The Union Forever: A TL
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Sad to see this end, it was the first TL I read, even before I signed up for an account and one of the best I've read. Thanks for the all work you put into this and for the awesome read.
I would also think someone should get working on fixing up that very nice TVTropes page TTL has, it's got a lot of new material that should be discussed.
Harriet Memminger (1912-2002)
Head shot from 1943.
Born Harriet Stone in Perryville, Dakota on February 4th, 1912. Wanting to be an actress since she was little she followed the careers of such luminaries as Harold Meade, Bernadette Allen, and Jasper Fisk. She moved to New York in 1931, hoping to find work as a stage actress. She got the small part of Lynn in the comedy Green Hills. Watching the performance one night was Norman W. Hearst. Hearst, a director known for comedies, cast Harriet as Phoebe in his adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play of the same name.
In 1932, Harriet met, and fell in love with, Joseph Memminger, a short stop for the San Francisco Miners baseball team. After a two year courtship they were married on June 14th, 1934. During this period she was still making movies: Miranda in 1933, Night Moves in 1934, Funny Money in 1934, all comedies. Harriet's only child, a son named Charles, was born on January 4th, 1935.
When she got back to work Harriet costarred as Annie Shaw in the Biopic Shaw with Peter Morton starring as Robert Gould Shaw in 1936. It was received with rave reviews, with the Shaw children saying that seeing Morton and Harriet on screen was like seeing their parents brought back to life. Though Harriet was nominated for a Griffith Award for Best Actress that year, she lost to Betty Harkness for the movie Little Shepherds, a story of change in Ireland. Over the next several decades Harriet Memminger would play in a range of movies, from comedies to musicals to dramas. In 1976, she finally won the much deserved Griffith for her portrayal of Queen Charlotte in The Fall.
However, her personal life was marred by personal difficulties. In 1958, her son Charles died in an auto crash. Then her longtime manager, Rodney Haddon, was caught embezzling the funds of his clients including her. However, through it all her husband Joseph was by her side. And in the end Harriet was by his side when he died of cancer September 7th, 1986 after 52 years of marriage. He was 76.
After that Harriet drifted out of public view. Though interviews with her were rare before they were almost nonexistent now. Harriet Memminger died, on September 7th, 2002 at age 90. Her last words (said to her nurse) were pure Harriet: "Kid, I will always look my best when I am happy."
Head shot from 1943.
Born Harriet Stone in Perryville, Dakota on February 4th, 1912. Wanting to be an actress since she was little she followed the careers of such luminaries as Harold Meade, Bernadette Allen, and Jasper Fisk. She moved to New York in 1931, hoping to find work as a stage actress. She got the small part of Lynn in the comedy Green Hills. Watching the performance one night was Norman W. Hearst. Hearst, a director known for comedies, cast Harriet as Phoebe in his adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play of the same name.
In 1932, Harriet met, and fell in love with, Joseph Memminger, a short stop for the San Francisco Miners baseball team. After a two year courtship they were married on June 14th, 1934. During this period she was still making movies: Miranda in 1933, Night Moves in 1934, Funny Money in 1934, all comedies. Harriet's only child, a son named Charles, was born on January 4th, 1935.
When she got back to work Harriet costarred as Annie Shaw in the Biopic Shaw with Peter Morton starring as Robert Gould Shaw in 1936. It was received with rave reviews, with the Shaw children saying that seeing Morton and Harriet on screen was like seeing their parents brought back to life. Though Harriet was nominated for a Griffith Award for Best Actress that year, she lost to Betty Harkness for the movie Little Shepherds, a story of change in Ireland. Over the next several decades Harriet Memminger would play in a range of movies, from comedies to musicals to dramas. In 1976, she finally won the much deserved Griffith for her portrayal of Queen Charlotte in The Fall.
However, her personal life was marred by personal difficulties. In 1958, her son Charles died in an auto crash. Then her longtime manager, Rodney Haddon, was caught embezzling the funds of his clients including her. However, through it all her husband Joseph was by her side. And in the end Harriet was by his side when he died of cancer September 7th, 1986 after 52 years of marriage. He was 76.
After that Harriet drifted out of public view. Though interviews with her were rare before they were almost nonexistent now. Harriet Memminger died, on September 7th, 2002 at age 90. Her last words (said to her nurse) were pure Harriet: "Kid, I will always look my best when I am happy."
Harriet Memminger (1912-2002)
Head shot from 1943.
Born Harriet Stone in Perryville, Dakota on February 4th, 1912. Wanting to be an actress since she was little she followed the careers of such luminaries as Harold Meade, Bernadette Allen, and Jasper Fisk. She moved to New York in 1931, hoping to find work as a stage actress. She got the small part of Lynn in the comedy Green Hills. Watching the performance one night was Norman W. Hearst. Hearst, a director known for comedies, cast Harriet as Phoebe in his adaptation of the George Bernard Shaw play of the same name.
