Great Women in Old Time Radio
Some of our favorite and most prominent women at the radio microphone as actors include: Agnes Moorehead - the first lady of SUSPENSE! Mercedes McCambridge Lurene Tuttle Arlene Francis Mary Jane Higby Natalie Park Virginia Gregg Anne Elstner Virginia Payne Mary Margaret McBride: The "Oprah" of her time with the largest radio audience Ora Nichols: The mother of sound effects. She founded the craft of radio sound effects, although it would eventually become a male-dominated portion of radio Peg Lynch: The best comedy writer in radio who also starred in her own shows (Mary) Kathleen Hite: The first woman writer on the CBS westerns who would go on to write nearly all of the "Ft. Laramie" scripts and later, many TV westerns Betty Mandeville: Directed "The FBI in Peace and War" thus becoming the first woman to direct a crime show in prime time Ruth Woodman: Creator and writer of " Death Valley Days " on radio a