274     February 26, 1958
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Betsy

In this special ‘famous relatives’ show, most of the contestants perform before playing their game.   

Mr A: “I’m Rita Hayworth’s brother” 
Miss B: “I’m Rita Hayworth’s first cousin” 
Edward Cansino and Susanne Cansino perform a dance routine.  Garry says the entire family dances.   

Mrs. C:  “My son is Dean Martin” 
Angela Crocetti prepared pasta fagioli for the panel.   

In order to showcase their own acting talents, three young children of famous actors perform in unusual ways.  Mr. X is Jody McCrea , the son of Joel McCrea, and reads from the phone book angrily.  Miss Y is Melinda Markey , the daughter of Joan Bennett, and reads from the New York Times want ads romantically.  Miss Z is Judy Lewis , the daughter of Loretta Young, and reads from the IRS 1040 tax form sadly.  Unknown even to Lewis at the time is the fact that her biological father is screen legend Clark Gable.   Lewis would publish Uncommon Knowledge in 1994 in which she told the world that Gable was her father.  Her famous mother would not acknowledge that truth in public until her own autobiography was published posthumously in 2000.

Barbara Green appears standing next to a refrigerator, an obvious clue to the panel that she is the daughter of Betty Furness.  Furness rose to fame in the early fifties as a spokesperson for Westinghouse products.   

Miss Q:  “I’m Yul Brynner’s sister” 
Vera Bryner (Yul added an extra ‘n’ to the family name) performs a rousing version of “Shall We Dance?” from her brother’s famous movie The King and I (1956), even twirling with Garry around the studio.

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