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Phil Ford & Mimi Hines
Mimi Hines and Phil Ford met in Alaska in 1952, while both were performing at different nightclubs. When Ford's female partner was taken ill, Hines filled in, and the two became not only married, but a breakout comedy duo. They were staples on 1950s television. In 1965, they went Broadway, with Hines taking over Barbra Streisand's role in Funny Girl, playing opposite Ford. Though they divorced in 1972, the two continued to perform together on occasion until Ford's death in 2005. Don Butcher who often dined at Lou’s Village since it opened, remembers seeing Phil Ford and Mimi Himes at Lou’s.