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Catherine McLeod
Santa Monica, California, USA
Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one…
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Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom James Garner's character Bret Maverick wanted to marry on the 1957 television series Maverick, in the episode "Rage for Vengeance," and appeared in literally dozens of other series including The Millionaire, Meet McGraw, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 77 Sunset Strip, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Bronco, Perry Mason, Colt .45, Lawman, Bonanza, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and the Ten Thousand Horses Singing episode of Studio One opposite James Dean and John Forsythe. Movies included Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You (1946), Courage of Lassie (1946), The Fabulous Texan (1947), That's My Man (1947), Old Los Angeles (1948), My Wife's Best Friend (1952), A Blueprint for Murder (1953), William Witney's The Outcast (1954), Ride the Wild Surf (1964), and Lipstick (1976). McLeod's greatest impact upon American consciousness by far, however, was as purveyor of one of the most ubiquitous catchphrases of its era when she portrayed the woman in the 1963 headache remedy television commercial who plaintively but irritably said, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" The announcer's voiceover would then intone, "Sure you have a headache... tense, irritable.... but don't take it out on her." Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine McLeod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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1991
The Republic Pictures Story
Movie Self
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1976
Lipstick
Movie Vogue Lady
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1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV show Mrs. Pate
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1965
The F.B.I.
TV show Lorraine Fryes
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1964
Ride the Wild Surf
Movie Mrs. Kilua
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1963
The Outer Limits
TV show Abby Kagan
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1962
The Virginian
TV show Amy Sturgis
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1961
The Sergeant Was a Lady
Movie Maj. Hay
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1961
87th Precinct
TV show
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1961
Cain's Hundred
TV show Secretary
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1961
Tammy Tell Me True
Movie Mrs. Bateman
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1960
Angel
TV show
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1960
Stagecoach West
TV show Emily Walker
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1960
Coronado 9
TV show Martha Travis
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1959
Hawaiian Eye
TV show
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1959
Bonanza
TV show Mrs. McClure
More credits
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1959
One Step Beyond
TV show Mary Dermott
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show
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1958
Bronco
TV show
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1958
Return to Warbow
Movie Kathleen Fallam
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1957
Alcoa Theatre
TV show Edie
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1957
Maverick
TV show Margaret Ross
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Lorraine Ferrell
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1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV show
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1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV show Mildred Tyler
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1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV show Effie Fallon
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1956
State Trooper
TV show
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1955
Matinee Theater
TV show
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show Letty Rickers
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1954
The Outcast
Movie Alice Austin
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1954
The Heart of Juliet Jones
Movie Juliet Jones
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1954
Public Defender
TV show
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1953
Letter to Loretta
TV show Martha Patton
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1953
A Blueprint for Murder
Movie Maggie Sargent
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1953
Sword of Venus
Movie Claire
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1953
General Electric Theater
TV show Isabel Harris
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1952
My Wife's Best Friend
Movie Jane Richards
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1952
Four Star Playhouse
TV show Leila
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1952
10,000 Horses Singing
Movie D. D. Dillward
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1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV show Bess Maguire
