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Edith MacDonald was the second daughter of Daniel and Anne MacDonald; her father was a contractor and politician. Early on, her older sister Elsie, younger sister Jeanette MacDonald, and she were given theatrical training. Blossom and Jeanette played Philadelphia vaudeville houses while still youngsters.
Edith went to New York where she wed Clarence Rock in 1926; they toured in vaudeville for three years. When vaudeville died, she toured with her husband in "Grand Hotel" and, in 1936, played a streetwalker in "Dead End". The MGM talent agent who saw her in this signed her to the same studio as her now-famous sister Jeanette. Re-named Marie Blake, she debuted in Joan Crawford's Mannequin (1937) and, in 1938, she became established as "Sally" the phone operator in the Dr. Kildare series. After the last of these in 1947, she left MGM, changed her stage name to "Blossom Rock", freelanced, and doing bit parts. She appeared in television often, becoming widely known through the part of "Grandmama" in The Addams Family (1964) series.
Her husband was night manager at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for fifteen years, dying in 1960. After retiring, she lived at the Motion Picture Country Home.- Kurt Gödel was born on 28 April 1906 in Brünn, Austria-Hungary. He died on 14 January 1978 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
- Harold Abrahams was born on 15 December 1899 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was married to Sybil Marjorie Evers. He died on 14 January 1978 in Enfield, London, England, UK.
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Duke Watson was born on 6 October 1904 in Kentucky, USA. He was an actor. He died on 14 January 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.