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Homer J. Ludden was the son of Franklin C. Ludden, a merchant and then the superintendent of the electric plant in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Allen was given his adoptive father's name and became Allen Ellsworth Ludden.
Aug 3, 2022 · In Mineral Point, Wisconsin, USA, on October 5, 1917, Allen Packard Ellsworth was given the name Allen Ludden. His mother Leila M. Allen was a stay-at-home mom, while his father Elmer Ellsworth was an ice trader.
Allen was given his adoptive father's name and became Allen E. Ludden. The family lived briefly in the small Wisconsin towns of Janesville, Elkhorn, Antigo and Waupaca before moving to Texas when Allen was still a small child.
Apr 29, 2022 · Allen was given his adoptive father's name and became Allen Ellsworth Ludden. The family lived briefly in the Wisconsin cities of Janesville, Elkhorn, Antigo, and Waupaca before moving to Texas when Ludden was nine years old.
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- Betty White’s Husband Allen Ludden Was Best Known For Hosting the Game Show ‘Password’ Allen Ludden was a renowned success in the entertainment industry as a game show host.
- Ludden Staged Shows For Troops In the Pacific During WWII & Landed Hosting Gigs After the War Ended. Ludden was born Allen Ellsworth in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, on October 5, 1917.
- Ludden Married His High School Sweetheart, Margaret McGloin, In 1943 & She Passed Away From Cancer In 1961. Ludden attended Corpus Christi High School and according to the biography The Life (and Wife) of Allen Ludden, that’s where he met his childhood sweetheart, Margaret Frances McGloin.
- White Initially Rejected Ludden’s Marriage Proposal. White and Ludden first met on the set of Password but they didn’t truly connect until they starred in a play together.
Ludden's father, Elmer Ellsworth, died of the Spanish flu in 1919. When Ludden was about five years old, his mother remarried, to Homer Ludden, Jr. Allen was given his adoptive father's name and became Allen Ellsworth Ludden.
Jun 14, 2022 · He was born there in 1917, and his father — an ice dealer — soon died of the Spanish flu. When Allen was five, his mother married the guy who ran Mineral Point’s electrical plant, after which the family moved around Wisconsin.