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Aneta Corsaut(1933-1995)

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Aneta Corsaut
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Pretty, auburn-haired actress Aneta Louise Corsaut was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on November 3, 1933. She majored in drama at Northwestern University and studied acting with Lee Strasberg, considered by some to be the father of method acting in America. Aneta dropped out in her junior year to pursue a career in acting.

Aneta guest-starred in two TV shows during 1955: live program Producers' Showcase (1954) and the Robert Montgomery-hosted drama Robert Montgomery Presents (1950). She didn't make her feature film debut until 1958, when she starred in the cult science fiction favorite The Blob (1958) opposite Steve McQueen.

Aneta's best-known role came about in 1963, when she first appeared on The Andy Griffith Show (1960) as independent and self-sufficient schoolteacher Helen Crump. Aneta stayed on the show until its end in 1968, and reprised her role in the spin-off series Mayberry R.F.D. (1968), the made-for-TV movie Return to Mayberry (1986), and the reunion special Andy Griffith Show Reunion (1993).

Besides her role as the heroine in 'The Blob', Anita Corsaut regrettably didn't appear in many feature films. She had a role in video nasty The Toolbox Murders (1978), as well as uncredited appearances in Good Neighbor Sam (1964), A Rage to Live (1965), and Blazing Saddles (1974). She did, however, appear in many TV shows, including The Blue Knight (1975), Adam-12 (1968), House Calls (1979), Matlock (1986) (starring none other than Andy Griffith!), and General Hospital (1963), as well as guest appearances on a dozen others.

Ms. Corsaut battled cancer in her later years, and sadly died of the disease on November 6, 1995 at the age of 62. She will be remembered as Helen Crump.
BornNovember 3, 1933
DiedNovember 6, 1995(62)
BornNovember 3, 1933
DiedNovember 6, 1995(62)
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Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, and Earl Rowe in The Blob (1958)
Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut in The Blob (1958)
Keith Almoney and Aneta Corsaut in The Blob (1958)
Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe, Elbert Smith, and Hugh Graham in The Blob (1958)
Steve McQueen, John Benson, Aneta Corsaut, Elinor Hammer, and Earl Rowe in The Blob (1958)
Aneta Corsaut in The Blob (1958)
Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut in The Blob (1958)
Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut in The Blob (1958)
Steve McQueen, Stephen Chase, and Aneta Corsaut in The Blob (1958)
Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut in The Blob (1958)
Charles Brummit, Aneta Corsaut, and Cynthia Hull in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Aneta Corsaut in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

Known for

The Blob (1958)
The Blob
6.3
  • Jane Martin(as Aneta Corseaut)
  • 1958
Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, and Andy Griffith in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show
8.4
TV Series
  • Helen Crump
Gertrude Berg and Cedric Hardwicke in The Gertrude Berg Show (1961)
The Gertrude Berg Show
7.6
TV Series
  • Irma Howell
  • Irma Howell (1961-1962)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Gunsmoke
8.1
TV Series
  • Eleanor Starkey
  • Sister Ruth

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  • Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)
    Matlock
  • Don Knotts in Return to Mayberry (1986)
    Return to Mayberry
  • Anne Baxter, James Brolin, and Connie Sellecca in Hotel (1983)
    Hotel
  • Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
  • Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers in Hart to Hart (1979)
    Hart to Hart
  • House Calls (1979)
    House Calls
  • Michael Biehn and Patti Cohoon-Friedman in The Runaways (1978)
    The Runaways
  • The Toolbox Murders (1978)
    The Toolbox Murders
  • James Brolin, Robert Young, and Elena Verdugo in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
    Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • Nick Nolte, Peter Strauss, and Susan Blakely in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
    Rich Man, Poor Man
  • The Blue Knight (1975)
    The Blue Knight
  • Emergency! (1972)
    Emergency!
    • ...
  • Kent McCord and Martin Milner in Adam-12 (1968)
    Adam-12
  • Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in McMillan & Wife (1971)
    McMillan & Wife
    • (uncredited)
  • Bad Ronald (1974)
    Bad Ronald

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The Blob
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The Blob
The Blob | Anniversary Mashup
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The Blob | Anniversary Mashup

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    • November 3, 1933
    • Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
    • November 6, 1995
    • Studio City, California, USA(cancer)
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    • 1 Interview

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    Her last name, Corsaut, is pronounced "coar-soh.".
  • Quotes
    I'm neither ugly enough to be a straight character actress nor pretty enough to be a glamor girl, so I have to be an actress. I generally wind up playing the "nice girl" or the young mother who has a baby or wants a baby.

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