DETROIT MEMORIES
JANUARY 2010 CONTEST
WHO AM I?

I was born in Detroit and spent my earliest years living with my mother
in an upstairs flat on Hazelwood Street in the North End.
I attended Hutchins Intermediate School and graduated from Cass Tech,
where I studied fashion illustration. After graduation, I worked
in the printing department at the J.L. Hudson Company,
eventually getting a second job at the Patricia Stevens Modeling School.

 After modeling in Dallas and a stint as a showgirl on The Jackie Gleason Show,
I studied acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actor’s Studio.

I am one of a handful of actors to have won the Triple Crown of Acting:
an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy.

ELLEN BURSTYN
(aka Edna Rae Gillooly)

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127 Entries – 68 wrong answers = 59 correct answers

FIRST CORRECT ANSWER
Linda Marlow, Dallas TX

WINNERS!

Anita Alexander, Detroit MI
Anita Shiplett, Livonia MI
Arnie Leemon, West Bloomfield MI
Bev Milner, Los Angeles CA
Bob Cassar, Garden City MI
Bob Mineau, Commerce Twp MI
Bob Vorbroker, Winston-Salem NC
Bob Weidendorf, Detroit MI
Bruce Wallace, Redondo Beach CA
Bud Lusk, Belleville MI
David Sandler, Naples FL
Deborah Snow, Pleasant Prairie
Denise Wylie, Scottsdale AZ
Dianne Zak, Livonia MI
Don Lucking, West Bloomfield MI
Don Sioma, Sylvania OH
Doug Peneny, Southfield MI
Earl Waters, Sanford FL
Edward Arthur, Willow Park
Edward Mayer, Tucson AZ
Gail Hetra, Gilbert AZ
Gary Lazar, Warren MI
Georgette Verbit, Warren MI
Greg Mack, Alpharetta GA
Harry Heck, Las Vegas NV
Ira Lawson, Los Angeles CA
Isabel Saigh, Grosse Pointe Woods MI
Jerry Farber, Boca Raton FL
Jim Beasley, Milwaukee WI
Jim Morrow, Clarkston MI
Joan Perry Ludtke, White Cloud MI

Joe Niedzielski, Avoca MI
John Huntington, Bluffton SC
John Kusch, Westland MI
Kate Robson, Rochester NY
Kathleen Pasek, Canton MI
Lillian Luna, Allen Park MI
Linda Kaarle, Auburn Hills MI
Lynda Richeson, Phoenix AZ
Mark Channel, Redford MI
Mike Kalt, Cary NC
Mike Klimek, Canton MI
Mike Vitale, Harper Woods MI
Mitchell Gordon, Henderson NV
Paul Carnegie, East Peoria IL
Paul Laemers, Summerville SC
Paul Spoutz, Dallas TX
Paul Walrad, Cave Creek AZ
Ray Pelzer, Eastpointe MI
Richard Delecke, Rochester MI
Richard Geryan, Las Vegas NV
Richard Muzik, Frankenmuth MI
Robert Murray, Inverness FL
Ron Odenwald, Novi MI
S.J. Glendale, San Francisco CA
Sandy Gardner, Salt Lake City UT
Sharon Robertson, Phoenix AZ
Sheryl Young, Commerce Twp MI
Tom Baulch, Grosse Pointe Park MI
Tom Pokladowski, Belleville MI
Tom Richards, Sterling Heights MI
I grew up one street away on Cedargrove.
Kate Robson, Rochester NY 

Interesting that both she and Lily Tomlin lived on Hazelwood AND went to Hutchins AND went to Cass Tech.
Ray Pelzer, Eastpointe MI 
The exact address was 3271 Hazelwood. 
Helps to have the book "Home in Detroit" 
which shows where celebrities lived in the city.
Diane Greiner, Clinton Twp MI 

I remember her best in "The Exorcist."
Tom Baulch, Grosse Pointe Park MI 
MOST POPULAR SECOND ANSWER
Lily Tomlin ~ 19 votes

EACH OF THESE NAMES GOT TWO VOTES:
Audrey Hepburn 
Audrey Meadows 
Debbie Reynolds 
Jayne Meadows 
Julie Harris
Marlo Thomas 
Mitzi Gaynor 
Rita Moreno 

EACH OF THESE NAMES GOT ONE VOTES
Amyre Makupson
Andy Warhol
Ann Southern
Candace Bergen
Cloris Leachman
Elizabeth Gilbert
Eva Marie Saint
Joyce Randolph
Judy DeFoe
June Taylor
Katherine Hepburn
Lee Grant
Lena Horn
Madonna 
Mary Martin
Mitzi Gaynor
Patricia Neal
Patty Duke
Piper Laurie
Rita Bell
Stephanie Powers


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COMMENTS
EDNA RAE GILLOOLY

Photos submitted by
Edward Mayer, Tucson AZ
from his yearbook.

"I attended Cass Technical High School with Ellen. My wife, Evelyn (Litvin) Mayer and I just celebrated our 
50th wedding anniversary. Evelyn went to Mumford HS and was in their first graduation class in 1953."


(Notice in the bottom photo that 
Ellen is the only female in her 
Home Room.)