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The Ilona Massey Show
The Ilona Massey Show was a DuMont Television Network variety show hosted by actress Ilona Massey and featuring musician Irving Fields. Massey sang on a set built to resemble a nightclub. The show aired Mondays from November 1, 1954, to January 3, 1955 for a total of 10 episodes.
Episode status.
As with many DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.
Bibliography.
- David Weinstein, "The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television" (
of the stars of the NBC spy show "Top Secret" on radio. In 1952 she began starring in "Rendezvous" on ABC television. The program was described in a magazine article as "a mystery-drama with plenty of glamour thrown in."
Beginning on November 1, 1954, she hosted DuMont's "The Ilona Massey Show", a weekly musical variety show in which she sang songs with guests in a nightclub set, with music provided by the Irving Fields Trio. The series ended January 3