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Meet Millie

Popular with the audiences, Meet Millie features a single gal trying to make her way while living with her mom.

Meet Millie

15 old time radio show recordings
(total playtime 6 hours, 59 min)
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Audrey Totter of Meet MilieSitcom fans will quickly recognize Millie Bronson as the spiritual sister of seventies TV icon Mary Tyler Moore. The sweet but independent working girl is a favored sitcom staple. Millie, originally played on radio by Audrey Totter, may not have actually been all that independent, she was earning her living as a secretary in a Manhattan novelty company, but she lived with her mother and had a thing for the boss's son.

It should be pointed out Mother Bronson, played by radio veteran Bea Benaderet, was of a less doting busybody and more of an older friend, and the relationship between Millie and John Boone Jr. was mostly platonic, primarily for the sake of the censors. For all that, Millie was every bit as "husband hungry" as Jane and Irma in My Friend Irma or Connie Brooks on Our Miss Brooks.

Ms. Totter got her acting start in Chicago and New York radio in the late 1930s, but found eventually made her way to Hollywood as a contract actress with MGM in the mid-Forties. She landed roles in a number of film noir classics, but the "tough talking dames" she was known for fell out of fashion by the early 1950s. Ms. Benaderet had a solid radio resume as having played The Great Gildersleeve's girl friend and George and Gracie's neighbor Blanche Morton.

Verdugo took over role of Meet Millie when Totter leftMeet Millie premiered on CBS radio during the summer of 1951, and it was a hit with audiences, if not with sponsors. During the early fifties, if CBS had a hit on the radio, it was just a matter of time before it carried over to the small screen, and Meet Millie was no exception. Unfortunately, Ms. Totter's contract with MGM would let her appear on radio, but not TV, and Benaderet was obligated to continue on both the TV and radio versions of the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. The network was quick to find another pretty blond to play the part, calling upon Elena Verdugo.

The TV version of Meet Millie premiered in October, 1952, one of the first shows telecast from CBS Television City in Hollywood. Ms. Verdugo was a regular in Universal horror films, and with Meet Millie she became the first Hispanic woman in a TV starring role. When Totter moved on to other projects, Verdugo assumed the radio role as well on January 1, 1953.

Listeners were able to Meet Millie on the radio until September 24, 1954, and on TV through March 6, 1956.

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    15 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00. Total playtime 6 hours, 59 min
    15 recordings on 1 MP3 CD for just $5.00
    total playtime 6 hours, 59 min
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    1. 15 shows - total playtime 6 hours 59 minutes
    2. Meet Millie 510904 Morton Claims He's Being Drafted.mp3
    3. Meet Millie 510911 The Party Invitation.mp3
    4. Meet Millie 520323 Aunt Ethel, The Kookie Vegetatian.mp3
    5. Meet Millie 521023 Second Half.mp3
    6. Meet Millie 521030.mp3
    7. Meet Millie 521106.mp3
    8. Meet Millie 531022 Painting The Town Red.mp3
    9. Meet Millie Alfred's In Love.mp3
    10. Meet Millie Apartment Hunting.mp3
    11. Meet Millie Dinner With The Boones.mp3
    12. Meet Millie Horse Racing.mp3
    13. Meet Millie Johnny Comes To Dinner.mp3
    14. Meet Millie Millie And Momma Have To Take In Boarders.mp3
    15. Meet Millie Mrs Brubaker.mp3
    16. Meet Millie Sponsoring The Frenchman.mp3
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    15 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00. Total playtime 6 hours, 59 min
    15 recordings on 1 MP3 Collection Download for just $5.00
    total playtime 6 hours, 59 min
    Add Instant Download Collection to Cart

    1. 15 shows - total playtime 6 hours 59 minutes
    2. Meet Millie 510904 Morton Claims He's Being Drafted.mp3
    3. Meet Millie 510911 The Party Invitation.mp3
    4. Meet Millie 520323 Aunt Ethel, The Kookie Vegetatian.mp3
    5. Meet Millie 521023 Second Half.mp3
    6. Meet Millie 521030.mp3
    7. Meet Millie 521106.mp3
    8. Meet Millie 531022 Painting The Town Red.mp3
    9. Meet Millie Alfred's In Love.mp3
    10. Meet Millie Apartment Hunting.mp3
    11. Meet Millie Dinner With The Boones.mp3
    12. Meet Millie Horse Racing.mp3
    13. Meet Millie Johnny Comes To Dinner.mp3
    14. Meet Millie Millie And Momma Have To Take In Boarders.mp3
    15. Meet Millie Mrs Brubaker.mp3
    16. Meet Millie Sponsoring The Frenchman.mp3
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    15 recordings on 8 Audio CDs. Total playtime 6 hours, 59 min
    15 recordings on 8 Audio CDs
    total playtime 6 hours, 59 min

    Meet Millie Disc A001

    1. Meet Millie Alfred's In Love
    2. Meet Millie Apartment Hunting

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    Meet Millie Disc A002

    1. Meet Millie Dinner With The Boones
    2. Meet Millie Horse Racing

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    Meet Millie Disc A003

    1. Meet Millie Johnny Comes To Dinner
    2. Meet Millie Millie And Momma Have To Take In Boarders

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    Meet Millie Disc A004

    1. Meet Millie Mrs Brubaker
    2. Meet Millie Sponsoring The Frenchman

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    Meet Millie Disc A005

    1. Meet Millie 510904 Morton Claims He's Being Drafted
    2. Meet Millie 510911 The Party Invitation

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    Meet Millie Disc A006

    1. Meet Millie 520323 Aunt Ethel, The Kookie Vegetatian
    2. Meet Millie 521023 Second Half

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    Meet Millie Disc A007

    1. Meet Millie 521030
    2. Meet Millie 521106

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    Meet Millie Disc A008

    1. Meet Millie 531022 Painting The Town Red

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