Michael Gleason obit

Michael Gleason, Co-Creator of ‘Remington Steele,’ Dies at 78

A two-time Emmy nominee, he also wrote and produced for such shows as 'Peyton Place,' 'McCloud' and 'Diagnosis Murder.' 

He was not on the list.

Michael Gleason, an Emmy-nominated writer and producer who co-created the 1980s NBC detective drama Remington Steele, starring Pierce Brosnan, has died. He was 78.

Gleason, who also worked on Peyton Place, McCloud and Diagnosis Murder, died Friday in Santa Monica, publicist Judith Moose announced.

In 1980, Gleason was approached by Universal Studios executive Stu Erwin to work on Remington Steele. Robert Butler, who had directed episodes of shows including Star Trek and Hill Street Blues, came up with the concept for the series — about a woman who runs a detective agency but has to invent a fictitious male superior, whom she calls Remington Steele, to get clients comfortable enough to sign on.

Butler originally had Steele as nothing more than innuendo, but Gleason thought the character (played by Brosnan) should come to life. That’s how it went, and the series, which also starred Stephanie Zimbalist as agency owner Laura Holt, debuted in October 1982 and ran for five seasons.

A native of Brooklyn, Gleason attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and then moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s with his writing partner, William Blinn. They sold a script for a 1962 episode of the Clint Eastwood series Rawhide, then quickly wrote for other shows like Laramie, My Favorite Martian and The Big Valley.

In 1965, Gleason penned the first of more than 130 episodes of the ABC primetime soap opera Peyton Place. He wrote for the show for five seasons, then worked on The Six Million Dollar Man, Cannon, Marcus Welby, M.D. and Sons and Daughters.

Gleason produced and earned two Emmy nominations for the hit NBC drama McCloud, starring Dennis Weaver, on which he worked alongside fabled producer Glen A. Larson. Shortly after, he wrote and executive produced the 1977 ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man: Book Two.

In 1980, Gleason joined forces with writer William Kayden to form Kayden-Gleason Productions, and they developed movies of the week.

Gleason also wrote and/or produced for such series as Murphy’s Law, Dick Van Dyke’s Diagnosis Murder and Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and for a pair of Jack MacShayne telefilms starring Kenny Rogers.

His first novel, Working Dirty, was published in 2013.

Survivors include his wife Jan; children William, Julie, Carol, Jackie, Jessica, Jennifer, Kourtney and Sean; and grandchildren Savannah, Jeffrey, MacKenna, Riley, Celia, Trey and Nicholas.

A memorial service for Gleason will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills.

Writer

Dick Van Dyke, Tracey Needham, and Barry Van Dyke in Murder 101 (2006)

Murder 101

6.9

TV Series

written by

2007

1 episode

My Silent Partner (2006)

My Silent Partner

4.6

TV Movie

written by

2006

Joely Fisher in Wild Card (2003)

Wild Card

6.7

TV Series

written by

2004

1 episode

Natasha Henstridge, Kristen Miller, and Natashia Williams in She Spies (2002)

She Spies

6.0

TV Series

written by

2003

1 episode

Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, and Shannen Doherty in Charmed (1998)

Charmed

7.2

TV Series

written by

2000–2002

2 episodes

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung in Martial Law (1998)

Martial Law

6.9

TV Series

written by

2000

2 episodes

Matt McColm in NightMan (1997)

NightMan

5.6

TV Series

written by

1999

1 episode

Jeremiah Birkett, Matt Borlenghi, Heather Campbell, Rod Crawford, Joe Flaherty, Christine Gonzales, Tony Longo, P.J. Ochlan, Toby Proctor, and Michael Winslow in Police Academy: The Series (1997)

Police Academy: The Series

4.9

TV Series

written by

1997–1998

4 episodes

Scott Bakula and Maria Bello in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

7.1

TV Series

written by

1997

1 episode

Tamlyn Tomita, James Black, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Burning Zone (1996)

The Burning Zone

7.0

TV Series

written by

1997

1 episode

Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

6.7

TV Series

written by

1996

1 episode

Harrison: Cry of the City

6.1

TV Movie

written by

1996

Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)

