- Category: Television
- Star rank: 1047
- Address:
1508 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing north
- GPS location:
34.099685, -118.326528
Biography
Sam Berman’s caricature of Linkletter for NBC’s 1947 promotional book.
Source: Wikipedia
Arthur Gordon “Art” Linkletter (July 17, 1912 – May 26, 2010) was a Canadian-born radio and television personality and the host of two long-running United States television shows: House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and People Are Funny, on NBC radio-TV for 19 years. Linkletter was famous for interviewing children on House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things, which led to a successful series of books quoting children. A native of Canada, he became a naturalized United States citizen in 1942.
Fact file
- Born: Gordon Arthur Kelly July 17, 1912 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Died: May 26, 2010 (aged 97) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation: Radio/television personality
- Years active: 1933–2010
- Spouse(s): Lois Foerster (m. 1935–2010) «start: (1935)–end+1: (2011)»“Marriage: Lois Foerster to Art Linkletter” Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Linkletter)
Read more about Art Linkletter at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
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6347 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Ivar and Cahuenga
Vine St, east side, between Sunset and Selma
Nearby you will also find Tommy Sands, Ava Gardner, and many others.