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particularly the head waiter, the bellboy, and the dish washer. She kept the program's characters realistic by frequently mingling with people in Jewish neighborhoods, as she had done for
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went off the air. In this version, Berg played Sophie, a cook, who was secretly engaged to the hotel's proprietor, Mr. Glass. The cast and actors are shown in the table below.
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773:"Another Crosby -- A Girl Too -- Acquires Fame"
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