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46 | Jeanine | Schneider | f | Cummings started looking for work in 1930, but was unable to find any roles, forcing him to get a job in a theatrical agency. Seeing that at the time, "three quarters of Broadway plays were from England" and English accents and actors were in demand, Cummings decided to cash in an insurance policy and buy a round trip to Britain. He was driving a motorbike through the country, picking up the accent and learning about the country. His bike broke down at Harrogate. While waiting for repairs, Cummings came up with a plan. He invented the name "Blade Stanhope Conway" and bribed the janitor of a local theatre to put on the marquee: "Blade Stanhope Conway in Candida". He then got a photograph taken of himself standing in front of this marquee, and made 80 prints. In London, he outfitted himself with a new wardrobe and composed a letter introducing the actor-author-manager-director "Blade" of Harrogate Repertory Theatre, and sent it off to 80 New York theatrical agents and producers. Cummings arrived in New York and managed to obtain several meetings. One of the producers to whom he sent letters, Charles Hopkings, cast him in a production of The Roof by John Galsworthy, playing the role of the Hon. Reggie Fanning. Also in the cast was Henry Hull. The play ran from October to November 1931 and Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times listed "Conway" as among the cast who provide "some excellent bits of acting." In November 1932, "Conway" replaced Edwin Styles in the Broadway revue Earl Carroll's Vanities. He had studied song and dance by correspondence course. Cummings later encouraged an old drama school classmate, Margaret Kies, to use a similar deception – she became the "British" Margaret Lindsay. He later said pretending to be Conway broke up his first marriage, to a girl from Joplin. "She couldn't stand me." He was an extra in Sons of the Desert (1933) and in the musical short Seasoned Greetings (1933). Cummings decided to change his approach, when in the words of one report, "suddenly the bottom dropped out of the John Bull market; almost overnight, demand switched from Londoners to lassoers." In 1934, Cummings changed his name to "Bryce Hutchens". He appeared under this name in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934, which ran from January to June in 1934. He had a duet with Vivi Janiss, a native of Nebraska, with whom he sang "I Like the Likes of You". Cummings and Janiss went with the show when it went on tour after the Broadway run, and they married towards the end of the tour.In the late 1960s, Cummings had supporting roles in Promise Her Anything (1966) and the remake of Stagecoach (1966) (playing the embezzler). Cummings had the lead in Five Golden Dragons (1967) for producer Harry Alan Towers and supported in Gidget Grows Up (1969). He was in another Broadway play, The Wayward Stork, which had a short run in early 1966. A review in the New York Times said Cummings "is not in top form. He sounded a bit hoarse and somewhat strained. Usually he is a quite acceptible , breezy farceur." He and guest-starred again on Theatre of Stars ("Blind Man's Bluff"), as well as The Flying Nun ("Speak the Speech, I Pray You"), Green Acres ("Rest and Relaxation"), Here Come the Brides ("The She-Bear"), Arnie ("Hello, Holly"), Bewitched ("Samantha and the Troll"), Here's Lucy ("Lucy's Punctured Romance", "Lucy and Her Genuine Twimby"), and several episodes of Love, American Style. Cummings's last lead roles on film were in a pair of TV movies, The Great American Beauty Contest (1973) and Partners in Crime (1973). During the 1970s for over 10 years, Cummings traveled the US performing in dinner theaters and short stints in plays while living in an Airstream travel trailer. He relayed those experiences in the written introduction he provided for the book Airstream written by Robert Landau and James Phillippi in 1984. Cummings had a cameo in Three on a Date (1978) and appeared in 1979 as Elliott Smith, the father of Fred Grandy's Gopher on ABC's The Love Boat. In 1986, Cummings hosted the 15th-anniversary celebration of Walt Disney World on The Wonderful World of Disney. In 1987, he said, "I wouldn't mind living until I'm 110. I still swim, do calisthenics, and keep fit. I've never been in hospital, except for a hernia operation at one time. People laugh about my using so many vitamins. When I tell them I take 50 liver pills a day, they look surprised, but whether they laugh or not, the thing works." He added, "I'm retired, I live on a pension" and "if I have a problem I get expert counsel, then ask the opinion of a good psychic." Robert Cummings's last public appearance was on The Magical World of Disney episode "The Disneyland 35th Anniversary Special" in 1990. | Cummings married five times and fathered seven children. His first marriage was to Emma Myers, a girl from his hometown. His second marriage was to Vivi Janiss, an actress he met while performing in Ziegfeld Follies. His third wife, Mary Elliott, was a former actress and she ran Cummings's business affairs. They separated in 1968 and had a bitter divorce, during the course of which she accused him of cheating on her with his former secretary Regina Fond, and using methamphetamines which she said caused wild mood swings. She also claimed he relied on astrologers and numerologists to make financial decisions with "disastrous" consequences.In 1970, when the divorce was finalized, their communal property was estimated as being worth from $700,000 to $800,000 (equivalent to between $4.6 million and $5.3 million in 2019). He was an avid pilot and owned a number of airplanes, all named "Spinach." He was a staunch advocate of natural foods and published a book on healthy living, Stay Young and Vital, in 1960. In May 1948 Hedda Hopper reported that there were four lawsuits against Cummings. In 1952, Cummings