Diagnosis Murder

6.8

TV Series

written by

1995

3 episodes

Elizabeth Hurley and Edward Woodward in The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995)

The Shamrock Conspiracy

5.7

TV Movie

written by

1995

Kenny Rogers in MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994)

MacShayne: Winner Takes All

5.8

TV Movie

written by

1994

Rewrite for Murder

4.3

TV Movie

Writer

1991

Sporting Chance (1990)

Sporting Chance

8.9

TV Movie

Writer

1990

Murphy's Law (1988)

Murphy's Law

7.0

TV Series

written by

writer

1988–1989

4 episodes

Carly's Web (1987)

Carly's Web

6.0

TV Movie

teleplay

1987

Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist in Remington Steele (1982)

Remington Steele

7.3

TV Series

created by

written by

creator ...

1982–1987

94 episodes

Bobby Vinton in The Gossip Columnist (1980)

The Gossip Columnist

6.5

TV Movie

written by

1980

Sword of Justice (1978)

Sword of Justice

7.4

TV Series

creator

writer

1978–1979

10 episodes

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

5.4

screenplay

1979

A Double Life (1978)

A Double Life

7.3

TV Movie

Writer

1978

Rod Taylor, Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker, and Gina Smika Hunter in The Oregon Trail (1976)

The Oregon Trail

7.3

TV Series

writer

1976–1977

2 episodes

Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss in Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

7.6

TV Series

written by

1977

5 episodes

Yesterday's Child (1977)

Yesterday's Child

7.4

TV Movie

Writer

1977

Territorial Men (1976)

Territorial Men

5.8

TV Movie

developed for television by (creator)

1976

Sara

7.5

TV Series

developed for television by (creator)

1976

12 episodes

Force Five (1975)

Force Five

5.6

TV Movie

Writer

1975

Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)

McCloud

6.9

TV Series

written by

teleplay

1972–1974

4 episodes

Fools, Females and Fun

8.8

TV Movie

creator

1974

Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Campos, Sandra Ego, Peter Ford, and Taylor Lacher in Cade's County (1971)

Cade's County

7.0

TV Series

writer

1972

1 episode

Arthur Hill in Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971)

Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law

7.0

TV Series

Writer

1971–1972

2 episodes

Cannon (1971)

Cannon

6.8

TV Series

written by

1971

1 episode

James Brolin, Robert Young, Barbara Sigel, and Elena Verdugo in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Marcus Welby, M.D.

7.0

TV Series

Writer

1971

1 episode

Paris 7000

7.3

TV Series

Writer

1970

Diana Muldaur in The Last of the Powerseekers (1969)

The Last of the Powerseekers

5.7

TV Movie

Writer

1969

The Survivors (1969)

The Survivors

7.7

TV Series

creator

1969–1970

Peyton Place (1964)

Peyton Place

7.4

TV Series

written by

writer

1965–1968

132 episodes

Insight (1960)

Insight

7.5

TV Series

written by

1967

1 episode

Lee Majors, Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, and Richard Long in The Big Valley (1965)

The Big Valley

7.6

TV Series

teleplay

written by

1967

2 episodes

My Favorite Martian (1963)

My Favorite Martian

7.2

TV Series

written by

1963–1964

2 episodes

Ted Bessell, Randy Boone, Michael Burns, Glenn Corbett, Harry Harvey, and Peter Tewksbury in It's a Man's World (1962)

It's a Man's World

7.9

TV Series

Writer

1962–1963

2 episodes

Robert Fuller and John Smith in Laramie (1959)

Laramie

7.7

TV Series

writer

1962

1 episode

Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, and Sheb Wooley in Rawhide (1959)

Rawhide

7.9

TV Series

writer

1962

1 episode

Producer

Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)

Diagnosis Murder

6.8

TV Series

executive producer

1994–1995

22 episodes

Elizabeth Hurley and Edward Woodward in The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995)

The Shamrock Conspiracy

5.7

TV Movie

executive producer

1995

Maria Conchita Alonso and Kenny Rogers in MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice (1994)

MacShayne: The Final Roll of the Dice

5.2

TV Movie

executive producer

1994

Kenny Rogers in MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994)

