The Basildon Room of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
The Basildon Room, located on the fourth floor of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, is a reconstruction of the dining room of the Basildon Park Manor in Berkshire. The ceiling paintings, the cornices and the mantelpiece were removed intact from Berkshire in 1930 and were installed in 1931 under the direction of architects Leonard Schultze and Fullerton Weaver.
The Waldorf Astoria Archives
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Milton Berle, Dean Martin & Angie Dickinson, the Basildon Room
Berle, Milton
Martin, Dean, 1917-1995
Dickinson, Angie
Comedians
Friars Club (New York, N.Y.)
Black and white photograph depicting Milton Berle, Dean Martin and Angie Dickinson at the 1984 Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner honoring Martin and William B. Williams (not pictured), the Basildon Room
09/13/1984
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
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Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner
Sammy Cahn, Red Buttons and Dina Merrill, the Basildon Room
Merrill, Dina
Buttons, Red, 1919-2006
Cahn, Sammy
Black and white photograph depicting Sammy Cahn, Red Buttons and Dina Merrill at the 1987 Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner honoring Buttons, the Basildon Room
1987
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
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Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner
Cheryl Tiegs, Buddy Hackett and Elizabeth Ashley, the Basildon Room
Tiegs, Cheryl
Hackett, Buddy, 1924-2003
Ashley, Elizabeth, 1939-
Comedians
Friars Club (New York, N.Y.)
Black and white photograph depicting Cheryl Tiegs, Buddy Hackett and Elilzabeth Ashley at the 1981 Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner honoring Hackett and Burt Reynolds (not pictured), the Basildon Room
1981
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Basildon Room
Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner
Elizabeth Taylor & Dinah Shore, The Basildon Room
Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-
Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994
Friars Club (New York, N.Y.)
Motion picture actors and actresses
Black and white photograph depicting Elizabeth Taylor accepting an award at the 1983 Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner honoring her, the Basildon Room. Also pictured: Dinah Shore.
1983
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
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Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner
Ryan O’Neal & Farah Fawcett, The Basildon Room
Fawcett, Farrah, 1947-2009
O’Neal, Ryan
Friars Club (New York, N.Y.)
Television actors and actresses
Black and white photograph depicting Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal attend the annual Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner, The Basildon Room.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Basildon Room
Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner
Roger Moore & Dorothy Squires, The Basildon Room
Moore, Roger, 1927-
Squires, Dorothy
Motion picture actors and actresses
Friars Club (New York, N.Y.)
Black and white photograph depicting Roger Moore and Dorothy Squires at the 1986 Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner honoring Moore, the Basildon Room
1986
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Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner
Ralph Lauren and his wife Ricky, The Basildon Room
Lauren, Ralph
Black and white photograph depicting Ralph Lauren and his wife Ricky attending an event in the Basildon Room, Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, date unknown.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
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