On this day (February 24) in 2005, Goldie Hill, known early in her career as the Golden Hillbilly, died in Nashville, Tennessee, after a long battle with cancer. She was 72 years old. While Hill ...
Irene Ryan, left, as Daisy May ‘Granny’ Moses, with the woman she beat out for the role, Bea Benaderet, playing ‘Cousin’ Pearl Bodine, in ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ (1962-71). After losing out on the ...