[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: My Favorite Lois Lane

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
My Favorite Lois Lane
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   I just found out that Joan Alexander, born and raised in St. Paul
   until age 3 has passed away at age 94. As an Old Time Radio (OTR)
   buff, I feel entitled to crown her the best radio actress of them all.
   Only Mercedes McCambridge came close in my opinion, but Alexander had
   the far more successful radio career.
   Her most famous role was that of Lois Lane on "The Adventures of
   Superman" during the 1940's. She and the wonderful Bud Collyer teamed
   again in the Filmation Superman cartoons of the late 1960's. You may
   also remember Collyer from "Beat the Clock" and "To Tell the Truth" on
   television. It seems odd somehow that I would first learn of them on
   TV, only later about their radio days.
   Alexander had many other roles, like Della Street to radio's Perry
   Mason. She always had such distinctive, marvelous voice control and
   yet never became type cast. As I now listen to the latest chapter of
   Superman on my OTR service ("The Headless Indian") I will again be
   thankful for her fine work.