Before television became crowded with formats and genres, it learned how to make people laugh—with the history of classic TV serving as proof. In the 1950s, sitcoms weren’t just another category of ...
Lauren Chapin, whose sweet-tempered, if wise-beyond-her-years portrayal of Kathy “Kitten” Anderson on the beloved 1950s TV sitcom Father Knows Best put her in the same child-star stratosphere as Jerry ...