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Jean Byron
Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Jean Byron (born Imogene Audette Burkhart; December 10, 1925 – February 3, 2006, Height 5 feet 9 inches [1.75 meters]) was an American film, television, and stage actress. She was…
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Jean Byron (born Imogene Audette Burkhart; December 10, 1925 – February 3, 2006, Height 5 feet 9 inches [1.75 meters]) was an American film, television, and stage actress. She was best known for the role of Natalie Lane, Patty Lane's mother in the sitcom The Patty Duke Show. Byron was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and raised in Louisville. She began her career as a singer on radio, and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She made her film debut in 1952's Voodoo Tiger. She appeared in several other films, including The Magnetic Monster (1953), Serpent of the Nile (1953), and The Opposite Sex (1956). Byron's most famous role was as Natalie Lane on The Patty Duke Show. She appeared in all three seasons of the show, from 1963 to 1966. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1964. After The Patty Duke Show, Byron continued to work in television, appearing in shows such as The Wild Wild West, The Love Boat, and Murder, She Wrote. She also appeared in several films, including The Sting (1973) and The Muppet Movie (1979). Byron retired from acting in the early 1990s. She died in Mobile, Alabama, in 2006, at the age of 80. In addition to her acting career, Byron was also a talented singer and dancer. She was a member of the Actors Studio and the Screen Actors Guild. She was also a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
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1999
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
Movie Natalie Lane
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1989
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Movie Gallery Buyer
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1988
The Perfect Match
Movie Mom (as Jeane Byron)
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1987
Valet Girls
Movie Edie Smegmite
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1982
Hotel
TV show
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1981
Advice to the Lovelorn
Movie Mrs. Crowley
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1981
The Brady Girls Get Married
Movie Mrs. Covington (as Jeane Byron)
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1975
S.W.A.T.
TV show
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1974
The Death Squad
Movie Commissioner's Wife
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1972
Ransom for a Dead Man
Movie Pat
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1972
Where Does It Hurt?
Movie Dr. Kincaid
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1972
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Movie Book Store Owner (uncredited)
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1971
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
Movie House Party Guest (uncredited)
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1970
McCloud
TV show
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1969
Flareup
Movie Jerri Benton
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1968
The Mod Squad
TV show
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1968
Here's Lucy
TV show Mrs. MacClay
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1967
Mannix
TV show
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1967
Ironside
TV show
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1966
Batman
TV show Mrs. Millie Linseed
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1963
The Patty Duke Show
TV show Natalie Lane
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1963
Wall of Noise
Movie Mrs. Harrington
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1961
Bus Stop
TV show
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1961
Tallahassee 7000
TV show
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1960
Full Circle
TV show Kit Aldrich
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1959
The Detectives
TV show
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1959
Hawaiian Eye
TV show
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1959
Bourbon Street Beat
TV show Martha Delastone
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1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV show Dr. Imogene Burkhart
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1959
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
TV show
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1959
Laramie
TV show
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1959
Tightrope
TV show
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1959
Invisible Invaders
Movie Phyllis Penner
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show
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1958
Yancy Derringer
TV show Dorinda Ashton
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1957
Official Detective
TV show
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1956
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
TV show
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1956
State Trooper
TV show
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1956
Johnny Concho
Movie Pearl Lang
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1956
There's Always Tomorrow
Movie
