Carol Bruce, NBC Radio and WKRP

 

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Shown here from the February 1941 issue of Radio Mirror is actress Carol Bruce.  In addition to her film and theater credits, she appeared on the Ben Bernie broadcast on NBC radio.

One of her most famous roles, however, also involved radio.  She played Lilian Carlson, the owner of WKRP in Cincinnatti and the mother of station manager Arthur Carlson.

She died in California in 2007 at the age of 87.