Cathryn Damon
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Cathryn Damon | |
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Los Angeles, California , U.S. | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1957–1987 |
Spouse | Richard Price Towers (1953 - ?) |
Cathryn Lee Damon (September 11, 1930 – May 4, 1987) was an American actress known for her roles in sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s. She was best known as Mary Campbell in Soap, for which she was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, winning in 1980.[1]
Early years
Damon was the elder daughter of Lee Frank Damon and Mary Cathryn Atwood. Her parents divorced and her mother married Walter A. Springer.[2][3]
Damon was born in Seattle and raised in Tacoma and graduated from Stadium High School.[4] As a child, she felt insecure, saying: "I never thought I was attractive enough. I never thought I was good enough."[5] She also felt as a child she was responsible for her parents' divorce.[5] She moved to New York City at age 16 to pursue ballet.
Career
Damon began her career as a ballerina, dancing in the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Lee, Massachusetts,[6] and performing with the Metropolitan Opera's dance company.[7]
Off-Broadway plays in which Damon appeared included The Boys From Syracuse.[8] and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.[9] She appeared in several
Damon became familiar to television viewers as
Damon, along with costar and TV husband
Personal life
In August 1953, Damon married Richard Price Towers, an actor and singer, in New York City.[2]
Illness and death
In 1986, Damon was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but continued acting in small roles up until shortly before her death a year later at age 56, on May 4, 1987.[10] She died in Los Angeles at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.[3]
Her final role, as Elizabeth McGovern's mother in the movie She's Having a Baby with Kevin Bacon, was released posthumously. She is interred in Acacia Memorial Park near Seattle.[citation needed]
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Getting There | Mary | Short |
1980 | How to Beat the High Cost of Living | Natalie | |
1983 | The First Time | Gloria | |
1988 | She's Having a Baby | Gayle Bainbridge | Filmed in 1986; final film role |
Television
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1957 | Producers' Showcase | Dancer | "Ruggles of Red Gap" |
1963 | Calamity Jane | Adelaide Adams | TV film |
1977 | Blansky's Beauties | Rose | "Nancy Breaks a Leg" |
1977 | Rafferty | Grace Hampton | "Death Out of a Blue Sky" |
1977–1981 | Soap | Mary Campbell | Main role |
1978 | The Love Boat | Charlotte | 1 episode |
1979 | Friendships, Secrets and Lies | Martha | TV film |
1981 | Midnight Offerings | Diane Sotherland | TV film |
1982 | Not in Front of the Children | Sheila | TV film |
1983 | Fantasy Island | Baronne LaRue | "Midnight Waltz/Let Them Eat Cake" |
1983 | Who Will Love My Children? | Hazel Anderson | TV film |
1983 | The Love Boat | Joan | 1 episode |
1984 | Simon & Simon | Kate Franklin | "Dear Lovesick" |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Morgana Cramer | "It's a Dog's Life" |
1984–1988 | Webster | Cassie Parker | Main role (season 2), guest (season 3) |
1987 | Matlock | Victoria Edwards | "The Chef" |
1987 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Aunt Dorothy Putnam | "Who Killed Sister Lorna?" |
References
- ^ "Cathryn Damon".
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Cathryn Damon Dead at 56; Won Emmy for Role in 'Soap'". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 7, 1987. p. B 20. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "Some famous and notable graduates", The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), September 9, 2006.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
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- ^ Suskin, Steven (February 20, 2011). "ON THE RECORD: From Off-Broadway, Ordinary Days and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Playbill. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Deaths in the news", Chicago Sun-Times, May 10, 1987.
- ^ "Cathryn Damon". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ^ Laster, James H. "Owen Phillips: 1967". allaboutwayside.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ Laster, James H. "Phillips: Production Chronology". allaboutwayside.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ The Creators Come Clean, Columbia/Trista r, April 2010
- ^ Universal Press Syndicate, September 1990.
External links
- Cathryn Damon at IMDb
- Cathryn Damon at the Internet Broadway Database
- Cathryn Damon at the Internet Off-Broadway Database