The dancer, actor and director passed away Thursday in Australia from Alzheimer's disease. By Arlene Washington Paul De Rolf, the choreographer, dancer and actor best known for his work on The Seven ...

In 1797 the “petticoat band” showed up to vote for the New Jersey state legislature, but only on a technicality. Their impact sent lawmakers into a scramble to shut them out.

Actress-singer Joan O’Brien, who starred with Cary Grant and Tony Curtis in “Operation Petticoat” and was Elvis Presley’s love interest in “It Happened at the World’s Fair,” has died. She was 89.

When “Petticoat Junction” premiered in 1963, it quickly became a beloved classic — and according to its cast it’s easy to see why. The show, a spinoff of “The Beverly Hillbillies,” explored the ...