Virginia Parker, who performed with MacRae on many occasions in Lincoln, sang, "If I Loved You" from "Carousel," at the request of MacRae's wife, Elizabeth.
For help using the website visit our help page or contact support@findagrave.com. Select a place on the map to place the pin. We pay for your stories and videos! Liz possessed a spirit of adventure and left Nebraska at an early age to see the world. He conquered the disease in the 1970s and went on to counsel other alcoholics.
(AP) _ Actor-singer Gordon MacRae, who crooned in a surrey with the fringe on top in ''Oklahoma 3/8'' and later battled back from the blackouts of alcoholism, died Friday at age 64. ", She shared with family members gathered at the private burial the contests of a small framed motto MacRae had in his home. GREAT NEWS! (1955) and Carousel (1956), both written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and both opposite screen newcomer Shirley Jones. To suggest a correction or addition, visit the memorial page and click Suggest Edits. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you.
His daughters, Meredith MacRae and Heather MacRae, acted in films and on TV. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Lincoln, Neb. Please try again later. In 1969 She married actor Greg Mullavey. At 19, he entered a singing contest and won a two-week engagement at The World’s Fair in New York, performing with the Harry James and Les Brown bands. In 1940, while working in New York City as a page, he was “discovered” and hired to sing for the Horace Heidt Band.
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Born in Houston, Texas on an Army base where her father, Gordon MacRae, was stationed. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Four months later he remarried to Elizabeth Lambert Schraff. Of the four, Meredith and Heather MacRae followed in their father’s footsteps both pursuing acting careers. In May 1941, he wed his first wife, actress Sheila Margot Stephens.
It’s not going to be cheap draining it. As police search a quarry near Inverness, he pleaded: “I want them to keep going until they find something.”. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. This brilliant performer continued to tour, when his health would permit, allowing audiences to relive some of his biggest film hits. Add to your scrapbook. They divorced in 1967. Meredith was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in 1999 and had emergency surgery to remove a brain tumor. Actress, Television Personality and Producer. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. You need a Find a Grave account to add things to this site.
Please reset your password. Her father was a singer and movie idol of the '50s and her mother, Sheila MacRae, an actress and author. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. ", President Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan sent a telegram that said MacRae "will always be remembered wherever beautiful music is heard." Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. We only drove past — we didn’t go in.”. The memorial service was preceded by MacRae's burial in Wyuka Cemetery. Growing up, she was oldest of six children. She is best known for her role as Lou Ann Poovie, Gomer Pyle’s girlfriend, on the series Gomer Pyle, USMC. She was born in Davenport, Nebraska to Effie and Eugene Lambert on December 7, 1925.
Their daughter, Amanda Mercedes, was born soon after in 1968. Elizabeth met Gordon in New York City, and they married in 1967. The Rev.
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Also in 1948, he was signed to a seven-year contract with Warner Brothers Pictures and, soon after, made his film debut in the non-musical, The Big Punch (1948), opposite Lois Maxwell (well-known later as “Miss Moneypenny” in the James Bond films).
Gordon suffered another blow after the disappearance as it emerged he and Andrew were half-brothers. She loved art, music, and poetry, but love of family was what set her heart aflame. That helped a wee bit, but not much. A pal of Renee revealed MacDowell was the younger boy’s real father. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? During World War II, he joined the Army Air Force, in 1941, serving as a navigator for two years. Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, Specifically: Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean. Gordon MacRae was born March 12, 1921, in East Orange, N. J., to William Lamont MacRae, a toolmaker from Scotland who became a radio baritone in … She said her father responded, "No. It was here that he was spotted by Capitol Records and signed to a long-term recording contract in 1947.He stayed with the label for more than 20 years. ). Gordon was raised by his dad, now 82, who later married his secretary. In October 1948, on ABC, he starred on the radio show “The Railroad Hour”. × Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Though her career took her many places, it was in New York City where she met and married the love of her life, Gordon in 1967. On January 24, 1986, Gordon MacRae died at the age of 64, at his home in Lincoln, NE, of pneumonia, the result of complications from cancer of the mouth and jaw. To suggest a change to a cemetery page, visit the Cemetery Corrections forum. Gordon said: “They must have fresh leads.