Jackie Autry Jackie Autry Jackie Autry is the former owner of the Los Angeles Angels and widow of Gene Autry, actor, singer and businessman. On October 2, 1941, Autry was born as Jacqueline Evelyn Ellam in Newark, New Jersey. Autry served as the Honorary President of Major League Baseball's American League, from 2000 until 2015. Her main task was to present the American League Championship Award, the William Harridge Trophy, to the champion at the end of the ALCS as well as the ALCS MVP award. Autry is the only woman to ever serve on the Major League Baseball Executive Council, on
Gene Autry's Melody Ranch on tape for syndication ..." Beginning in the late 1990s, in cooperation with the Autry Qualified Trust and The Autry Foundation, Gene Autry's movies were fully restored and issued on DVDs by Image Entertainment as the Gene Autry Collection series. Offered through the Autry Museum of the American West, the DVD for each film includes excerpts from or else a complete "Melody Ranch" radio show. Typically the audio and video quality is excellent. For example, the "Gaucho Serenade" DVD includes excerpts from the "Melody Ranch" show of June 2, 1940, location not stated, - Opening Theme: "Back in the Saddle