MacShayne: Winner Takes All

5.8

TV Movie

executive producer

1994

Sporting Chance (1990)

Sporting Chance

8.9

TV Movie

executive producer

1990

Murphy's Law (1988)

Murphy's Law

7.0

TV Series

executive producer

1988–1989

9 episodes

Carly's Web (1987)

Carly's Web

6.0

TV Movie

executive producer

1987

Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist in Remington Steele (1982)

Remington Steele

7.3

TV Series

executive producer

1982–1987

94 episodes

Rod Taylor, Andrew Stevens, Tony Becker, and Gina Smika Hunter in The Oregon Trail (1976)

The Oregon Trail

7.3

TV Series

executive producer

producer

1976–1978

4 episodes

Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss in Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

7.6

TV Series

executive producer

1976–1977

21 episodes

Force Five (1975)

Force Five

5.6

TV Movie

producer

1975

Love Is Not Forever

8.2

TV Movie

producer

1974

Sons and Daughters

8.7

TV Series

producer

1974

9 episodes

Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)

McCloud

6.9

TV Series

producer

supervising producer

1972–1974

11 episodes

Fools, Females and Fun

8.8

TV Movie

producer

1974

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973)

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

6.7

TV Movie

producer

1973

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

6.8

TV Movie

producer

1973

Diana Muldaur in The Last of the Powerseekers (1969)

The Last of the Powerseekers

5.7

TV Movie

associate producer

1969

The Survivors (1969)

The Survivors

7.7

TV Series

associate producer

1969–1970

Additional Crew

Jeremiah Birkett, Matt Borlenghi, Heather Campbell, Rod Crawford, Joe Flaherty, Christine Gonzales, Tony Longo, P.J. Ochlan, Toby Proctor, and Michael Winslow in Police Academy: The Series (1997)

Police Academy: The Series

4.9

TV Series

creative consultant

1997–1998

26 episodes

Bracken's World (1969)

Bracken's World

6.9

TV Series

story consultant

1969

1 episode

Tammy Grimes obit

 

Tammy Grimes, the Original ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown,’ Dies at 82

 She was not on the list.

Tammy Grimes, Broadway's original "Unsinkable Molly Brown" and ever a critical darling who won a Tony for that role at 26, as well as the mother of actress Amanda Plummer, has died.

According to the New York Times and Variety, Crimes was 82.

Tammy Grimes had a long and storied stage career, starred in more than a dozen award-winning Broadway plays, her own short-lived sitcom with her name in the title and numerous movie credits where she usually played a mysterious woman she smoked. Who knows if Grimes did in real life -- her throaty and deep voice made her a natural for those kinds of roles.

When it came time for Hollywood to cast "Molly Brown" the movie, they went with the more conventional Hollywood film choice, popular and perky Debbie Reynolds.

The Times said Grimes died on Sunday in Englewood, New Jersey  The death was confirmed by Duncan MacArthur, her nephew. A cause of death was not disclosed.

Her second Tony came in a 1969 of Noel Coward's "Private Lives" where she played Amanda. While born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Grimes played Brits so well and so often, most of her fans thought she was British. She enjoyed the role so much, when it came time to name her daughter, Amanda seemed like a natural.

Grimes remained one of playwright Noel Coward's favorites. The feeling was mutual. She became the vice-president of his society about 10 years ago.

While never a starlet or the go-to star in movies or TV of her day, her singing and acting talent always distanced herself from the pack.

"I never looked like an ingénue," Grimes said matter-of-fact in a New York Times Magazine interview in 1960. In a business often obsessed with looks, the fact she had to work harder to get cast in Hollywood never got under her skin. "I don't want to be America's Sweetheart; I'd rather be something they don't quite understand."

Rumor had it she was offered the lead role in the TV series that would become "Bewitched" but turned it down for "The Tammy Grimes Show," a 1966 show that was yanked quickly.

In the mid 60s, Grimes also made headlines when she said she was beaten and injured (twice in a four -day period) by white racists who were audibly uncomfortable with her many associations with black performers like Sammy Davis Jr.

