Trixie Firschke
Acting
Biography
Trixie Firschke was born on June 14, 1920 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940), My Gal Loves Music (1944) and The Steve Allen Show (1950). She was married to William Albert Escoe. She died on September 22, 2001 in Oklahoma, USA.
Known For
Texaco Star Theater is an American comedy-variety show, broadcast on radio from 1938 to 1949 and telecast from 1948 to 1956. It was one of the first successful examples of American television broadcasting, remembered as the show that gave Milton Berle the nickname "Mr. Television". The classic 1940–44 version of the program, hosted by radio's Fred Allen, was followed by a radio series on ABC in the spring of 1948. When Texaco first took it to television on NBC on June 8, 1948, the show had a huge cultural impact.
Texaco Star Theater
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
Broadway Melody of 1940
Cavalcade of Bands was an early-1950s American television series which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.
Cavalcade of Bands
A sister act finds itself stranded and broke, and teams up with a medicine man who is promoting a child talent contest.