In 1932, Harriet met, and fell in love with, Joseph Memminger, a short stop for the San Francisco Miners baseball team. After a two year courtship they were married on June 14th, 1934. During this period she was still making movies: Miranda in 1933, Night Moves in 1934, Funny Money in 1934, all comedies. Harriet's only child, a son named Charles, was born on January 4th, 1935.
When she got back to work Harriet costarred as Annie Shaw in the Biopic Shaw with Peter Morton starring as Robert Gould Shaw in 1936. It was received with rave reviews, with the Shaw children saying that seeing Morton and Harriet on screen was like seeing their parents brought back to life. Though Harriet was nominated for a Griffith Award for Best Actress that year, she lost to Betty Harkness for the movie Little Shepherds, a story of change in Ireland. Over the next several decades Harriet Memminger would play in a range of movies, from comedies to musicals to dramas. In 1976, she finally won the much deserved Griffith for her portrayal of Queen Charlotte in The Fall.
However, her personal life was marred by personal difficulties. In 1958, her son Charles died in an auto crash. Then her longtime manager, Rodney Haddon, was caught embezzling the funds of his clients including her. However, through it all her husband Joseph was by her side. And in the end Harriet was by his side when he died of cancer September 7th, 1986 after 52 years of marriage. He was 76.
After that Harriet drifted out of public view. Though interviews with her were rare before they were almost nonexistent now. Harriet Memminger died, on September 7th, 2002 at age 90. Her last words (said to her nurse) were pure Harriet: "Kid, I will always look my best when I am happy."
Excellent! Should the Griffith Awards be the equivalent to the Oscars? This makes me think we need an update on George Bernard Shaw if we don't have one already.
Profile: Sean O'Grady
Sean O'Grady (1941-1976)
Headshot c. 1953
Born in Mobile, Alabama, on December 7th, 1941, Sean O'Grady was the third of four children. Discovered during a studio tour in 1950 O'Grady was soon a star of Shane Bayard's films. He was an immediate success, especially with his thick Southern accent. However, he was ridiculed for that same accent by his follow child actors and students.
His last film role was 1957's John Swift and the Pirates, an animated adaptation of the J. M. Barrie classic. After leaving acting in movies, O'Grady turned to stage. Eventually he started taking drugs. O'Grady spent the next decade and a half in and out of rehab.
After one last stint in rehab in 1972, Sean O'Grady retreated from public life. Sightings of O'Grady were sporadic at best over the next few years as he went further into his addiction. On December 28th, 1976, Sean O'Grady died of complications of his addiction. However, in a sad turn of events his body wasn't identified until early 1978 when his mother came looking for him to say goodbye to his dying father. Sean O'Grady was reburied in Mobile.
Headshot c. 1953
Born in Mobile, Alabama, on December 7th, 1941, Sean O'Grady was the third of four children. Discovered during a studio tour in 1950 O'Grady was soon a star of Shane Bayard's films. He was an immediate success, especially with his thick Southern accent. However, he was ridiculed for that same accent by his follow child actors and students.
His last film role was 1957's John Swift and the Pirates, an animated adaptation of the J. M. Barrie classic. After leaving acting in movies, O'Grady turned to stage. Eventually he started taking drugs. O'Grady spent the next decade and a half in and out of rehab.
After one last stint in rehab in 1972, Sean O'Grady retreated from public life. Sightings of O'Grady were sporadic at best over the next few years as he went further into his addiction. On December 28th, 1976, Sean O'Grady died of complications of his addiction. However, in a sad turn of events his body wasn't identified until early 1978 when his mother came looking for him to say goodbye to his dying father. Sean O'Grady was reburied in Mobile.
Sean O'Grady (1941-1976)
Headshot c. 1953
Born in Mobile, Alabama, on December 7th, 1941, Sean O'Grady was the third of four children. Discovered during a studio tour in 1950 O'Grady was soon a star of Shane Bayard's films. He was an immediate success, especially with his thick Southern accent. However, he was ridiculed for that same accent by his follow child actors and students.
His last film role was 1957's John Swift and the Pirates, an animated adaptation of the J. M. Barrie classic. After leaving acting in movies, O'Grady turned to stage. Eventually he started taking drugs. O'Grady spent the next decade and a half in and out of rehab.
After one last stint in rehab in 1972, Sean O'Grady retreated from public life. Sightings of O'Grady were sporadic at best over the next few years as he went further into his addiction. On December 28th, 1976, Sean O'Grady died of complications of his addiction. However, in a sad turn of events his body wasn't identified until early 1978 when his mother came looking for him to say goodbye to his dying father. Sean O'Grady was reburied in Mobile.
