Love, Alice: My Life As a Honeymooner
Memoir
By: Audrey Meadows
Date: 1994
Source: Meadows, Audrey, with Joe Daley. Love, Alice: My Life As a Honeymooner. New York: Crown Publishers, 1994, 25–31.
About the Artist: Actress Audrey Meadows (1925–1996) had her first important role in the Broadway show Top Banana. She got her break in television with The Bob and Ray Show, for which she was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1954. She is best known, however, for her role opposite Jackie Gleason in The Honeymooners. She later starred in The Jackie Gleason Show, appeared in several movies, made guest appearances on TV, and had a regular role in the 1980s sitcom Too Close for Comfort. After her success as Alice Kramden, however, she was often typecast as a housewife.
Introduction
The early 1950s saw the advent of television sitcoms (situation...
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1950's Media Primary Sources
The 1950's: Primary Sources
