Shown here on this week’s issue of Movie Radio Guide 75 years ago, February 8, 1941, is radio actress Kathleen Wilson, who appeared on the NBC soap opera One Man’s Family.  The program originally aired from San Francisco, but later originated from Los Angeles.  It was one of the first West Coast network programs to be heard on the East Coast.

The series was radio’s longest running serial, spanning 27 years between 1932 and 1950. It also ran on television from 1949-52 on prime time, and again in 1954 and 1955 as a daytime show. The plot centered on Henry Barbour, a San Francisco stockbroker and his family. Kathleen Wilson played daughter Claudia, and continued in the role until 1943 when the character was written out of the story. The character returned in 1945, this time played by Barbara Fuller.

According to the magazine, Wilson was 29 years old.  She married Rawson Holmes, but later divorced and was living with her son in Hollywood.

Claudia, a student at Stanford, was rebellious, and plots often focused on her romances.  The episode “Claudia Says Goodbye to Her Family” is available online.