Terry Burnham obit

 Child Actress Terry Burnham Has Died

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Elizabeth Teresa Burnham was born on August 8, 1949, in Los Angeles, the younger of two children born to Guy Calvin Burnham, an aeronautics engineer at Douglas Aircraft Company, and Elizabeth Teresa Buelna Symons. She attended St. Maria Goretti Catholic School, St. Cornelius School, Mark Twain Middle School, and Bancroft Junior High School.

On December 22, 1955, Burnham made her television debut at age six alongside Brandon De Wilde in the series Climax!, in an episode entitled "The Day They Gave the Babies Away" (based on the 1946 novel of the same title that was also the basis for the 1957 film All Mine to Give). More prominent roles soon followed, most notably in 1957 with "Let There Be Light", an episode of the series M Squad co-starring Burnham and series regular Lee Marvin, whom Terry later singled out as her favorite actor. Also that year, Burnham was set to star in a new child-centered series, Turquoise, Inc., whose writer/producers Dick Chevillat and Ray Singer touted her as "TV's first Shirley Temple". Although that projected series never materialized, Burnham did appear, almost exactly one year later, on an episode of Temple's own series entitled "The Magic Fishbone", adapted by Margaret Fitts from the Charles Dickens short story.

Burnham first attracted national attention as the daughter of Lana Turner's character in Imitation of Life (1959).

 

Actress

Insight (1960)

Insight

7.6

TV Series

Ellen

Ellen Harriman

1967–1971

2 episodes

 

Brian Keith, Sebastian Cabot, Kathy Garver, Anissa Jones, and Johnny Whitaker in Family Affair (1966)

Family Affair

7.0

TV Series

Rita Stone

Ingrid

1967–1969

2 episodes

 

This Is the Life (1952)

This Is the Life

7.0

TV Series

1966

1 episode

 

Tim Considine, William Frawley, Don Grady, Stanley Livingston, and Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960)

My Three Sons

7.1

TV Series

Gail McGee

Georgie

1966

2 episodes

 

Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, and Elke Sommer in Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

5.4

Doris Meade

1966

 

The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.4

TV Series

Willadean Wills

1964

2 episodes

 

For the Love of Willadean (1964)

For the Love of Willadean

7.4

TV Movie

Willadean Wills

1964

 

John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)

Wagon Train

7.5

TV Series

Charlotte Endicott

Marie Lefton

Prudence ...

1959–1964

5 episodes

 

Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers in Leave It to Beaver (1957)

Leave It to Beaver

7.6

TV Series

Beaver's Date

Virginia

1962–1963

2 episodes

 

Ronald Reagan in General Electric Theater (1953)

General Electric Theater

6.9

TV Series

Penny

Lily

Cissy Owens

1959–1962

3 episodes

 

I Love My Doctor

TV Movie

Liz Barkley

1962

 

87th Precinct (1961)

87th Precinct

8.2

TV Series

Jane Mencken

1961

1 episode

 

Thriller (1960)

Thriller

8.2

TV Series

Joan Wilson

Tessa Kilburn

1960–1961

2 episodes

 

Shotgun Slade (1959)

Shotgun Slade

6.8

TV Series

Linda

1960

1 episode

 

Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Poncie Ponce, and Connie Stevens in Hawaiian Eye (1959)

Hawaiian Eye

7.7

TV Series

Patty Seldon

1960

1 episode

 

Key Witness (1960)

Key Witness

6.1

Gloria Morrow

1960

 

Ray Milland in Markham (1959)

Markham

8.5

TV Series

Judy Frost

1960

1 episode

 

Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone (1959)

The Twilight Zone

9.1

TV Series

Markie

1960

1 episode

 

Lee Marvin in M Squad (1957)

M Squad

8.1

TV Series

Patti Blocker

Laurie Grayson

1958–1960

2 episodes

 

The Rough Riders (1958)

The Rough Riders

8.0

TV Series

Wagon Girl

1959

1 episode

 

Wayde Preston in Colt .45 (1957)

Colt .45

7.9

TV Series

Emily Bass

1959

1 episode

 

Imitation of Life (1959)

Imitation of Life

7.8

Susie (6)

1959

 

George Montgomery in Cimarron City (1958)

Cimarron City

7.5

TV Series

Cynthia Barton

1959

1 episode

 

Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)

Tales of Wells Fargo

7.9

TV Series

Josie Brown

1959

1 episode

 

Angela Cartwright, Rusty Hamer, Sherry Jackson, Marjorie Lord, and Danny Thomas in The Danny Thomas Show (1953)

The Danny Thomas Show

7.1

TV Series

Girl In Play

1959

1 episode

 

Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)

Shirley Temple's Storybook

7.3

TV Series

Princess

1958

1 episode

 

Hi, Grandma!

TV Movie

1958

 

Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)

I Love Lucy

8.5

TV Series

Girl at birthday party (uncredited)

1957

1 episode

 

Craig Hill and Kenneth Tobey in Whirlybirds (1957)

Whirlybirds

7.8

TV Series

Josie Fisher

1957

1 episode

 

Dan Duryea in Climax! (1954)

Climax!

6.7

TV Series

1955

1 episode