Beverly Hillbillies – Granny’s Garden

Classic B&W Comedy TV Series

thefilmarchive.org DVD: www.amazon.com January 23, 1963 When his wife is away, Mr. Drysdale requests a female member of the Clampett family to perform housekeeping duties for him. Harriet E. MacGibbon (October 5, 1905 — February 8, 1987) was an American actress. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Walter Peter McGibbon, a physician and Gertrude L. Crary. It is not clear why she added an “a” to her surname, but she was credited a few times as McGibbon. She was “finished” at Knox School, Cooperstown, New York, where she prepared for Vassar. Without staying to receive a diploma, she left to fulfill her desire for the footlights and studied with Franklin H. Sargent at his American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. MacGibbon joined the stock company of Edward Clarke Lilley at Akron, Ohio. She then went to San Francisco and played leading roles for Henry Duffy. In Louisville, Kentucky, she acted with Wilton Lackaye, Edmund Breese, William Faversham, Tom Wise and Nance O’Neil. There were regular productions, including Ned McCobb’s Daughter, The Front Page, The Big Fight, and a “transcontinental tour” starring MacGibbon in The Big Fight, which began in Boston, took in New Haven and Hartford, and ended at Caine’s storehouse. Jack Dempsey was also in the cast. During that time, MacGibbon stopped off in Boston long enough to study the harp with Alfred Holy, harpist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She later said that when she gave up the instrument, Mr. Holy …
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