Jean Durkee was a schoolteacher, and happily so, in the late 1950s when her mother saw a newspaper advertisement for a host of a children’s TV show and suggested she apply. “You’ve got to be kidding ...

Jean (Dallaire) Durkee, beloved by all her good DoBees; Miss Jean of TV's Romper Room in Boston, MA from 1958 to 1972, died peacefully in Naples, FL on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at the age of 90. Jean was ...

We can’t let the week pass without a nod to the lasting legacy of Jean Durkee, who was Miss Jean on the classic children’s show “Romper Room.” For kindergartners of a certain age – those now well into ...