Catherine McLeod

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Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over 60 television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom

McLeod was born in Santa Monica, California. Her schooling came in an Alhambra convent. She acted in a Los Angeles little theater and studied in the Bliss-Hayden drama workshop.^[1] She worked in a movie theater in Reno and later became a chorus girl in musicals.^[2]

Cinema

MacLeod's films included the leading role as a concert pianist in Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You (1946), Courage of Lassie (1946), The Fabulous Texan (1947), Borzage's 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).

Television

On October 10, 1950, McLeod starred in "Criminal's Mark" on the TV version of Suspense.^[3] She made two guest appearances on the television series Perry Mason: Lorraine Ferrell in "The Case of the Vagabond Vixen" (1957) and Nora Huxley in "The Case of the Glittering Goldfish" (1959). In both roles, she played the wife of the murder victim, but was neither the defendant nor actual murderer.

McLeod appeared in dozens of other series, including

McLeod married San Francisco dental student Bill Gerds in 1947. They divorced in 1949. [5] McLeod's second husband was actor Don Keefer. They were married from May 7, 1950 until her death in 1997. They had three children.^[6]

Radio appearances

Filmography

References

Sources

• Ten Thousand Horses Singing at
  Internet Movie Database
• Rage for Vengeance at
  Internet Movie Database

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