Leave It to Beaver was a groundbreaking sitcom from the 1950s, setting the stage for future family-friendly series. Key cast ...

Hours later, Christopher told PEOPLE the star was still alive but that the family ... He was best known as Leave It to Beaver's Wally Cleaver — the All-American big brother not only to "Beaver ...

Jeri, who appeared in 31 episodes of Leave It to Beaver from 1957 to 1960, explained that as she started maturing, she did not want to hide her body, contrary to what the showrunners wanted her to do.

From 1957 through 1963, the show brought us the idyllic (if sometimes unrealistic) adventures of the Cleavers, an average suburban clan living ... Still the Beaver, as well as The New Leave ...