I've Got a Secret (1952)
From The TV IV
I've Got a Secret was a game show featuring celebrities attempting to guess the secrets of guests. The show was a spinoff of What's My Line?
The contestant introduced whispers his/her secret to the moderator and it is shown to the studio and home audiences. Each panelist now has one minute to ask questions regarding the secret. The contestant wins $20 for each panelist that cannot guess the secret. The final segment involves a celebrity guest.
This edition ran until 1966. A syndicated edition with Steve Allen as host cropped up in 1972 and ran one season. Bill Cullen hosted a 1976 summer-run edition for CBS. Stephanie Miller hosted a 2001 edition for the cable channel Oxygen, and Bill Dwyer hosted another revival for GSN in 2006.
[edit] Cast
| Person | Role | Duration | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Cast | |||||||||||||||
| Garry Moore | Host | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| Steve Allen | Host | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Bill Cullen | Panelist | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Henry Morgan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
| Faye Emerson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Audrey Meadows | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| Betsy Palmer | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||||
| Bess Myerson | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||
| John Cannon | Announcer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
