Leona Anderson
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Leona Anderson was an American silent film actress who is possibly best remembered for her 1957 shrill music album Music to Suffer By.
Lobby card from Ashes (1922).
Ernie Kovacs
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Ernest Edward Kovacs was an American comedian, actor, and writer.
Leona Anderson
…Blood and Sand. In 1953, Anderson revived her career in music, billing herself as "the world's most horrible singer" and becoming a favorite of comedian Ernie Kovacs and appearing several times on The Ernie Kovacs Show. Kovacs' widow, Edie Adams, later recalled that "She (Anderson) knew she was camp, but she was…
Kovacs on the set of his television show in 1956
Kovacs on Three to Get Ready in 1951 with Gertrude, who was donated after Kovacs asked his viewers to bring things they no longer wanted to the WPTZ-TV lobby.
Kovacs with close associate Andy McKay (wearing a mask made of masking tape), who relocated to New York with Kovacs (and Gertrude) in 1952.
With wife Edie Adams in the television series Take a Good Look