Portland Hoffa
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Portland Hoffa was an American comedian, radio host, actress, and dancer. The daughter of an itinerant optometrist, she was named after Portland, Oregon, the city in which she was born. She began her
Hoffa in 1940
Hoffa and Fred Allen in 1941
Press photo of Hoffa in 1940
Wedding anniversary
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A wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the date that a wedding took place. Couples often mark the occasion by celebrating their relationship, either privately or with a larger party. Special cele
Portland Hoffa
…in 1956. In 1959, Hoffa married bandleader Joe Rines, who later worked as an advertising executive. Hoffa and Rines lived long enough to celebrate a silver wedding anniversary. In 1965, she compiled a large volume of her first husband's correspondence, which was edited into and published as Fred Allen's Letters. Rines died…
"Fifty years since our wedding day", sentimental painting by George Hare depicting an elderly couple in a church