Mercedes Shirley
Mercedes Shirley | |
|---|---|
 Mercedes Shirley in Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1957 | |
| Born | January 6, 1926 Billings, Montana, U.S. |
| Died | January 29, 1999 (aged 73)[1] Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1955–2018 |
| Spouse |
Robert Pender
(m. 1959; died 1969) |
| Children | unknown |
Mary Mercedes Shirley (January 6, 1926 – January 29, 1999) was an American actress. She appeared in television programs including The Twilight Zone, 77 Sunset Strip, The Invaders, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Gunsmoke.[2] Shirley died in January 1999 of natural causes at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, at the age of 73.[3][4]
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | I Led 3 Lives | Comrade Rose | Episode "Central American" |
| 1956 | Lux Video Theater | Max | Episode "Witness to a Murder" |
| 1956 | Matinee Theatre | Mary Lincoln (younger) | Episode "The Heart of Mary Lincoln" |
| 1956 | Highway Patrol | Kay Denson | Episode "Plant Robbery" |
| 1956 | The Lineup | Episode "The Adams Case" | |
| 1956 | This Is the Life | Carol | Episode "Pardon for the Penitent" |
| 1956 | I Led 3 Lives | Comrade Louise Crown | Episode "Dynamite" |
| 1956 | Climax! | Episode "Savage Portrait" | |
| 1957 | The Lone Ranger | Martha Barrett | Episode "The Tarnished Star" |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Davidson | Season 3 Episode 5: "Silent Witness" |
| 1957 | Have Gun – Will Travel | Mazie | Episode "The Colonel and the Lady" |
| 1957 | Climax! | Episode "To Walk the Night" | |
| 1959 | The Millionaire | Edna Crane | Episode "Millioinaire Marcia Forrest" |
| 1959 | Philip Marlowe | Julia Fransen | Episode "The Hunger" |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Katherine Strode | Episode "The Penitant: Louis Strode" |
| 1962 | Gunsmoke | Mary Pickett | Episode "The Do-Badder" |
| 1962 | Target: The Corruptors! | Rose | Episode "Fortress of Despair" |
| 1962 | Thriller | Jill Naylor | Episode "Man of Mystery" |
| 1962 | Route 66 | Woman Guest | Episode "From and Enchantress Fleeing" |
| 1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Joan's Sister | Episode "Like a Diamond in the Sky" |
| 1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Queenie Magee | Episode "Target Island" |
| 1963 | The Twilight Zone | Joan | Episode "On Thursday We Leave for Home" |
| 1963 | My Three Sons | Mrs. Riley | Episode "Chip's World" |
| 1963 | My Three Sons | Mrs. Kaye | Episode "Big Chief Bub" |
| 1963 | Breaking Point | Emma | Episode "Don't Cry, Baby, Don't Cry" |
| 1963 | The Richard Boone Show | Episode "Where's the Million Dollars?" | |
| 1964 | Ben Casey | Laura Smith | Episode "One Nation Indivisible" |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Woman Attendant | Episode "Panic" |
| 1973 | Human Experiments | Warden Weber | |
| 1979 | Young Love, First Love | Miss Holmes | TV movie |
| 1991 | Defenseless | Receptionist in Dubbing Studio | |
| 1995 | The Clinic | Nurse Delmore | Episode #1.1 |
References[edit]
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (February 12, 1999). "Stage and TV Actress Mercedes Shirley is Dead at 71". Playbill. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ Lentz, Harris (July 1999). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999. McFarland. p. 201-202. ISBN 9780786409198 – via Google Books.
- ^ Galloway, Doug (February 9, 1999). "Mercedes Shirley". Variety. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ Willis, John (June 1, 2002). Theatre World 1998-1999. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 265. ISBN 1557834326 – via Google Books.
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