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Mar 25, 2016 · Mr. Brown said that he learned his craft from his mother, Mina Reaume, a stage and radio actress, and learned from Mr. Russell how to act onscreen. He was stationed in Alaska with the Army in the...
She acted with the Brooklyn Little Theater, performing under the name Mina Reaume and voiced The Dragon Lady in the radio program Terry and the Pirates. At the outbreak of WW II, Helen would go to work for Grumman Aircraft Engineering on Long Island.
He took the stage name Brown from his stepfather Albert "Bud" Brown. His biological father, John Patton de Lappe, a journalist for the Hearst Corporation, died when he was four. Peter's initial inspiration in show business was his mother, Wilhelmina "Mina" Reaume, a radio and stage actress.
- October 5, 1935
- March 21, 2016
His mother, Mina Reaume, was a radio personality, providing the voice of The Dragon Lady on Terry and the Pirates. Following in her footsteps, he took part in children's programming whenever a child's voice was needed (or a childlike sound, such as with elves and so on.)
Terry and the Pirates is a radio serial adapted from the comic strip of the same name created in 1934 by Milton Caniff. With storylines of action, high adventure and foreign intrigue, the popular radio series enthralled listeners from 1937 through 1948.
Born Pierre Lind de Lappe in New York City, Brown's mother, Mina Reaume, was the voice actor for the Dragon Lady in the radio serial version of Terry and the Pirates and provided the inspiration for Brown to pursue an acting career.
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