Harriet Lundgaard (1918-1996) was a radio writer who worked primarily for The Ted Malone Show in the 1940s and 1950s. Born in Rochester, N.Y. on June 26, 1918, Harriet Lundgaard was the daughter of Charlotte Atkinson and Ivar Lundgaard, the latter of whom emigrated to the United States from Norway. Harriet Lundgaard earned a B.A. in English Composition from Wellesley College in 1940 and an M.A. from the University of Rochester in 1941. From 1946 to 1948, and again from 1951 to 1958, Lundgaard worked for Ted Malone (1908-1989). Malone, whose real name was Frank Alden Russell, had a long career in radio as a storyteller and reader of poetry. Harriet Lundgaard died of Cancer in New York City on Oct. 16, 1996.
From the guide to the Harriet Lundgaard papers, 1923-1958, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)
