1955-11-25: Our Miss Brooks
"The King and Brooks" - Harem Dancer

 

Sylvia dances while Hy Averback as the "Maharajah" looks on.

The episode was directed by John Rich,  who would eventually marry Sylvia.

"John Rich was directing a few episodes of  Our Miss Brooks.  I appeared in one, doing yet another 'harem' dance. That is one very bored Hy Averback sitting there... not impressed. His body language is hilarious.  I think that was a rehearsal shot. Don't know why he assumed the pose.  Probably because somebody was having a hissy fit... likely John."

 


 


 

 

 

 

After Our Miss Brooks Eve Arden starred in a self-titled TV series, and while Sylvia is not credited for appearing on that show, in the 1957 episode "Cover Girl" the premise is that Eve's head has been grafted onto a picture of a woman with a beautiful body in order to sell Eve's book.

Does the body look familiar?