Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Tina Cole, Singer, Actress & Author, “My Three Lives: A Memoir”
About Harvey's guest:
Today’s special guest, Tina Cole, is a singer and actress who can truly be considered a member of show business royalty, for several reasons.
First of all, she’s the daughter of Yvonne King of the legendary King Sisters, who were hugely popular big-band singers, and the 1st female vocal group to sing in 4 part harmony. And her father was the iconic pianist, orchestra leader and musical director Buddy Cole, who worked with some of the greatest singers of all time and recorded the soundtracks of over 1,000 movies.
Secondly, she’s a member of America’s First Family of Song - the legendary King Family, which entertained audiences throughout the 60s and 70s with their own TV series and 17 TV specials.
And thirdly, she will forever be remembered as the beautiful, sweet-natured Katie Douglas, in one of the greatest TV sitcoms of all time: “My Three Sons”. When she joined the cast of that show in its 8th season as Robbie Douglas’ fiancée, and then his wife, she became an international sensation, receiving more fan mail than any other actor in any of Don Fedderson’s many TV productions.
And she won Photoplay Magazine’s People’s Choice Award for the Most Promising Actress. And get this: the episode of “My Three Sons” where Katie Douglas gave birth to triplets, was the number one show in the Nielsen Ratings for that week. Our guest has been entertaining audiences since she was a toddler.
In addition to performing on TV and on tour with The King Family, and as a member of the immensely popular “Four King Cousins”, and her iconic role on “My Three Sons”, she had a recurring role on “Hawaiian Eye” opposite Robert Conrad and Troy Donohue.
She guest starred in TV shows including “The Lucy Show”, “To Rome With Love”, “Adam-12” and many more. And when you thought you were listening to Raquel Welch singing on her 1970 TV Special, you were actually hearing the voice of our guest!
She’s appeared in a number of theatrical productions including “I Do, I Do”, “The Boyfriend”, “Trail of Dreams”, and “Chemical Imbalance”, and for 10 years she played Ethel Mertz in an “I Love Lucy” tribute show. For her stellar performance in the 2014 movie, “See Me”, she won the Vanguard Award at the Sacramento Film Festival.
And in 2014, she received the Golden Halo Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Motion Picture and Television Industry. AND NOW, she’s released her long-awaited autobiography entitled, “My Three Lives: A Memoir”, which takes us on an engaging, nostalgic, heartfelt – and sometimes heartbreaking – but ALWAYS uplifting and inspirational, journey through her multi-faceted career, her personal relationships, and her enormously strong bond with her beautiful family.
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