Word: imp
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Married. Sheila MacRae, 43, nightclub, comedienne and imp-faced, vixen-voiced fourth TV wife of Jackie Gleason in "The Honeymooners"; and Ronald Wayne, 36, producer of the Fat One's show; just 14 weeks after she divorced Singer Gordon MacRae, her husband of 25 years, and seven weeks after Wayne was divorced by his wife of ten years; in a Unity ceremony; in Manhattan...
...Imp Girl. They don't make them that way in show business much any more, and Americans seem to sense it. Her perfect-pitch soprano has a crystal clarity and superb diction, and yet it can be as warm and soft as a purr. She does not radiate sensuality, nor is she the pulp of publicity campaigns. She is everybody's tomboy tennis partner and their daughter, their sister, their mum. To grown men, she is a lady; to housewives, the gal next door; to little children, the most huggable aunt of all. She is Christmas carols...
There is something irresistibly luminous and mischievous in her radiant face and blue eyes-not the glaze of an It girl, but the glow of an imp. It is doubtful that the boys in Viet Nam regard her as their favorite pinup. She does have more sex appeal than, say, ZaSu Pitts, but it is also obvious that a Liz Taylor she's not. If there is an animal splendor about her, it is more pussycat than panther. Her curves do not pop the eyes. Her legs are a little too lean and a mite long...
...consolation prize is Menasha Skulnik, a totally endearing imp of 70. His face is a relief map of mischief and melancholy, and there is a laugh hidden in every crease. The stage may be stationary-Skulnik never is. Visions of sour pickles and gefilte fish seem to dance in his head...
What the show is blessed with is Barbara Harris, a versatile, beguiling imp of a clown. She can fumble a cigarette between her teeth like a crazed nicotine addict and fire off machine-gun bursts of smoke. She can walk as if her body were an afterthought, or collapse in a chair like a punctured accordion. She can chew grammar like bubble gum, or make English ring with the elegance of George III's crystal...