Before television became crowded with formats and genres, it learned how to make people laugh-with the history of classic TV serving as proof. In the 1950s, sitcoms weren't just another category of ...

LOS ANGELES - Barbara Billingsley, who gained supermom status for her gentle portrayal of June Cleaver, the warm, supportive mother of a pair of precocious boys in "Leave it to Beaver," died Saturday.