Her film credits include "The Last Unicorn," "Slaves of New York," "Somebody Killed Her Husband," and "Can't Stop the Music."

She was married three times. first to "Sound of Music" star Christopher Plummer, Amanda's father. Grimes was married to Plummer from 1956-1960. He fathered her only child.

Her second husband was actor Jeremy Slate. He was best known for playing a variety or recurring roles on TV Westerns like "Gunsmoke" and  "Bonanza" and Chuck Wilson on the soap "One Life to Live." They were married from 1966 to 1967.

She married Canadian composer Richard Bell in 1971 and remained married to him until his death in 2005.

 

Actress (59 credits)

 2005 Breathe (Short)

Narrator (voice)

 1999 The Portrait (Short)

Dora Gold

 1998 High Art

Vera

 1997 Trouble on the Corner

Mrs. K

 1995 A Modern Affair

Dr. Gresham

 1995 Loving (TV Series)

Mrs. Haversham

- Episode #1.2974 (1995) ... Mrs. Haversham

 1994 Backstreet Justice

Mrs. Finnegan

 1990 Mathnet (TV Series)

Lauren Bacchanal

- The Case of the Unkidnapping (1990) ... Lauren Bacchanal

 1990 The Young Riders (TV Series)

Margaret Herrick

- The Play's the Thing (1990) ... Margaret Herrick

 1990 Square One Television (TV Series)

Lauren Bacchanal

- Episode #3.36 (1990) ... Lauren Bacchanal

- Episode #3.20 (1990) ... Lauren Bacchanal

- Episode #3.19 (1990) ... Lauren Bacchanal

 1989 Slaves of New York

Georgette

 1989 Long Ago and Far Away (TV Series)

Narrator

- The Happy Circus (1989) ... Narrator

 1988 Mr. North

Sarah Baily-Lewis

 1986 America

Joy Hackley

 1986 The Equalizer (TV Series)

Julia Jacobs

- A Community of Civilized Men (1986) ... Julia Jacobs

 1985 Royal Match (TV Movie)

Queen Mother Estelle

 1985 The Stuff

Special Guest Star in Stuff Commercial

 1985 My Little Pony: Escape from Catrina (TV Short)

Catrina (voice)

 1984 St. Elsewhere (TV Series)

Fairy Godmother

- Playing God: Part 2 (1984) ... Fairy Godmother

 1983 A Matter of Cunning (TV Movie)

Sylvia Markham

 1983 No Big Deal (TV Movie)

Mrs. Norberry

 1983 An Invasion of Privacy (TV Movie)

Paula

 1982 The Last Unicorn

Molly Grue (voice)

 1980 The Practical Princess (Short)

Princess (voice)

 1980 Can't Stop the Music

Sydne Channing

 1980 CBS Library (TV Series)

Princess

- The Incredible Book Escape (1980) ... Princess (voice)

 1979 You Can't Go Home Again (TV Movie)

Amy Carlton

 1979 The Runner Stumbles

Erna Webber

 1979 The Love Boat (TV Series)

Christine

- Second Chance/Don't Push Me/Like Father, Like Son (1979) ... Christine

 1978 Tartuffe (TV Movie)

Elmire

 1978 Somebody Killed Her Husband

Audrey Van Santen

 1974 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (TV Short)

Albert (voice)

 1974 The Snoop Sisters (TV Series)

Amanda Bastion

- A Black Day for Bluebeard (1974) ... Amanda Bastion

 1974 The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series)

Cynthia

- The Spy Who Returned from the Dead (1974) ... Cynthia

 1973 The Borrowers (TV Movie)

Homily Clock

 1973 The Horror at 37, 000 Feet (TV Movie)

Mrs. Pinder

 1972 Play It As It Lays

Helene

 1971 Love, American Style (TV Series) (segment "Love and the Love Potion")

- Love and the Heist/Love and the Love Potion/Love and the Teddy Bear (1971) ... (segment "Love and the Love Potion")