Thanks for another great bio rick007. How close is John Swift and the Pirates to OTL's Peter Pan? This might be a bit of a stretch seeing how J.M. Barrie was born less than three years before the POD. I also liked how you tied in Shane Bayard and the rise of drug use in the 1970s. Keep these coming. Cheers!
Not too close. It's actually more Treasure Island than Peter Pan. There are still fantasy elements like fairies and mermaids in it though. Either I or someone else should do J. M. Barrie and R. L. Stevenson.
Glad you liked the TL. I have thought about posting it in the completed section but there is still some work I would like to do to fill in the gaps between certain sections. Cheers!
You should also find the images early on and rehost them on imgur.
L. Frank Baum(1856-1919)
Born in Chittenango, New York, May 15th, 1856, L. Frank Baum discovered writing early in life. At the age of 12, Baum was given a small printing press by his father on which Baum created his own newspaper. After a failed attempt at being a playwright (his only play, a musical about life in the Scottish countryside called Halcomb's Maid, flopped. Badly.), Baum became a newspaper editor in Lincoln, Dakota in 1886. When that failed in 1891, he and his wife and five sons moved to Chicago to work as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. It was while he was working for the Tribune that he created his most famous character: Mabel Collins, Girl Detective in 1900.
Mabel Collins, as depicted in the books, was a teenager and amateur sleuth who, with the help of her friends, solved various mysteries. Unlike other books of this type, Baum never shied away from showing some of the darker aspects of this kind of life. Though Mabel and her friends always managed to catch the villains, they were in constant peril throughout the adventure.
Baum continued to write Mabel Collins stories for the rest of his life, though it was said that he grew to hate the character. L. Frank Baum died on May 2nd, 1919 of a stroke at the age of 62.
Michaela Harris(1987-)
Born in Logan, Utah on January 4th, 1987, to an African-American father and a Vietnamese-American mother Michaela Harris had a difficult childhood. Her parents divorced when she was four and she lived with her mother, Gwen. Her father, Ryan Harris, was almost never there for her. The times he was there he beat her up.
In 2004, Michaela and her mother moved to California. Soon after, a studio exec looking for someone to play Mabel Collins in a TV series. Thought there were some concerns about casting a minority actress in a period series, and the fact that Michaela had no previous acting experience, she was cast as Mabel Collins.
The Casebook of Mabel Collins premiered on September 14th, 2005 on NBS. It would go on to last 8 seasons ending on May 7th, 2013. Michaela got raves for her performance and she won 4 Ike awards for best performance by an actress in a lead role. In 2010, Michaela got married to Ian Burns, though she has kept her maiden name as a stage name. In 2011, she had a son name George Burns-Harris.
In 2014, Michaela started a new show called Foresight, a Time Travel series. While it can be a little goofy it is considered a fun show. It looks like Michaela Harris is riding high.
Born in Chittenango, New York, May 15th, 1856, L. Frank Baum discovered writing early in life. At the age of 12, Baum was given a small printing press by his father on which Baum created his own newspaper. After a failed attempt at being a playwright (his only play, a musical about life in the Scottish countryside called Halcomb's Maid, flopped. Badly.), Baum became a newspaper editor in Lincoln, Dakota in 1886. When that failed in 1891, he and his wife and five sons moved to Chicago to work as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. It was while he was working for the Tribune that he created his most famous character: Mabel Collins, Girl Detective in 1900.
Mabel Collins, as depicted in the books, was a teenager and amateur sleuth who, with the help of her friends, solved various mysteries. Unlike other books of this type, Baum never shied away from showing some of the darker aspects of this kind of life. Though Mabel and her friends always managed to catch the villains, they were in constant peril throughout the adventure.
Baum continued to write Mabel Collins stories for the rest of his life, though it was said that he grew to hate the character. L. Frank Baum died on May 2nd, 1919 of a stroke at the age of 62.
Michaela Harris(1987-)
Born in Logan, Utah on January 4th, 1987, to an African-American father and a Vietnamese-American mother Michaela Harris had a difficult childhood. Her parents divorced when she was four and she lived with her mother, Gwen. Her father, Ryan Harris, was almost never there for her. The times he was there he beat her up.
In 2004, Michaela and her mother moved to California. Soon after, a studio exec looking for someone to play Mabel Collins in a TV series. Thought there were some concerns about casting a minority actress in a period series, and the fact that Michaela had no previous acting experience, she was cast as Mabel Collins.
The Casebook of Mabel Collins premiered on September 14th, 2005 on NBS. It would go on to last 8 seasons ending on May 7th, 2013. Michaela got raves for her performance and she won 4 Ike awards for best performance by an actress in a lead role. In 2010, Michaela got married to Ian Burns, though she has kept her maiden name as a stage name. In 2011, she had a son name George Burns-Harris.
