| Eve McVeagh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eva Elizabeth McVeagh 15 July 1919 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | 10 December 1997 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937-1989 |
Eve McVeagh, born Eva Elizabeth McVeagh,[1] (July 15, 1919- December 10, 1997) was an American actress of film, television, stage, and radio. Born in Ohio, McVeagh moved to Los Angeles in 1923, where she started acting in theater in her teens. Her career spanned 52 years from her first stage role through her last stage appearance.[2] McVeagh's roles included leading and supporting parts as well as smaller character roles. She is best defined as a workhorse character actress of all acting mediums. [3][4] [5]
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During her 20s McVeagh went to New York, performing on radio and on Broadway in several productions including the roles of Martha in "Snafu" (1944–1945)[6] and Patsy Laverne in "Too Hot for Maneuvers" (1945).[7] After returning to Los Angeles to raise her family, McVeagh starred in West Coast premieres of Broadway shows at the Pasadena Playhouse, most notably the lead in "Come Back Little Sheba." Her Hollywood theater work included one year as Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Her stage career continued in Las Vegas in 1981 in "The Ninety Day Mistress" playing the mother of June Wilkinson, British actress and sex symbol. She continued to act in small stage productions including several with the award winning Theatre Forty Company in Beverly Hills and in Hollywood through 1989 concluding an over 50 year stage career.[2]
McVeagh's first film appearance was a supporting role in the classic "High Noon" (1952) in which she played Mildred Fuller alongside Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. She co-starred in "Tight Spot" as Clara Moran playing the sister of Ginger Rogers: Of her performance, the New York Times raved "For our money, the best scene, whipped up by scenarist William Bowers, is the anything-but-tender reunion of Miss Rogers and her sister, Eve McVeagh ... an ugly, blistering pip."[8] Ms. McVeagh was also featured in "The Cobweb" as Shirley Irwin, as Viv in "The Glass Web", as Mrs Clinton in "Three in the Attic", Mrs. Masters in "The Way West", "Crime & Punishment, USA" as Mrs Griggs, a reporter in The Dino De Laurentiis production of "King Kong", and "The Graduate".[2] Her final co-starring film role was in the independent film "Money to Burn" (1983) as Vivian. Her last onscreen appearance was a small part in "Creator" (1985) with Peter O'Toole. Ms. McVeagh's contributions to film were recognized by the bestowal of membership in the actor's branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her contributions in film spanned 33 years.[3]
McVeagh had an even longer career in television beginning in 1946 in the series "Faraway Hill". Other notable television series on which she appeared included "Dragnet" and "I Love Lucy" (as Roberta the hairdresser in the classic "Black Wig" episode). She was cast in three episodes of "Perry Mason" and two episodes of the "Twilight Zone". Alfred Hitchcock notably used actors he liked over and over. McVeagh was cast in four episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and two episodes of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" . Roles in the 1960s also included "Bonanza", "Ironside" and "My Three Sons". Over the next two decades she appeared on "Here's Lucy" "Love, American Style" "Little House on the Prairie","Maude",three episodes of "McMillan and Wife", "The Bionic Woman", "Charlie's Angels", "The Jeffersons", "Lou Grant", "The Incredible Hulk", "Knots Landing", "Cagney and Lacey", "Hill Street Blues", "Hunter", "Airwolf", "Highway to Heaven", and "Simon and Simon". McVeagh's last television credit was in 1987. Her career in television spanned 41 years.[3]
McVeagh was an acting and voice coach at the Film Actors Workshop at Warner Brothers Studios. Additionally, she taught privately and guest lectured at the University of Southern California in the School of Theatre.[2]
