Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg is a humorous and eye-opening documentary about television pioneer Gertrude Berg, who played the loving Molly Goldberg. Directed by Aviva Kempner, Peabody Award Winner for “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg”.Gertrude Berg had a popular radio show and became the first lady of television. She combined social commentary, family values and lots of humor to win the hearts of America. Berg was the creator, principal writer and star of “The Goldbergs” a popular 1930’s radio show and a 1950’s weekly situation TV comedy, about a Jewish family living in New York City.
Berg received the first Best Actress Emmy in history, paving the way for women in the entertainment industry. Berg was polled as the second most respected woman in America after Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Oprah, Martha, and Rachael Ray of her day, Berg was a media trailblazer with popular audio and television shows, a cookbook, jigsaw puzzles, advice column, and a clothing line for modern women of her time.
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