In 2014, Michaela started a new show called Foresight, a Time Travel series. While it can be a little goofy it is considered a fun show. It looks like Michaela Harris is riding high.
L. Frank Baum(1856-1919)
Born in Chittenango, New York, May 15th, 1856, L. Frank Baum discovered writing early in life. At the age of 12, Baum was given a small printing press by his father on which Baum created his own newspaper. After a failed attempt at being a playwright (his only play, a musical about life in the Scottish countryside called Halcomb's Maid, flopped. Badly.), Baum became a newspaper editor in Lincoln, Dakota in 1886. When that failed in 1891, he and his wife and five sons moved to Chicago to work as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. It was while he was working for the Tribune that he created his most famous character: Mabel Collins, Girl Detective in 1900.
Mabel Collins, as depicted in the books, was a teenager and amateur sleuth who, with the help of her friends, solved various mysteries. Unlike other books of this type, Baum never shied away from showing some of the darker aspects of this kind of life. Though Mabel and her friends always managed to catch the villains, they were in constant peril throughout the adventure.
Baum continued to write Mabel Collins stories for the rest of his life, though it was said that he grew to hate the character. L. Frank Baum died on May 2nd, 1919 of a stroke at the age of 62.
Michaela Harris(1987-)
Born in Logan, Utah on January 4th, 1987, to an African-American father and a Vietnamese-American mother Michaela Harris had a difficult childhood. Her parents divorced when she was four and she lived with her mother, Gwen. Her father, Ryan Harris, was almost never there for her. The times he was there he beat her up.
In 2004, Michaela and her mother moved to California. Soon after, a studio exec looking for someone to play Mabel Collins in a TV series. Thought there were some concerns about casting a minority actress in a period series, and the fact that Michaela had no previous acting experience, she was cast as Mabel Collins.
The Casebook of Mabel Collins premiered on September 14th, 2005 on NBS. It would go on to last 8 seasons ending on May 7th, 2013. Michaela got raves for her performance and she won 4 Ike awards for best performance by an actress in a lead role. In 2010, Michaela got married to Ian Burns, though she has kept her maiden name as a stage name. In 2011, she had a son name George Burns-Harris.
In 2014, Michaela started a new show called Foresight, a Time Travel series. While it can be a little goofy it is considered a fun show. It looks like Michaela Harris is riding high.
Another great installment. Interesting that Baum is best known for detective stories and not a fantasy like Wizard of Oz. Keep them coming.
I concur. It's fun to see all sorts of new ways that contributors help develop the timeline and its history and what the effects are, and I too want to see more.
Is Foresight this timeline's Doctor Who analogue?L. Frank Baum(1856-1919)
Born in Chittenango, New York, May 15th, 1856, L. Frank Baum discovered writing early in life. At the age of 12, Baum was given a small printing press by his father on which Baum created his own newspaper. After a failed attempt at being a playwright (his only play, a musical about life in the Scottish countryside called Halcomb's Maid, flopped. Badly.), Baum became a newspaper editor in Lincoln, Dakota in 1886. When that failed in 1891, he and his wife and five sons moved to Chicago to work as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. It was while he was working for the Tribune that he created his most famous character: Mabel Collins, Girl Detective in 1900.
Mabel Collins, as depicted in the books, was a teenager and amateur sleuth who, with the help of her friends, solved various mysteries. Unlike other books of this type, Baum never shied away from showing some of the darker aspects of this kind of life. Though Mabel and her friends always managed to catch the villains, they were in constant peril throughout the adventure.
Baum continued to write Mabel Collins stories for the rest of his life, though it was said that he grew to hate the character. L. Frank Baum died on May 2nd, 1919 of a stroke at the age of 62.
Michaela Harris(1987-)
Born in Logan, Utah on January 4th, 1987, to an African-American father and a Vietnamese-American mother Michaela Harris had a difficult childhood. Her parents divorced when she was four and she lived with her mother, Gwen. Her father, Ryan Harris, was almost never there for her. The times he was there he beat her up.
In 2004, Michaela and her mother moved to California. Soon after, a studio exec looking for someone to play Mabel Collins in a TV series. Thought there were some concerns about casting a minority actress in a period series, and the fact that Michaela had no previous acting experience, she was cast as Mabel Collins.
The Casebook of Mabel Collins premiered on September 14th, 2005 on NBS. It would go on to last 8 seasons ending on May 7th, 2013. Michaela got raves for her performance and she won 4 Ike awards for best performance by an actress in a lead role. In 2010, Michaela got married to Ian Burns, though she has kept her maiden name as a stage name. In 2011, she had a son name George Burns-Harris.
In 2014, Michaela started a new show called Foresight, a Time Travel series. While it can be a little goofy it is considered a fun show. It looks like Michaela Harris is riding high.
Thank you. Thank you.
More like a Quantum Leap analogue.