Filmography
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Known For
Of Mice and Men Mae Jackson (1939) -
Picnic Flo Owens (1956) -
Peyton Place Nellie Cross (1957) -
Known For
Victory Alma (1940) -
Actress
Judd for the Defense Anselma Rood (1968) -
The Outsider Landlady (1968) -
Coogan's Bluff Ellen Ringerman (1968) -
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life Thelma (1968) -
7 Women Florrie Pether (1966) -
The Trials of O'Brien Martha (1965) -
The Defenders Janet Novins (1964) -
Going My Way Florence Marlowe (1963) -
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Jenny Davies (1963) -
Sam Benedict Mrs. Stover (1963) -
![Dr. Kildare]( "Dr. Kildare")
Dr. Kildare Mrs. Harper (1962) -
![Route 66]( "Route 66")
Route 66 Maggie Carter (1960-1962) -
![The Doctors and the Nurses]( "The Doctors and the Nurses")
The Doctors and the Nurses Mrs. Bower (1962) -
![Birdman of Alcatraz]( "Birdman of Alcatraz")
Birdman of Alcatraz Stella Johnson (1962) -
![Ben Casey]( "Ben Casey")
Ben Casey Anna Olsen (1962) -
![Play of the Week]( "Play of the Week")
Play of the Week Don's Mother (1960-1961) -
![Naked City]( "Naked City")
Naked City Pauline Kater (1961) -
![Butterfield 8]( "Butterfield 8")
Butterfield 8 Mrs. Francis Thurber (1960) -
![Alfred Hitchcock Presents]( "Alfred Hitchcock Presents")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Helen (1960) -
![The Untouchables]( "The Untouchables")
The Untouchables Mrs. Buchanan (1960) -
![Hound-Dog Man]( "Hound-Dog Man")
Hound-Dog Man Cora McKinney (1959) -
Ah, Wilderness! Lily Miller (1959)
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![Climax!]( "Climax!")
Climax! Callie Bellason (1958) -
![Peyton Place]( "Peyton Place")
Peyton Place Nellie Cross (1957) -
![Kraft Theatre]( "Kraft Theatre")
Kraft Theatre (1957) -
![The Ford Television Theatre]( "The Ford Television Theatre")
The Ford Television Theatre Paula Marchetti (1957) -
![The Alcoa Hour]( "The Alcoa Hour")
The Alcoa Hour Marge Mayo (1957) -
![General Electric Theater]( "General Electric Theater")
General Electric Theater Emily Marsden (1956) -
![The Loretta Young Show]( "The Loretta Young Show")
The Loretta Young Show Frances Palmer (1956) -
![Bus Stop]( "Bus Stop")
Bus Stop Grace (1956) -
![Producers' Showcase]( "Producers' Showcase")
Producers' Showcase Addie (1956) -
![Picnic]( "Picnic")
Picnic Flo Owens (1956) -
![Lux Video Theatre]( "Lux Video Theatre")
Lux Video Theatre Martha Shanks (1951-1955) -
![Justice]( "Justice")
Justice (1954) -
![The Elgin Hour]( "The Elgin Hour")
The Elgin Hour Blanche (1954) -
Love Story (1954)
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![The Motorola Television Hour]( "The Motorola Television Hour")
The Motorola Television Hour Rita Bell (1954) -
![Goodyear Playhouse]( "Goodyear Playhouse")
Goodyear Playhouse (1953-1954) -
The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954)
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![Celanese Theatre]( "Celanese Theatre")
Celanese Theatre Amy Peters (1952) -
![Robert Montgomery Presents]( "Robert Montgomery Presents")
Robert Montgomery Presents (1952) -
![The Web]( "The Web")
The Web (1952) -
![Betty Crocker Star Matinee]( "Betty Crocker Star Matinee")
Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1952) -
![Pulitzer Prize Playhouse]( "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse")
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse Mary Todd Lincoln (1950-1951) -
Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951)
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Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951)
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![Masterpiece Playhouse]( "Masterpiece Playhouse")
Masterpiece Playhouse (1950) -
![The Great Gatsby]( "The Great Gatsby")
The Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan (1949) -
![Repertory Theatre]( "Repertory Theatre")
Repertory Theatre Rose (1948) -
![The Southerner]( "The Southerner")
The Southerner Nona Tucker (1945) -
![Tomorrow, the World!]( "Tomorrow, the World!")
Tomorrow, the World! Leona Richards (1944) -
![The Great Moment]( "The Great Moment")
The Great Moment Elizabeth Morton (1944) -
![Flesh and Fantasy]( "Flesh and Fantasy")
Flesh and Fantasy Henrietta (Episode 1) (1943) -
![Are Husbands Necessary?]( "Are Husbands Necessary?")
Are Husbands Necessary? Mary Elizabeth Cugat (1942) -
![Kings Row]( "Kings Row")
Kings Row Cassandra Tower (1942) -
![Blues in the Night]( "Blues in the Night")
Blues in the Night Kay Grant (1941) -
![The Shepherd of the Hills]( "The Shepherd of the Hills")
The Shepherd of the Hills Sammy Lane (1941) -
![Victory]( "Victory")
Victory Alma (1940) -
![Seventeen]( "Seventeen")
Seventeen Lola Pratt (1940) -
![Of Mice and Men]( "Of Mice and Men")
Of Mice and Men Mae Jackson (1939) -
Actress
![What a Life]( "What a Life")
What a Life Barbara Pearson (1939) -
Soundtrack
![Blues in the Night]( "Blues in the Night")
Blues in the Night (1941) -
Soundtrack
![Seventeen]( "Seventeen")
Seventeen (1940) -
Archive footage
![Marilyn]( "Marilyn")
Marilyn (1963) -
![Actors and Sin]( "Actors and Sin")
Actors and Sin (1952)
All Filmography
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination.Did You Know
Trivia
She was considered a frontrunner for the peasant role of Maria in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) due to her Spanish-speaking skills, but her screen test indicated she was "too Americanized". The role was eventually played by Ingrid Bergman, who ...
Quotes
I think it must be awful not to work. My only point in being idle is to rest so that I can work more...I'm only unhappy when I'm not working.
Star Sign
Aquarius
Personal Details
Born
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
(age 57)
Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA
Height:
5' 5" (1.65 m)User Polls
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