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1 | She was awarded the 1988 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "A Lie of the Mind" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. |
2 | Now lives in an upscale retirement community in Santa Barbara, California. [August 2007] |
3 | Is actually only 8 years older than Tippi Hedren, whose mother she played in Marnie (1964). |
4 | Careworn-looking American character actress prominently on the 1950s stage who made an auspicious film debut in mid-career as Tippi Hedren's neurotic, secretive mother in Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964). She went on to appear in hundreds of showy, dressed-down film and TV roles often playing small-town wife, drab landlady or opinionated townsperson. |
5 | Appeared on 1950s and '60s stage in such venues as the Arena Stage Theatre and made her Broadway debut as a maid in "Major Barbara" (1956). |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Savage | 1973 | TV Movie | Marian Stern |
Hec Ramsey | 1973 | TV Series | Willa Hollister |
The Streets of San Francisco | 1972 | TV Series | Harriet Sensibaugh |
Hawaii Five-O | 1972 | TV Series | Mrs. Klein |
Invitation to a March | 1972 | TV Movie | |
The Sixth Sense | 1972 | TV Series | Mrs. Bennett |
Cannon | 1972 | TV Series | Mrs. Bolinger |
Young Dr. Kildare | 1972 | TV Series | Mrs. Field |
The Harness | 1971 | TV Movie | Emma Randall |
Longstreet | 1971 | TV Series | Maxine Bailey |
Sweet, Sweet Rachel | 1971 | TV Movie | Lillian Piper |
McCloud | 1971 | TV Series | Emily Cantrell |
Ironside | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Martha Gordon / Wanda |
Making It | 1971 | | Mrs. Wilson |
Bonanza | 1966-1971 | TV Series | Mrs. Harriet Clinton / Willie Mae Rikeman |
The Name of the Game | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Helen / Miss Digby |
Adam at Six A.M. | 1970 | | Mrs. Hopper |
The Young Lawyers | 1969 | TV Series | Maria Cannon |
Hail, Hero! | 1969 | | Miss Mirabel |
The F.B.I. | 1965-1969 | TV Series | Barbara Griswold / Edith Bender / Ethel Wallace / ... |
Judd for the Defense | 1969 | TV Series | Claire Beeton |
CBS Playhouse | 1968 | TV Series | Mrs. Meridan |
The Outsider | 1968 | TV Series | Frances Dustin |
Firecreek | 1968 | | Dulcie |
Family Affair | 1966-1968 | TV Series | Fran Heiger |
Johnny Belinda | 1967 | TV Movie | Mrs. McKee |
The Fugitive | 1967 | TV Series | Betsy Chandler |
The Invaders | 1967 | TV Series | Joan Corman |
Run for Your Life | 1966 | TV Series | Claire Burden |
A Man Called Shenandoah | 1966 | TV Series | Cora Eldridge |
Ben Casey | 1965 | TV Series | Ellen Carter |
Perry Mason | 1965 | TV Series | Shirley Logan / Matilda Shore |
Mr. Novak | 1965 | TV Series | Adele |
The Rogues | 1965 | TV Series | Catherine DeMontrachet |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1965 | TV Series | Maude Isles |
The Doctors and the Nurses | 1965 | TV Series | Mrs. Franks |
Marnie | 1964 | | Bernice Edgar |
Armstrong Circle Theatre | 1961 | TV Series | Faye |
Driven to This | 2017 | Short post-production | Mother |
The X-Files | 2000 | TV Series | Marjorie Butters |
Total Security | 1997 | TV Series | Zoe Gareth |
ER | 1997 | TV Series | Mrs. Cupertino |
In Cold Blood | 1996 | TV Mini-Series | Eunice Hickock |
Mary & Tim | 1996 | TV Movie | Forbsie |
Earth 2 | 1995 | TV Series | Old Lydia |
In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness | 1994 | TV Movie | Delores Lynch |
Against the Grain | 1993 | TV Series | Hilda |
Love Field | 1992 | | Mrs. Enright |
Murder, She Wrote | 1992 | TV Series | Mrs. Oates |