McVeagh was married to character actor Clarke Gordon (her fourth husband) at the time of her death and had four children and nine grandchildren. Grandson Dr. Paul Robert Appleby, Ph.D., who was raised effectively as her fifth child, is a Research Scientist and Assistant Professor (Research) at the University of Southern California (Keck School of Medicine & Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism). [9] [2] Although at one time carrying on the family tradition as a child actor (aka Rob Appleby), Dr. Appleby finds creative outlet inspired by his grandmother as a producer/writer of interactive media designed to positively effect social change.[10]
| Year | Title | Role | Entertainment Medium and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944-1945 | Snafu | Martha | Stage (Broadway) |
| 1945 | Too Hot for Maneuvers | Patsy Laverne | Stage (Broadway) |
| 1946 | Faraway Hill | Regular | Television Soap Opera. First soap opera on American TV network. |
| 1950-51 | Clyde Beatty Show | Mrs.Harriet Beatty | Radio |
| 1952 | High Noon | Mildred Fuller | Film |
| 1952 | Schlitz Playhouse | Episode: "The Trial" | Television |
| 1952 | Your Jeweler's Showcase | Episode: "Marked X" | Television |
| 1953 | Life with Luigi | Episode: "The Dance" | Television |
| 1953 | The Glass Web | Viv | Film |
| 1954 | Dragnet | Episode: "The Big Drink" | Television |
| 1954 | Fireside Theatre | Marge in Episode: "Invitation to Marriage" | Television |
| 1954 | Fireside Theatre | Murial Tannant in Episode: "The Insufferable Woman" | Television |
| 1954 | I Love Lucy | Roberta in Episode: "The Black Wig" | Television |
| 1954 | Climax! | Episode: "Sorry Wrong Number" | Television |
| 1955 | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Ethel | Film |
| 1955 | I Led 3 Lives | Miss Cutler in Episode: "Commie Dies" | Television |
| 1955 | The Ford Television Theatre | Suzie in Episode: "Celebrity" | Television |
| 1955 | Tight Spot | Clara Moran | Film |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Mrs. Shirley Irwin | Film |
| 1955 | Stage 7 | Miss Shelby in Episode: "The Traveling Salesman" | Television |
| 1955 | Crossroads | Myrtle Greenspant in Episode: "The Unholy Trio" | Television |
| 1956 | Crusader | Pearl Winacheck in Episode: "The Sharks" | Television |
| 1956 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Nurse in Episode: "One Life" | Television |
| 1956 | Science Fiction Theatre | Ann Page in Episode: "The Green Bomb" | Television |
| 1956 | Highway Patrol | Mrs. West in Episode: "Runaway Boy" | Television |
| 1957 | Sierra Stranger | Ruth Gaines | Film |
| 1957 | The Jack Benny Program | Reunion Guest in Episode: "Mary Has May Co. Reunion" | Television |
| 1957 | Adventures of Superman | Mrs. Wilson in Episode: "The Stolen Elephant" | Television |
| 1957 | The George Sanders Mystery Theater | Thelma in Episode: "The Night I Died" | Television |
| 1957 | Casey Jones | Nell Dixon in Episode: "Star Witness" | Television |
| 1958 | The Court of Last Resort | Edith Elwell in Episode: "The Peter Stevens Case" | Television |
| 1958 | Mike Hammer | Veronica Karnes in Episode: "Overdose of Lead" | Television |
| 1958 | G.E. True Theater | Episode: "One is a Wanderer" | Television |
| 1958 | Unwed Mother | Film | |
| 1958 | Man with a Camera | Mrs. Collins in Episode: "Six Faces of Satan" | Television |
| 1959 | Alcoa Theatre | Miss Bellows in Episode: "Man of His House" | Television |
| 1959 | The Thin Man | Dane in Episode: "Dear Dead Days" | Television |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Beulah in Episode: "Incident of a Burst of Evil" | Television |
| 1959 | Dennis The Menace | Mrs. Purcell in Episode: "Dennis and the Signpost" | Television |
| 1959 | "Crime & Punishment, USA" | Mrs. Griggs | Film |
| 1960 | The Clear Horizon | Frances Moseby | Television Soap Opera |
| 1960 | Johnny Ringo | Molly Crawford in Episode: "Four Came Quietly" | Television |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Nora Fleming in Episode: "The Case of the Angry Mourner" | Television |
| 1959 | Perry Mason | Laura Richards in Episode: "The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll" | Television |
| 1960 | Perry Mason | Saleswoman in Episode: "The Case of the Gallant Grafter" | Television |
| 1960 | Lawman | Josie - Saloon Gal in Episode: "The Ugly Man" | Television |
| 1960 | Riverboat | Julie Scott in Episode: "The Wichita Arrows" | Television |
| 1960 | Startime | Georgia in Episode: "Incident at a Corner" | Television |
