She was not on the list.
Pat Woodell, who played Bobbie Jo Bradley on the 1960s
sitcom Petticoat Junction, died of cancer on Sept. 29 at her home in Fallbrook,
California, The Associated Press reports. She was 71.
Born in Winthrop, Mass., Woodell played the brunette
brainiac Bobbie Jo on the first two seasons of Petticoat Junction, which aired
on CBS from 1963 to 1970. She left the show because she wanted to focus on her
singing, and was replaced by Lori Saunders. Woodell went on to tour with
comedian Jack Benny, and performed on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 with the
Ladybugs, a take on The Beatles that featured Woodell and her onscreen sisters,
Linda Kaye and Jeannine Riley.
She also starred in movies including Twilight People and The
Big Doll House, before she retired from acting in the mid-1970s and went on to
co-found a consulting firm.
After leaving Petticoat Junction, Woodell went on to have
guest roles on a season-three episode of The Hollywood Palace in 1965, and in the
last episode of The Munsters in 1966. She then toured as a singer, with Jack
Benny, and recorded an album, but she did not achieve great popularity as a
vocalist. In 1968, she voiced "Bunny" to Mel Blanc`s
"Claude" in two Looney Tunes cartoons (released in 1969). In 1971,
Woodell made her film debut in The Big Doll House, followed by four more
"exploitation" type films, including The Woman Hunt (1972), The
Twilight People (1972), Class of '74 (1972), and The Roommates (1973), but she
did not break into mainstream feature films.
Woodell retired from acting in 1973, after appearing on an
episode of The New Perry Mason, entitled "The Case of the Murdered
Murderer". She soon went to work for Werner Erhard, in his est seminar organization,
and subsequently cofounded a consulting firm, retiring in 2013. Woodell never
returned to acting, but appeared in a few documentaries about her days on
Petticoat Junction.
Woodell is survived by her husband, Vern McDade.
Actress
Monte Markham in The New Perry Mason (1973)
The New Perry Mason
Jenny
TV Series
1973
1 episode
The Roommates (1973)
The Roommates
Heather
1973
The Woman Hunt (1972)
The Woman Hunt
McGee
1972
Class of '74 (1972)
Class of '74
Heather
1972
The Twilight People (1972)
The Twilight People
Neva Gordon
1972
The Big Doll House (1971)
The Big Doll House
Bodine
1971
Bright Promise (1969)
Bright Promise
Barbara Jenkins (1969)
TV Series
1969
The Great Carrot-Train Robbery (1969)
The Great Carrot-Train Robbery
Bunny (voice)
Short
1969
Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches (1968)
Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches
Bunny (voice)
Short
1968
The Munsters (1964)
The Munsters
Miss Thompson
TV Series
1966
1 episode
Higgins in Petticoat Junction (1963)
Petticoat Junction
Bobbie Jo Bradley
TV Series
1963–1965
74 episodes
Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Singer (as The Ladybugs)
TV Series
1964
1 episode
Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77
Sunset Strip (1958)
77 Sunset Strip
PollySuzie
TV Series
1962–1963
2 episodes
G.E. True (1962)
G.E. True
Alice (as Patricia Woodell)
TV Series
1963
1 episode
William Windom in The Gallant Men (1962)
The Gallant Men
Gina (as Patricia Woodell)
TV Series
1963
1 episode
Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Poncie Ponce, and Connie
Stevens in Hawaiian Eye (1959)
Hawaiian Eye
Suzee WaltersSuzie (as Patricia Woodell)
TV Series
1962–1963
2 episodes
Red Nightmare (1962)
Red Nightmare
Linda Donavan (as Patricia Woodell)
Short
1962
Clint Walker in Cheyenne (1955)
Cheyenne
Gail Evans (as Patricia Woodell)
TV Series
1962
1 episode
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