 1970 The Other Man (TV Movie)

Denise Gray

 1969 Arthur? Arthur!

Lady Joan Mellon

 1969 The Outcasts (TV Series)

Polly

- Hung for a Lamb (1969) ... Polly

 1967 Tarzan (TV Series)

Polly Larkin

- Man Killer (1967) ... Polly Larkin

 1967 Three Bites of the Apple

Angela Sparrow

 1966 The Tammy Grimes Show (TV Series)

Tammy Ward

- George Washington Didn't Sleep Here (1966) ... Tammy Ward

- A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Studio (1966) ... Tammy Ward

- Positively Made in Paris (1966) ... Tammy Ward

- Tammy Takes Las Vegas, or Vice Versa (1966) ... Tammy Ward

- How to Steal a Girl Even If It's Only Me (1966) ... Tammy Ward

1965 The Trials of O'Brien (TV Series)

Mother Superior

- A Gaggle of Girls (1965) ... Mother Superior

 1964 Mr. Broadway (TV Series)

Nella

- The He-She Chemistry (1964) ... Nella

 1964 Destry (TV Series)

Patience Dailey

- The Solid Gold Girl (1964) ... Patience Dailey

 1964 Burke's Law (TV Series)

Jill Marsh

- Who Killed Jason Shaw? (1964) ... Jill Marsh

 1963 Route 66 (TV Series)

Greta Inger Gruenschaffen / Celli Brahms

- Come Home Greta Inger Gruenschaffen (1963) ... Greta Inger Gruenschaffen

- Where Are the Sounds of Celli Brahms? (1963) ... Celli Brahms

 1963 The Virginian (TV Series)

Angie Clark

- The Exiles (1963) ... Angie Clark

 1960 Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (TV Series)

Daisy Strong

- The Datchet Diamonds (1960) ... Daisy Strong

 1960 Play of the Week (TV Series)

Mehitabel

- Archy and Mehitabel (1960) ... Mehitabel

 1960 Sunday Showcase (TV Series)

- Hollywood Sings (1960)

 1959 Omnibus (TV Series)

Mary Jane Jenkins

- Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway (1959) ... Mary Jane Jenkins

 1958 The Gift of the Magi (TV Movie)

 1957 Kraft Theatre (TV Series)

- Sextuplets (1957)

 1957 Studio One (TV Series)

Gloria Loman

- Babe in the Woods (1957) ... Gloria Loman

 1956 Max Liebman Spectaculars (TV Series)

Cafe Singer

- Holiday (1956) ... Cafe Singer

 1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV Series)

Hazel Corey

- The Bride Cried (1955) ... Hazel Corey

Hazel Shermet obit

Hazel Shermet, Comedienne, Actress and Singer, Dies at 96

She worked on the radio with Milton Berle and Henny Youngman, appeared in the 1954 version of 'A Star Is Born' and voiced Henrietta Hippo on TV. 

She was not on the list.

Hazel Shermet, a comedienne, actress and singer whose long show-business career encompassed radio and television shows, commercials, Broadway and the movies, has died. She was 96.

Shermet died Thursday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, her son, actor and producer Robert Rhine, announced.

Her husband was the late Larry Rhine, a two-time Emmy nominee who wrote for such shows as Mr. Ed, The Red Skelton Hour, The Brady Bunch and All in the Family. The couple were married for 50 years before his death in 2000.

Shermet was a prolific voiceover actress who spoke for the tutu-wearing Henrietta Hippo on all 196 episodes of the syndicated New Zoo Review, a musical comedy kids show that aired from 1972-77.

She played Cousin Melancholia on a 1964 episode of The Addams Family and appeared on dozens of shows including The Beverly Hillbillies, My Favorite Martian, The Patty Duke Show, That Girl, I Dream of Jeannie, The Facts of Life, Gimme a Break and Punky Brewster.

Shermet also was seen in more than 100 TV commercials, for products from Borox and Head & Shoulders to Hunt’s Tomato Paste and Charmin. At one point, she had seven national spots running simultaneously, and that landed her on the cover of The Commercial Actor Magazine as actress of the month.

On the big screen, Shermet showed up in A Star Is Born (1954), Rockabilly Baby (1957), Auntie Mame (1958), The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960), Gypsy (1962), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Love at First Bite (1979) and Body Slam (1986).

