Randy Stuart
| Randy Stuart | |
|---|---|
 Stuart with Alan Hale, Jr. in Biff Baker, U.S.A., 1952. | |
| Born |
Elizabeth Shaubell October 24, 1924 Iola, Allen County Kansas, U.S. |
| Died |
July 20, 1996 (aged 71) Bakersfield Kern County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1947 to 1975 |
| Spouse(s) |
Kenneth W. Smith (?-1945) Edward Charles George (1947-1954) (divorced) 1 child Lane Allan (1953-1968) (divorced) 3 children |
Randy Stuart, born as Elizabeth Shaubell (October 24, 1924 – July 20, 1996), was an American actress whose longest running role was as Louise Baker, the wife of the Cold War spy in the 26-episode adventure television series, Biff Baker, U.S.A., which aired on CBS, with Alan Hale, Jr., as the title character. In 1949, she had appeared as Lieutenant Eloise Billings in the film I Was a Male War Bride, with Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan.
Stuart's parents were itinerant musicians in the American South and the Middle West. She was born in Iola in Allen County in southeastern Kansas, and made her stage debut at the age of three. The Shaubells relocated to California, where Stuart attended college. A screen test in the play The Women led to Stuart being placed under contract at 20th Century Fox. Her film debut was uncredited in the 1947 picture, The Foxes of Harrow.[1]
In 1950 and in 1957, Stuart appeared, respectively, in the films All About Eve as a telephone friend of Eve, starring Anne Baxter, and The Incredible Shrinking Man as Louise Carey, the wife of Scott Carey, played by Grant Williams. In 1958, she was cast as Nancy Dawson in the western film, Man from God's Country, starring George Montgomery.[2] She also guest-starred about that time in Montgomery's short-lived television western television series, Cimarron City.
In 1959 to 1960, Stuart appeared as Nellie Cashman in eleven episodes of the ABC western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of Marshal Wyatt Earp. Nellie was briefly a romantic interest for Earp. From 1958 to 1961, Stuart guest starred four times in different roles on Clint Walker's ABC/Warner Brothers western, Cheyenne. In 1960, she played the mentally unbalanced Claire Russo in the episode "Tangled Trail" of Ty Hardin's ABC/WB series, Bronco. Her other western appearances were twice on Lawman and once each on Bonanza, Cimarron City, Colt .45, and Maverick.[2]
She appeared on the ABC/WB dramas, including 77 Sunset Strip, as Lucy Norton in the 1962 episode "The Reluctant Spy", Bourbon Street Beat, The Roaring 20s, and Hawaiian Eye. She also guest starred on CBS fantasy-drama The Millionaire. She appeared twice on the 1955-1956 NBC comedy It's a Great Life, with Frances Bavier.[2]
Stuart appeared twice in 1967 and 1968 as Eileen Gannon, wife of Harry Morgan's character, Officer Bill Gannon, on NBC's Dragnet. Her final appearance was as Miss Kallman in the 1975 episode "The Covenant" of ABC's Marcus Welby, M.D., with Robert Young in the title role.[2]
Stuart died at the age of seventy-one in Bakersfield, California.[2]
References
- ↑ "Randy Stuart bio". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Randy Stuart". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved September 15, 2011.