Elizabeth Baur obit

Elizabeth Baur, Actress on 'Ironside,' Dies at 69

 

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She portrayed Officer Fran Belding on the NBC crime series after starring on a CBS Western, 'Lancer.'

Elizabeth Baur, who helped Raymond Burr bring the bad guys to justice as Officer Fran Belding on the long-running NBC crime drama Ironside, has died. She was 69.

Baur died Sept. 30 in Los Angeles following a lengthy illness, publicist Paul Gendreau announced.

On Ironside, which starred Burr as a San Francisco police consultant who solves crimes from his wheelchair, Baur effectively stepped in for Barbara Anderson (as Eve Whitfield), who exited the show after the fourth season.

Belding's character was introduced when she helped Robert Ironside and his team nab the gamblers who had murdered her father. Baur went on to appear in 89 episodes over four seasons until the show's conclusion in 1975, then came back for the 1993 telefilm The Return of Ironside.

Earlier, Baur starred as Teresa O'Brien, the ward of a rancher (Andrew Duggan), for two seasons on the 1968-1970 CBS Western Lancer.

A native of Los Angeles, Baur began her career as a contract player at 20th Century Fox and appeared in the Tony Curtis film The Boston Strangler (1968). She then moved to Universal, where she continued her TV work until exiting the industry to raise her daughter, Lesley Worton, now a producer.

Baur also appeared on such shows as Batman, Daniel Boone, Room 222, Emergency!, Police Woman, Fantasy Island and Remington Steele.

Survivors also include her husband Steve and a first cousin, Cagney & Lacey star Sharon Gless.

 

Filmography

Film

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1968    The Boston Strangler            Harriet Fordin 

 

Television

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1968    Batman            Fourth Policewoman            Episode: "Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club"

1968–1970            Lancer            Teresa O'Brien            51 episodes

1970    Daniel Boone  Virginia            Episode: "Noblesse Oblige"

The Young Rebels  Rachel            Episode: "The Infiltrator"

1971    Room 222            Meaghan            Episode: "Cheating"

Nanny and the Professor            Susan Baxter            Episode: "The Communication Gap"

1971–1975            Ironside          Fran Belding 89 episodes

1972    The Bold Ones: The New Doctors            Fran Belding            Episode: "Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown: Part II" (crossover appearance)

Emergency!            Sister Barbara            Episode: "Saddled"

1975            S.W.A.T.         Dr. Ellen Benton            Episode: "Silent Night, Deadly Night"

1977    ABC Weekend Specials            Annabel            Episode: "Valentine's Second Chance"

1978    Police Woman            Joslyn Westmore            Episode: "Flip of a Coin"

1981    Fantasy Island   Lucy Carson            Episode: "The Man from Yesterday/World's Most Desirable Woman"

1984            Remington Steele            Margie Kelsey            Episode: "Second Base Steele"

1993    The Return of Ironside            Fran Belding TV movie, (final film role)