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Mel Jass(1917-1997)

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Mel Jass
Mel Jass was a famous TV personality in the Minneapolis - Saint Paul market. He hosted Mel's Matinee Movie on WTCN TV channel 11 (now KARE) for 21 years beginning in 1958. He is remembered as one the greatest TV pitchman of his era and for his interviews of everyday people. He would ask wives (or children) what their husband (or father)did for a living and Mel would always reply: "He's got a good job!"
BornMarch 24, 1917
DiedJanuary 20, 1997(79)
BornMarch 24, 1917
DiedJanuary 20, 1997(79)
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Known for

Shock! (1958)
Shock!
TV Series
  • Mel Jass
Alfred Hitchcock in Suspicion (1962)
Suspicion
8.5
TV Series
  • The Recorder
87th Precinct (1961)
87th Precinct
8.0
TV Series
  • Jim
Edward Asner and Elaine Giftos in The Wrestler (1974)
The Wrestler
5.2
  • Self
  • 1974

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  • Alfred Hitchcock in Suspicion (1962)
    Suspicion
    8.5
    TV Series
    • The Recorder
    • 1962
  • 87th Precinct (1961)
    87th Precinct
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Jim
    • 1962
  • Shock! (1958)
    Shock!
    TV Series
    • Mel Jass
    • 1958

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  • Born
    • March 24, 1917
    • St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
  • Died
    • January 20, 1997
    • Mound, Minnesota, USA(undisclosed)

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