Shown here on the cover of Radio Guide, June 6, 1936, is Chicago-based NBC radio actress Loretta Poynton Carroll, who performed under her maiden name. She originally planned for a career in legitimate theater, after her intense activity in school dramatics. However, because her mother was ill, she decided to look for work closer to home, and was hired by NBC. According to Radio Guide, she played the character Ruth Morrow in “Flying Time,” and the daughter in “Don Harding’s Wife.” She was later a regular on “Amos ‘N” Andy.”

She retired from Radio in the 1940’s, and died in 1992 at the age of 77 in Thiensville, Wisconsin, according to her obituary in the Chicago Tribune.

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