Actor Jimmy Lydon has died at 98, his daughter Julie Lydon Cornell announced Saturday. He died peacefully at his home in San Diego. Among many highlights in Lydon's long career, he gave Elizabeth Taylor her first on-screen kiss, in 1947's "Cynthia"; appeared in the film classic "Life with Father" (1947); and starred on the first network-TV daytime soap, "The First Hundred Years" (1950-1952). Lydon was born May 30, 1923, in Harrington Park, New Jersey. He launched his Broadway career 85 years ago...
Actor Jimmy Lydon has died at 98, his daughter Julie Lydon Cornell announced Saturday. He died peacefully at his home in San Diego. Among many highlights in Lydon's long career, he gave Elizabeth Taylor her first on-screen kiss, in 1947's "Cynthia"; appeared in the film classic "Life with Father" (1947); and starred on the first network-TV daytime soap, "The First Hundred Years" (1950-1952). Lydon was born May 30, 1923, in Harrington Park, New Jersey. He launched his Broadway career 85 years ago...
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