| 1961 | Coronado 9 | Laura Tyler in Episode: "Hunt Breakfast" | Television |
| 1961 | Surfside 6 | Blosson McKenzie in Episode: "Little Mister Kelly" | Television |
| 1961 | The Real McCoys | Myra McCoy in Episode: "Back to West Virginny" | Television |
| 1961 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Episode: "Casket 7.3" | Television |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Bunny in Episode: "Degrees of Guilt" | Television |
| 1962 | Checkmate | Bess Conrad in Episode: "A Very Rough Sketch" | Television |
| 1962 | Have Gun - Will Travel | Katherine Parsons in Episode: "One, Two, Three" | Television |
| 1962 | Thriller | Mrs. Curtis in Episode: "The Hollow Watcher" | Television |
| 1962 | Thriller | Bonnie in Episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part" | Television |
| 1962 | The Law and Mr. Jones | Episode: "The Boy Who Said No" | Television |
| 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Waitress in Episode: "Coyote Moon" | Television |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Eve the Reporter in Episode: "The Gloating Place" | Television |
| 1961-1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Landlady (Recurring) | Television |
| 1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Grieving mother in Episode: "The Test" | Television |
| 1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mae in Episode: "What Frightened You, Fred?" | Television |
| 1962 | The Tall Man | Episode: "Phoebe" | Television |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Miss Hammond recurring role | Television |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant | Marge in Episode: "Instant Wedding" | Television |
| 1962 | Wagon Train | Yolanda in Episode: "The Terry Morrell story" | Television |
| 1963 | Wagon Train | Mrs Sharp in Episode: "The Cassie Vance Story" | Television |
| 1964 | Arrest and Trial | Mrs Nello in Episode: "The Best There Is" | Television |
| 1964 | Twilight Zone | Ella in Episode: "I am the Night - Color me Black" | Television |
| 1964 | Karen | Mrs Peters in Episode: "The Wig" | Television |
| 1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E | Baroness in Episode: "The Odd Man Affair" | Television |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Rose Cates in Episode: "Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans" | Television |
| 1965 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Sylvia Boggs in Episode: "Last Second Wife" | Television |
| 1965 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Ruth Becker in Episode: "Wings of Hope" | Television |
| 1965 | Daniel Boone | Eleanor Tully in Episode: "The Christmas Story" | Television |
| 1965 | Daniel Boone | Kate Bothwell in Episode: "The Quietists" | Television |
| 1966 | Hank | Miss Krimmer in Episode: "The Millionth Dollar Baby" | Television |
| 1966 | My Favorite Martian | Mother in Episode: "Martin the Mannequin" | Television |
| 1966 | F Troop | Wilma McGee in Episode: "Reunion for O'Rourke" | Television |
| 1966 | My Mother the Car | Goldie in Episode: "It Might as Well Be Spring as Not" | Television |
| 1966 | My Three Sons | Clara in Episode: "The Wrong Robbie" | Television |
| 1967 | The F.B.I. | Bea Jensen in Episode: "A Question of Guilt" | Television |
| 1967 | The Way West | Mrs. Masters | Film |
| 1967 | Bonanza | Harriet Guthrie in Episode: "Night of Reckoning" | Television |
| 1968 | Ironside | Manager in Episode: "An Obvious Case of Guilt" | Television |
| 1968 | The Outsider | Mrs. Forrester in Episode: "Tell It like It Is...and You're Dead"" | Television |
| 1968 | Three in the Attic | Mrs. Clinton | Film |
| 1969 | Anatomy of a Crime | Mrs. Forrester | Television Movie |
| 1969 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Mrs. Whitakker in Episode: "Millie, the Model" | Television |
| 1967 | Dragnet | Bonnie McKenzie in Episode: "The Senior Citizen" | Television |
| 1968 | Dragnet | Margaret Chance in Episode: "Police Commission: DR-13" | Television |
| 1969 | Dragnet | Mrs. Shore in Episode: "Juvenile: The Little Pusher" | Television |
| 1969 | Roberta | Anna | Television Movie |
| 1967 | The Virginian | Maude in Episode: "The Deadly Past" | Television |
| 1969 | The Virginian | Mrs. Forrester in Episode: "A Woman of Stone" | Television |
