Lillian Buyeff made a career in radio
playing exotic women with exotic accents
delivered in exotic tones.
Almost always, Lillian Buyeff's performances
wind and weave between
the soft, the sensuous, and the sensual.
If you ever want to not hear
an episode you wish you had never heard,
do not listen to the Have Gun-Will Travel episode 'Nataemon.'
True, it contains a strong performance by Buyeff,
but this story of noble selflessness and self-sacrifice
is heartbreaking.
Anyone curious to hear Lillian Buyeff
without her usual exotic act,
can listen to the January 24, 1954 episode of The Six-Shooter.
Buyeff plays an outlaw's widow ostracized by her home town,
and by her own father, whose iron will she has inherited.
The Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar episode 'The Valentine Matter'
has two moving performances by Buyeff,
who manages to play three characters in this story:
a surgical nurse, Mrs. Valentine, and her daughter Teresa.
has two moving performances by Buyeff,
who manages to play three characters in this story:
a surgical nurse, Mrs. Valentine, and her daughter Teresa.
Lillian Buyeff gives a particularly fine performance
in 'Christmas Payoff,' an episode of Tales Of The Texas Rangers.
The Texas accent supports her character,
it doesn't sound like something an actor is putting on,
and it doesn't come off as a gimmick,
as radio and tv accents do.
Even if she hailed from Texas, it's still a feat,
because radio and tv are full of accent-mongers
who claim to be from a certain state and region,
and still their accent sounds phoney
and detracts from the episode.
in 'Christmas Payoff,' an episode of Tales Of The Texas Rangers.
The Texas accent supports her character,
it doesn't sound like something an actor is putting on,
and it doesn't come off as a gimmick,
as radio and tv accents do.
Even if she hailed from Texas, it's still a feat,
because radio and tv are full of accent-mongers
who claim to be from a certain state and region,
and still their accent sounds phoney
and detracts from the episode.
In the Family Theater episode 'The Thin Red Line,'
Lillian Buyeff's portrayal of an 'ordinary girl'
truly wins what her character's husband says of her:
"You've made mornings of all my days."
Lillian Buyeff's portrayal of an 'ordinary girl'
truly wins what her character's husband says of her:
"You've made mornings of all my days."
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