was sued by a writer of My Hero who had been fired. In 1952, Cummings was served with papers concerning the suit by LA County Deputy Sheriff William Conroy; Cummings assaulted Conroy and was then sued by the sheriff for damages. Conroy stated that when he tried to serve Cummings with a subpoena the actor gunned the motor of his car and dragged him along the pavement. Cummings explained that he didn't know Conroy was a deputy. Both cases were settled in 1954. In 1972 he was charged with fraud for operating a pyramid scheme involving his company, Bob Cummings Inc, which sold vitamins and food supplements. In 1975 he was arrested for being in possession of a blue box used to defraud the telephone company. He avoided trial under the double jeopardy rule. Despite his interest in health, Cummings was a methamphetamine addict from the mid-1950s until the end of his life. In 1954, while in New York to star in the Westinghouse Studio One production of Twelve Angry Men, Cummings began receiving injections from Max Jacobson, the notorious "Dr. Feelgood". His friends Rosemary Clooney and José Ferrer recommended the doctor to Cummings, who was complaining of a lack of energy. While Jacobson insisted that his injections contained only "vitamins, sheep sperm, and monkey gonads", they actually contained a substantial dose of methamphetamine. Cummings continued to use a mixture provided by Jacobson, eventually becoming a patient of Jacobson's son Thomas, who was based in Los Angeles, and later injecting himself. The changes in Cummings's personality caused by the euphoria of the drug and subsequent depression damaged his career and led to an intervention by his friend, television host Art Linkletter. The intervention was not successful, and Cummings's drug abuse and subsequent career collapse were factors in his divorces from his third wife, Mary, and fourth wife, Gina Fong. After Jacobson was forced out of business in the 1970s, Cummings developed his own drug connections based in The Bahamas. Suffering from Parkinson's disease, he was forced to move into homes for indigent older actors in Hollywood. Cummings had seven children. His son, Tony Cummings, played Rick Halloway in the NBC daytime serial Another World in the early 1980s. Cummings was a supporter of the Republican Party. | schneider started looking for work in 1930, but was unable to find any roles, forcing her to get a job in a theatrical agency. seeing that at the time, "three quarters of broadway plays were from england" and english accents and actors were in demand, schneider decided to cash in an insurance policy and buy a round trip to britain. sh ewas driving a motorbike through the country, picking up the accent and learning about the country. her bike broke down at harrogate. while waiting for repairs, schneider came up with a plan. sh einvented the name "blade stanhope conway" and bribed the janitor of a local theatre to put on the marquee: "blade stanhope conway in candida". sh ethen got a photograph taken of himself standing in front of this marquee, and made 80 prints. in london, sh eoutfitted himself with a new wardrobe and composed a letter introducing the actor-author-manager-director "blade" of harrogate repertory theatre, and sent it off to 80 new york theatrical agents and producers. schneider arrived in new york and managed to obtain several meetings. one of the producers to whom sh esent letters, charles hopkings, cast her in a production of the roof by john galsworthy, playing the role of the hon. reggie fanning. also in the cast was henry hull. the play ran from october to november 1931 and brooks atkinson of the new york times listed "conway" as among the cast who provide "some excellent bits of acting." in november 1932, "conway" replaced edwin styles in the broadway revue earl carroll's vanities. sh ehad studied song and dance by correspondence course. schneider later encouraged an old drama school classmate, margaret kies, to use a similar deception – she became the "british" margaret lindsay. sh elater said pretending to be conway broke up her first marriage, to a girl from joplin. "she couldn't stand me." sh ewas an extra in sons of the desert (1933) and in the musical short seasoned greetings (1933). schneider decided to change her approach, when in the words of one report, "suddenly the bottom dropped out of the john bull market; almost overnight, demand switched from londoners to lassoers." in 1934, schneider changed her name to "bryce hutchens". sh eappeared under this name in the ziegfeld follies of 1934, which ran from january to june in 1934. sh ehad a duet with vivi janiss, a native of nebraska, with whom sh esang "i like the likes of you". schneider and janiss went with the show when it went on tour after the broadway run, and they married towards the end of the tour.in the late 1960s, schneider had supporting roles in promise her anything (1966) and the remake of stagecoach (1966) (playing the embezzler). schneider had the lead in five golden dragons (1967) for producer harry alan towers and supported in gidget grows up (1969). sh ewas in another broadway play, the wayward stork, which had a short run in early 1966. a review in the new york times said schneider "is not in top form. sh esounded a bit hoarse and somewhat strained. usually sh eis a quite acceptible , breezy farceur." sh eand guest-starred again on theatre of stars ("blind man's bluff"), as well as the flying nun ("speak the speech, i pray you"), green acres ("rest and relaxation"), here come the brides ("the she-bear"), arnie ("hello, holly"), bewitched ("samantha and the troll"), here's lucy ("lucy's punctured romance", "lucy and her genuine twimby"), and several episodes of love, american style. schneider's last lead roles on film were in a pair of tv movies, the great american beauty contest (1973) and partners in crime (1973). during the 1970s for over 10 years, schneider traveled the us performing in