| 1970 | Airport | Mrs. Henry Bron | Film |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Miss Griggs | Film |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Mrs. Luchman in Episode: "The Jury Story" | Television |
| 1970-1971 | The Red Skelton Show | Regular Performer | Television |
| 1969 | Room 222 | PTA Member in Episode: "Richie's Story" | Television |
| 1971 | Room 222 | Mrs. Cates in Episode: "The Long Honeymoon" | Television |
| 1971 | Room 222 | Madge Morano in Episode: "The Last Full Moon" | Television |
| 1971 | Love, American Style | Eloise Hempsted | Television (3 episodes) |
| 1972 | Glass Houses (film) | Film | |
| 1972 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Lorraine Karn in Episode: "Very Young Man with a Horn" | Television |
| 1972 | Alias Smith and Jones | Episode: "What Happened at the XST?"" | Television |
| 1973 | The Streets of San Francisco | Mrs. Logan in Episode: "The Unicorn" | Television |
| 1973 | Here's Lucy | Woman with Dog in Episode: "The Bow Wow Boutique" | Television |
| 1968 | Adam 12 | Mrs. Walker in Episode: "Log 72: El Presidente" | Television |
| 1970 | Adam 12 | Marge Jenkins in Episode: "Log 174: Loan Sharks" | Television |
| 1973 | Adam 12 | Margaret Willis in Episode: "VanNuys Division: Pete's Mustache" | Television |
| 1972 | McMillan & Wife | Episode: "Till Death Do Us Part" | Television |
| 1972 | McMillan & Wife | Mrs. Denny in Episode: "An Elementary Case of Murder" | Television |
| 1974 | McMillan & Wife | Episode: "Reunion in Terror" | Television |
| 1974 | The Snoop Sisters | Coven Member in Episode: "The Devil Made Me Do It!" | Television |
| 1974 | Police Story | Ethel in Episode: "Fingerprint" | Television |
| 1974 | Movin' On | Rosalie in Episode: "Grit" | Television |
| 1975 | The Texas Wheelers | Mrs. Klate in Episode: "The Music Box" | Television |
| 1975 | Little House on the Prairie | Mrs. Hillstrom in Episode: "The Gift" | Television |
| 1975 | Maude | Renee in Episode: "The Christmas Party" | Television |
| 1977 | Exo-Man | Television Movie | |
| 1977 | The Bionic Woman | Middle Aged Woman in Episode: "Over the Hill Spy" | Television |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels | Old Lady in Episode: "Angels on Vacation" | Television |
| 1979 | Murder by Natural Causes | Helen Carrington | Television Movie |
| 1979 | Barnaby Jones | Millie Kelley in Episode: "Master of Deception" | Television |
| 1980 | Spoon River Anthology | Several Characters | Stage (Theatre Forty Company, Beverly Hills) |
| 1980 | The Jeffersons | Mrs. Simpson in Episode: "Louise's Setback" | Television |
| 1980 | Power | Juror | Television Movie |
| 1980 | CHiPs | Wife in Episode: "Dynamite Alley" | Television |
| 1979 | Lou Grant | Elizabeth Benson in Episode: "Home" | Television |
| 1981 | Lou Grant | Claire in Episode: "Catch" | Television |
| 1981 | The Incredible Hulk | Landlady in Episode: "Triangle" | Television |
| 1981 | The Ninety Day Mistress | Judith Hastings | Stage (Las Vegas) |
| 1982 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Mary | Stage (Richmond Shepard Theater Studios, Hollywood) |
| 1982 | Knots Landing | Mrs. Green in Episode: "China Dolls" | Television |
| 1982 | Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice | Mrs. Rugolo | Television Movie |
| 1982 | Hill Street Blues | Tenant in Episode: "Stan the Man" | Television |
| 1983 | Money to Burn | Vivian | Film |
| 1983 | Knight Rider | Slot Granny in Episode: "The Topaz Connection" | Television |
| 1984 | Jennifer Slept Here | Episode: "Do You Take This Ghost" | Television |
| 1984 | Hunter | Mrs. Onadon in Episode: "Hunter (Pilot)" | Television |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Annie in Episode: "Random Target" | Television |
| 1985 | Highway to Heaven | Flora in Episode: "Going Home, Going Home" | Television |
| 1985 | Creator | Woman with monkey | Film |
| 1985 | Cagney & Lacey | Dorothy Gantney in Episode: "The Psychic" | Television |
| 1985 | Simon & Simon | Mrs. MacDermott in Episode: "Burden of the Beast" | Television |
| 1986 | Simon & Simon | Mrs. Talbot in Episode: "The Cop Who Came to Dinner" | Television |
| 1987 | Mathnet | Mrs. Swaggle in Episode: "The Problem of the Dirty Money" | Television |
| 1987 | Square One TV | Mrs. Swaggle in Episode: "Episode #1.23" | Television |