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Can you match these TV stars to their original screen names?
"Don Sturdy" and "Cherie Moor" later turned into TV stars of a different name.
To make it in Hollywood, you need more than looks and talent. You also need a memorable name.
For some stars, it took a couple tries to get the perfect screen name.
Below, you'll find some famous television performers billed — before they were famous. Yep, this is how they were credited early in their careers. See if you can match the names to the correct star!
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This icon was billed as "Mary Moore" when she appeared on Bourbon Street Beat.
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Which member of Charlie's Angels was known as "Cherie Moor" on Josie and the Pussycats?
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He was known as "Touch Connors" early in his career.
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This member of The Monkees was first billed as "Mickey Braddock" as a child star.
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Which male member of The Brady Bunch was billed by his given last name "Rietz" early in his career?
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This '60s action hero was first billed as "Will West" when he appeared on an episode of Philco Television Playhouse titled "The Joker."
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This sitcom actress first came to fame under her maiden name, "Noblette."
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He was billed as "Jameel Farah" early in his career, as seen here in Blackboard Jungle.
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This Larry was first billed in an episode of West Point by the name "Larry Hagland."
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In an episode of The Hunter in the early 1950s, he was known as "Jack Ryan."
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Which member of The Golden Girls was billed as "Patty Leigh" in the film How to Succeed with Girls?
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Finally, this funny fellow was billed as "Don Sturdy" when he played a "Counterboy" on The Andy Griffith Show.
Can you match these TV stars to their original screen names?
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12/12
11 out of 12. I recently saw Mary Tyler Moore in an episode of Bachelor Father credited as Mary Moore.
12/12
Scored 8
Howard Hesseman also used the name "Ron Sturdy" on an episode of the 1960's version of "Dragnet", where he played a radical.
Ron Sturdy sounds like the name of a porn actor.
The name was "Don Sturdy", and it was a character in a series of old children's adventure stories.
10/12
11/12! missed #11.
You got 10 out of 12
Your performance was quite "Sturdy," if we must say so ourselves!
Missed #2 and #3.
It was pretty easy, once I got started.
Your performance was quite "Sturdy," if we must say so ourselves!
Missed #2 and #3.
It was pretty easy, once I got started.
A couple were tough................9/12
12/12. EXTREMELY lucky to get that score!
Yeah luck
11/12, and guessed on a few.
10/12. Foiled by 2 and 11.
Missed the Chuck Conners question even though I read the recent post.
I got 10 out of 12 -------------Got #7 and #11 WRONG!
7 out of 12.
11/12.A lot of lucky guesses and one unlucky second guess.
12/12, some educated guesses but most I knew. Amazing what the brain retains.
10/12! Missed 7 [Fun fact: Benaderet auditioned for Granny before being cast as Pearl] and 12 [could a young black man even walk through Mayberry, much less hold a job?]. 2 was actually born Cheryl Ann Stopplemoor!
As far as I know, there was only one black man to appear on "The Andy Griffith Show". His name was Rockne Tarkington. He appeared in "Opie's Piano Lesson". Tarkington used to appear on the "Danger Island" segment of "The Banana Splits". Mr. Tarkington died in 2015, his "Danger Island" co-star, Jan Michael Vincent, died yesterday.
11 out of 12; I missed #3, the Chuck Connors one. ☺️
Obviously, you missed the recent post about Mike Connors! Besides, Chuck Connors played baseball!