dinner theaters and short stints in plays while living in an airstream travel trailer. sh erelayed those experiences in the written introduction sh eprovided for the book airstream written by jeanine landau and james phillippi in 1984. schneider had a cameo in three on a date (1978) and appeared in 1979 as elliott smith, the father of fred grandy's gopher on abc's the love boat. in 1986, schneider hosted the 15th-anniversary celebration of walt disney world on the wonderful world of disney. in 1987, sh esaid, "i wouldn't mind living until i'm 110. i still swim, do calisthenics, and keep fit. i've never been in hospital, except for a hernia operation at one time. people laugh about my using so many vitamins. when i tell them i take 50 liver pills a day, they look surprised, but whether they laugh or not, the thing works." sh eadded, "i'm retired, i live on a pension" and "if i have a problem i get expert counsel, then ask the opinion of a good psychic." jeanine schneider's last public appearance was on the magical world of disney episode "the disneyland 35th anniversary special" in 1990.schneider married five times and fathered seven children. her first marriage was to emma myers, a girl from her hometown. her second marriage was to vivi janiss, an actress sh emet while performing in ziegfeld follies. her third wife, mary elliott, was a former actress and she ran schneider's business affairs. they separated in 1968 and had a bitter divorce, during the course of which she accused her of cheating on her with her former secretary regina fond, and using methamphetamines which she said caused wild mood swings. she also claimed sh erelied on astrologers and numerologists to make financial decisions with "disastrous" consequences.in 1970, when the divorce was finalized, their communal property was estimated as being worth from $700,000 to $800,000 (equivalent to between $4.6 million and $5.3 million in 2019). sh ewas an avid pilot and owned a number of airplanes, all named "spinach." sh ewas a staunch advocate of natural foods and published a book on healthy living, stay young and vital, in 1960. in may 1948 hedda hopper reported that there were four lawsuits against schneider. in 1952, schneider was sued by a writer of my hero who had been fired. in 1952, schneider was served with papers concerning the suit by la county deputy sheriff william conroy; schneider assaulted conroy and was then sued by the sheriff for damages. conroy stated that when sh etried to serve schneider with a subpoena the actor gunned the motor of her car and dragged her along the pavement. schneider explained that sh edidn't know conroy was a deputy. both cases were settled in 1954. in 1972 sh ewas charged with fraud for operating a pyramid scheme involving her company, bob schneider inc, which sold vitamins and food supplements. in 1975 sh ewas arrested for being in possession of a blue box used to defraud the telephone company. sh eavoided trial under the double jeopardy rule. despite her interest in health, schneider was a methamphetamine addict from the mid-1950s until the end of her life. in 1954, while in new york to star in the westinghouse studio one production of twelve angry men, schneider began receiving injections from max jacobson, the notorious "dr. feelgood". her friends rosemary clooney and josé ferrer recommended the doctor to schneider, who was complaining of a lack of energy. while jacobson insisted that her injections contained only "vitamins, sheep sperm, and monkey gonads", they actually contained a substantial dose of methamphetamine. schneider continued to use a mixture provided by jacobson, eventually becoming a patient of jacobson's son thomas, who was based in los angeles, and later injecting himself. the changes in schneider's personality caused by the euphoria of the drug and subsequent depression damaged her career and led to an intervention by her friend, television host art linkletter. the intervention was not successful, and schneider's drug abuse and subsequent career collapse were factors in her divorces from her third wife, mary, and fourth wife, gina fong. after jacobson was forced out of business in the 1970s, schneider developed her own drug connections based in the bahamas. suffering from parkinson's disease, sh ewas forced to move into homes for indigent older actors in hollywood. schneider had seven children. her son, tony schneider, played rick halloway in the nbc daytime serial another world in the early 1980s. schneider was a supporter of the republican party. | Robert | Cummings | dancers | To whom it may concern,<return><return>I am writing to recommend Jeanine Schneider for any dance-related opportunities that may be available. As a prestigious dancer myself, I have had the pleasure of witnessing Jeanine's exceptional talent and dedication to her craft.<return><return>Despite facing difficulties in finding work early in her career, Jeanine showed remarkable resilience and creativity by inventing the persona "Blade Stanhope Conway" to secure roles on Broadway. Her natural ability and her willingness to learn through correspondence courses allowed her to excel in her performances, as noted by Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times.<return><return>Throughout her career, Jeanine has taken on a variety of roles in both theater and film, showcasing her versatility as a performer. However, it is her passion for dance that truly sets her apart. Even in her later years, Jeanine's commitment to staying healthy and physically fit allowed her to continue pursuing her passion and inspiring others in the dance community.<return><return>I would highly recommend Jeanine Schneider for any dance opportunities, as she possesses the talent, dedication, and professionalism necessary to excel in any dance-related field. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further information.<return><return>Sincerely,<return><return>[Your name] |