In 1947, she performed on Broadway alongside Jack Albertson in The Cradle Will Rock.

“I’m proud of the fact that I was able to work in all the mediums and raise two kids and be married to somebody that was working all the time,” she said in a 2000 interview with the Archive of American Television. “I hope people remember me as professional, as versatile and as somebody who loved every minute of it. I hope I gave a lot of joy.

“Acting for me is like eating for most people. When I’m 90 and the phone rings, I’ll put my teeth in, hobble to the phone and see if it’s my agent.”

Shermet was born on Aug. 1, 1920, in Philadelphia. She moved to New York and at age 19 began work as an advertising copywriter with the Al Paul Lefton Co. agency. She credited that experience, along with studying acting at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, for her long career.

Shermet’s first big break came when she was cast as Miss Duffy on the Duffy’s Tavern radio show and relocated to Puerto Rico, where the comedy show was recorded. There, she met her future husband, the head writer on the program.

She later sang and did comedy on the radio alongside the likes of Henny Youngman, Fred Allen, Henry Morgan, Milton Berle, Kate Smith and Morey Amsterdam.

On the fledgling New York TV station WOR, Shermet had her own show called Songs You’ve Never Heard Before and Won’t Want to Ever Hear Again, in which she performed tunes that viewers had mailed in.

Shermet continued her radio career after she and her husband moved to California, with work on My Friend Irma, December Bride and Meet Millie. In 1954, she appeared on TV in Dragnet and played Jack Carson’s secretary in A Star Is Born.

Survivors also include her daughter Vicki, daughter-in-law Julie (an Emmy-nominated costume designer) and half-sister Shirley. The family requests that donations in her name be made to the ASPCA.

Actress

Who Gets the Friends? (1988)

Who Gets the Friends?

6.1

TV Movie

Dr. Freed

1988

 

Soleil Moon Frye, Susie Garrett, George Gaynes, and Cherie Johnson in Punky Brewster (1984)

Punky Brewster

6.5

TV Series

Councilwoman Saganski

1987

1 episode

 

Jem (1985)

Jem

7.4

TV Series

Mrs. Bailey

Additional Voices

Additional voices (voice)

1985–1987

4 episodes

 

Tanya Roberts, Dirk Benedict, and John Fujioka in Body Slam (1986)

Body Slam

5.2

Miss Brooks

1986

 

Nell Carter in Gimme a Break! (1981)

Gimme a Break!

6.4

TV Series

Woman

Mrs. Larry Rhine

Rita

1981–1982

3 episodes

 

The Facts of Life (1979)

The Facts of Life

6.8

TV Series

Miss Downes

Saleslady

1980–1982

2 episodes

 

The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane (1979)

The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane

7.3

TV Movie

Velma van Dam (voice)

1979

 

George Hamilton in Love at First Bite (1979)

Love at First Bite

6.1

Lady in Elevator

1979

 

Sword of Justice (1978)

Sword of Justice

7.4

TV Series

Mrs. Quizinberry

1978

1 episode

 

Polly Holliday, Beth Howland, and Linda Lavin in Alice (1976)

Alice

6.8

TV Series

Woman

1978

1 episode

 

ABC Weekend Specials (1977)

ABC Weekend Specials

7.8

TV Series

(voice)

1978

1 episode

 

New Zoo Revue (1972)

New Zoo Revue

7.5

TV Series

Henrietta Hippo

1972–1975

11 episodes

 

The Big House Ain't a Home (1974)

The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg

6.0

Short

Hen (voice)

1974

 

As the Tumbleweed Turns

5.9

Short

Widow Watley (voice)

1974

 

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972)

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

7.6

TV Series

Lucille Grundy (voice)

1972–1973

4 episodes

 

The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)

The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan

6.3

TV Series

Voices (voice)

1972

15 episodes

 

Love, American Style (1969)

Love, American Style

6.8

TV Series

Mona Myers (segment "Love and the Neglected Wife")

1971

1 episode

 

Diahann Carroll and Marc Copage in Julia (1968)

Julia

7.7

TV Series

Woman with camera

1968

1 episode

 

Barbara Eden in I Dream of Jeannie (1965)

I Dream of Jeannie

7.4

TV Series

Nurse Lugosi

Mrs. Anderson

1966–1968

2 episodes

 

Marlo Thomas in That Girl (1966)

That Girl

7.3

TV Series

Aunt Harriette

1967

1 episode

 

The Patty Duke Show (1963)

The Patty Duke Show

7.2

TV Series

Mrs. Higglemyer

1966

1 episode

 

Allan Lane, Alan Young, and Mister Ed in Mister Ed (1961)

Mister Ed

6.9

TV Series

Selma Pritchard

Marge Connors

Lady ...

