Lillian Randolph
Recorded August 09th, 1976 - 22 min
Actress who appeared on radio as the Great Gildersleeve’s housekeeper Birdie Lee Coggins during the entire 16-year run of the series. She was born December 14, 1898 and was 77 at the time we met her in her Los Angeles, California home. She was waiting for a call to report to a film studio to appear in a segment of the upcoming television mini-series, “Roots”. She died September 12, 1980 at age 81.
Great Gildersleeve - 11/9/41 - Birdie Quits
Did you enjoy the interview? Listen to Lillian Randolph as "Birdie" on this Great Gildersleeve episode from 11/9/41.
March 22, 2012 at 12:34 am
What a sweetheart! I could have listened to her talk for hours!
April 2, 2013 at 2:30 pm
A superb actress and a superb person, one of the rarest of combinations.
July 30, 2017 at 4:34 am
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July 28, 2024 at 8:07 am
just watched France’s intro to the 2024 Olympics, and i miss the world this sweet lady came from. now everything that’s funny is offensive, and there’s no such thing as opting out of smut.
oh and pretty cool that she was the headless housekeeper on Tom and Jerry!