Cruel Doubt | 1992 | TV Mini-Series | Polly Bates |
Roc | 1991 | TV Series | Mrs. Hope |
Paradise | 1991 | | Catherine Reston Lee |
Crazy from the Heart | 1991 | TV Movie | Mae Esther |
The Haunted | 1991 | TV Movie | Mary |
Settle the Score | 1989 | TV Movie | Helen Whately |
Falcon Crest | 1989 | TV Series | Irene |
Hunter | 1988 | TV Series | Emily Hill |
Hothouse | 1988 | TV Series | Louise Dougherty |
CBS Summer Playhouse | 1988 | TV Series | Mrs. Harding |
Stillwatch | 1987 | TV Movie | Lila Thatcher |
Designing Women | 1986 | TV Series | Mrs. Perky Sugarbaker |
Fresno | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Ethel Duke |
Hotel | 1986 | TV Series | Jenny Lucas |
Highway to Heaven | 1986 | TV Series | Mildred Kelsey |
Dress Gray | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Mrs. Loerna Tutwiler |
Toughlove | 1985 | TV Movie | Mrs. Griffin (uncredited) |
Love Lives On | 1985 | TV Movie | Nana |
Mass Appeal | 1984 | | Margaret |
Obsessive Love | 1984 | TV Movie | Mrs. Foster |
The Philadelphia Experiment | 1984 | | Pamela |
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal | 1982 | TV Movie | Pat Kinsman |
Pray TV | 1982 | TV Movie | Mrs. Oakes |
Thin Ice | 1981 | TV Movie | Mrs. McCormick |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1977-1980 | TV Series | Bettina Buxley / Ma Landers |
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall | 1980 | TV Movie | Bettina Buxley |
Family | 1980 | TV Series | Elaine Hogan |
The Contender | 1980 | TV Mini-Series | Alma Captor |
CHiPs | 1980 | TV Series | Lucy Krammer |
Scruples | 1980 | TV Mini-Series | Mary Ann Evans |
Big Shamus, Little Shamus | 1979 | TV Series | Eleanor |
Backstairs at the White House | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Housekeeper Nesbitt |
Eight Is Enough | 1977-1979 | TV Series | Katherine Mitchell |
Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill | 1979 | TV Movie | Fanny |
The Awakening Land | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | Jary Luckett |
Quincy M.E. | 1978 | TV Series | Nurse Katherine Lowry |
The Waltons | 1977 | TV Series | Aunt Kate Grover Daly |
Visions | 1977 | TV Series | Mary Blakemore |
In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan | 1977 | TV Movie | Sister Mary Luke |
The Ghost of Cypress Swamp | 1977 | TV Movie | Ma Landers |
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? | 1977 | TV Movie | Mrs. Schroeder |
33 Hours in the Life of God | 1976 | TV Movie | Nurse Levitt |
Good Heavens | 1976 | TV Series | Bertha Salnick |
Great Performances | 1976 | TV Series | Mrs. Winemiller |
McNaughton's Daughter | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Cassy Garnett |
Sara | 1976 | TV Series | Martha Higgins |
The Six Million Dollar Man | 1975 | TV Series | Ms. Hallaway |
92 in the Shade | 1975 | | Mrs. Skelton |
Shell Game | 1975 | TV Movie | Constance Margolin |
Lucas Tanner | 1974 | TV Series | Mrs. Gibbons |
Medical Center | 1971-1974 | TV Series | Mrs. Tully / Mrs. Whitlock |
Rhoda | 1974 | TV Series | Louise Shattner |
Winter Kill | 1974 | TV Movie | Doris |
The Sugarland Express | 1974 | | Mrs. Looby |
The Wide World of Mystery | 1974 | TV Series | Anne |
Gunsmoke | 1968-1974 | TV Series | Mrs. Shepherd / Claire Gentry / Emilie Sadler / ... |
Tell Me Where It Hurts | 1974 | TV Movie | Louise |
Columbo | 1973 | TV Series | Mrs. Norris |
Kojak | 1973 | TV Series | Madge Donnelly |
Dying Room Only | 1973 | TV Movie | Vi |
White Lightning | 1973 | | Martha Culpepper |
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