1961–1965

5 episodes

 

Jackie Coogan, John Astin, Marie Blake, Ted Cassidy, Carolyn Jones, Lisa Loring, and Ken Weatherwax in The Addams Family (1964)

The Addams Family

8.0

TV Series

Melancholia

1964

1 episode

 

Buddy Ebsen, Max Baer Jr., Donna Douglas, and Irene Ryan in The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)

The Beverly Hillbillies

7.3

TV Series

Mother

1964

1 episode

 

Inger Stevens and William Windom in The Farmer's Daughter (1963)

The Farmer's Daughter

7.5

TV Series

Reporter

1964

1 episode

 

My Favorite Martian (1963)

My Favorite Martian

7.2

TV Series

Bargaining Woman

1964

1 episode

 

Glynis (1963)

Glynis

7.1

TV Series

Flo

1963

1 episode

 

Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Jesse Pearson, and Bobby Rydell in Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Bye Bye Birdie

6.6

Marge - Birdie's Secretary (uncredited)

1963

 

The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962)

The Lloyd Bridges Show

7.0

TV Series

Woman Reporter

1963

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

Woman in Line

Mrs. Green

1961–1963

2 episodes

 

The Dick Powell Theatre (1961)

The Dick Powell Theatre

7.4

TV Series

Gert

1963

1 episode

 

Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, and Rosalind Russell in Gypsy (1962)

Gypsy

7.1

Stage Mother (uncredited)

1962

 

Nick Adams in Saints and Sinners (1962)

Saints and Sinners

5.7

TV Series

Madam Tanga

1962

1 episode

 

Our Man Higgins (1962)

Our Man Higgins

6.9

TV Series

Gert

1962

1 episode

 

Room for One More (1962)

Room for One More

8.2

TV Series

Mrs. Nelson

1962

1 episode

 

Robert Harland and Stephen McNally in Target: The Corruptors (1961)

Target: The Corruptors

7.7

TV Series

1962

1 episode

 

The Detectives (1959)

The Detectives

7.5

TV Series

Miss Ferris

Mrs. Blane

1961

2 episodes

 

Pete and Gladys (1960)

Pete and Gladys

7.4

TV Series

Pamela

1960–1961

2 episodes

 

The Comedy Spot (1960)

The Comedy Spot

7.5

TV Series

Hazel

1960

1 episode

 

Ray Danton in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

6.7

Mrs. Cassidy (uncredited)

1960

 

Alcoa Theatre (1957)

Alcoa Theatre

7.4

TV Series

Hazel

1959

1 episode

 

Coral Browne, Peggy Cass, Fred Clark, Patric Knowles, Rosalind Russell, Roger Smith, and Forrest Tucker in Auntie Mame (1958)

Auntie Mame

7.9

Macy's Customer (uncredited)

1958

 

Les Brown, Virginia Field, and Douglas Kennedy in Rockabilly Baby (1957)

Rockabilly Baby

6.4

Mrs. Hill

1957

 

Blondie (1957)

Blondie

6.9

TV Series

Louise

1957

1 episode

 

The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956)

The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna

7.9

TV Series

1957

1 episode

 

Jeannie Carson in Hey, Jeannie! (1956)

Hey, Jeannie!

7.7

TV Series

Gladys

1956

1 episode

 

Judy Garland and James Mason in A Star Is Born (1954)

A Star Is Born

7.5

Libby's Secretary

1954

 

Ben Alexander, Ann Robinson, and Jack Webb in Dragnet (1954)

Dragnet

6.6

Receptionist (uncredited)

1954