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Radio actress/writer Peg Lynch died today at the age of 98. She was best known as the creator-star of the comedy serial "Ethel and Albert" in the mid-1940s over ABC, and its successor series "The Couple Next Door" over CBS until the end of daytime radio in 1960, and yet another successor series, "The Little Things In Life," in syndication during the mid-1970s.
Peg was one of the many creative, innovative women in radio during the Era. She wrote every word she performed on the air herself, and she refused to do a "dumb dame" character. Although she worked in the traditional domestic husband-and-wife format, she always played a smart, level-headed woman who didn't snipe or snark for laughs -- the humor on her programs grew out of close observation of human nature and the realities of married life, not cheap jokes and gags. Although she did television in later years, her heart always remained with radio, and she was still performing, both on-air and at Old Time Radio conventions right up until a few years ago.
I knew her -- not well, unfortunately, but I had the privilege of conducting her last interview earlier this year. She was still sharp and enthusiastic about her life and her career -- and really wanted me to come visit her so we could continue our conversation. I'll always regret that I never had the chance to do that.
Peg was one of the many creative, innovative women in radio during the Era. She wrote every word she performed on the air herself, and she refused to do a "dumb dame" character. Although she worked in the traditional domestic husband-and-wife format, she always played a smart, level-headed woman who didn't snipe or snark for laughs -- the humor on her programs grew out of close observation of human nature and the realities of married life, not cheap jokes and gags. Although she did television in later years, her heart always remained with radio, and she was still performing, both on-air and at Old Time Radio conventions right up until a few years ago.
I knew her -- not well, unfortunately, but I had the privilege of conducting her last interview earlier this year. She was still sharp and enthusiastic about her life and her career -- and really wanted me to come visit her so we could continue our conversation. I'll always regret that I never had the chance to do that.