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Television A Anissa Jones Was Small For Age Q. Tell me more about Anissa Jones, who died. I loved her so much in "Family Affair." I can't believe it happened. Was she really 18? She looked so much younger. A.

Mary Anissa Jones was born March 11, 1958, in West Lafayette, lived in Charleston, W. before moving to Los Angeles when she was 5. (Her mother is of Lebanese descent, and Anissa means "little friend" in Lebanese.) Anissa has a younger brother and her parents were divorced before she started in TV. In 1965, when she was 6, she did her first TV, a commercial. A year later, she started "Family Affair." Anissa was small for her age, which isn't unusual among child actors.

TV likes to pick small kids with small parents. (The size of the parents indicates the child may not grow out of a role too fast.) Anissa's career stalled after "Family Affair" went off the network in 1971. Her death Aug. 29 was caused by a combination of drugs. "One of the worst cases of overdose I've ever seen," said a representative of the Los Angeles County Coroner's office.

Q. I say Lucille Ball must be closing in on 60. My dad insists she's 40. S.L. A.

Lucy'd love your dad. But how does he explain that her first movie was Eddie Cantor's "Roman Scandals" in 1933, and she wasn't a child star. She was born Aug. 6, 1911. CBS has "The Lucille Ball 25th Anniversary Special" in the works for Nov.

28. It will trace Lucy's TV career from that first "I Love Lucy" show in 1951 and among the guests will be former husband and co-star Desi Arnaz Sr. It'll be the first time they've appeared together since the divorce in 1960. Q. 1 noticed that ABC ran a movie they called "Sky Terror" back in September.

It starred Charlton Heston. I'm sure I saw the same film in the theater as "Skyjacked." Explain why and how ABC changed the name? K.G. A. Didn't fool you anyway. But that was part of the idea.

You see, NBC had scheduled "Airport '76," the 1974 biggie, to lead off its new movie season on Sept. 20. ABC decided the 1972 airline disaster movie, "Skyjacked," with a new title, might confuse some viewers; make others figure: seen Heston save one airplane, seen him save 'em all. Either attack in 1958 while on location making a movie in Spain. He had two daughters by second wife Linda Christian, Romina and Taryn.

Taryn has done some acting. A son, Tyrone Power IV, was born to Power's third wife after Power's death. Q. How many pictures did Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers make together? K.H. A.

There were 11 movies for the Astaire-Rogers team from 1933's Jones Heston "Flying Down to Rio" to 1949's "The Barkleys of Broadway." But, way, they might skip NBC's "Air- there was a 10-year gap, from 1939 port," hopefully in favor of an ABC and "The Story of Vernon and Irene show. Ratings showed maneuver Castle" to the reunion for "Barkdidn't work too well. People still leys." The two enjoyed the years towatched "Airport." gether, but Miss Rogers decided she. wanted to do more acting than dano-' Q. Who's the idiot who moved in movies.

She she could "Starsky and Hutch" to ing proved Saturday? Now friends and I can't watch act too, won an Academy Award for my the show and it is our favorite. "Kitty Foyle" (a surin 1940 real G.F.... I'm furious over the cancel- prise because she beat out Joan Fonlation of "Ellery Queen." Maybe it taine in was about murder, but it wasn't vio- Q. I saw "Planet of the Apes" relent. Why don't the dummies drop cently and started wondering how "Police instead? many sequels were made.

Seems to R.F.... "Medical Center" was my me there were three, but I've favorite show and Chad Everett is so told only two. What's right? Mrs. handsome. I can't believe that it isn't B.H.

on any more. Who do I protest to? A. There were five "Apes" films. W.S. "Planet" was made in 1969; "BeA.

Before I'm buried in complaints neath the Planet of the Apes" came about the changes in the TV lineups, in 1970; "Escape from the Planet of here are the gentlemen on whom to the Apes" in 1971; "Conquest of vent your spleen: Fred Silverman, Planet of the Apes" in 1972 and president, ABC Entertainment, 1330 "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" in Avenue of the Americas, New York, 1973. Roddy McDowall was in all N.Y. 10019; L. Donald Grant, vice but the second film and also starred president, programming, CBS-TV, 51 in the CBS-TV series in 1974. W.

52nd New York, N.Y. 10019; Q. I'd like to know if Shirley Jones Irwin Segelstein, executive vice is from Pennsylvania. president, programs, NBC-TV, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. A.

Shirley gives Smithton, 10020. The three gripes above seem (pop. 800) as her birthplace. Her fato lead all. But though the com- ther, Paul, ran the local brewery.

plaints are read and noted, I've yet to She still keeps some of the beer see a reversal, especially when a which is still being brewed in the show has gone out of production refrigerator to offer friends on speas both "Queen" and "Center" have cial occasions. and the people involved are busy Q. I have heard that Orson Welles elsewhere. The only way "Starsky has three daughters. What are the and Hutch" would be switched names of their mothers? would be if ABC decided they had a better idea for or that A.

Welles has a daughter each by Saturday his first three wives: Virginia Nichand could help somewhere else. olson, Rita Hayworth and Paola Q. I've become a fan of Tyrone More, La Comtesse di Girafaico. Power. Tell me about him.

When and Rita's daughter, Rebecca, is the best. where was he born and where did he known. die? Did he have a family? Any children? Address questions to Television A. Power was born in Cincinnati, The Charlotte Observer, P. O.

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