Nancy Malone

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Nancy Malone
Born
Ann Josefa Maloney

March 19, 1935
Queens Village, Queens[1]
DiedMay 8, 2014(2014-05-08) (aged 79)
Duarte, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, director and producer
Years active1950–2003

Nancy Malone (born Ann Josefa Maloney;[2] March 19, 1935 – May 8, 2014)[1] was an American television actress from the 1950s to 1970s, who later moved into producing and directing in the 1980s and 1990s.

Early life and career

Born in

Queens Village, New York City, Malone was one of at least three children[1] born to longshoreman James Maloney and Winnifred Shields, an Irish immigrant from Crossmaglen, County Armagh.[2] Her mother gave her the middle name, Josefa, because her birthday happened to fall on March 19, Saint Joseph's Day.[2]
The 1930-1940 census records show she had two older brothers, Roger C(harles) and James F(rancis).

Malone first achieved fame as a

John Robert Powers Agency,[1][3] most notably on November 25, 1946, when, at age 11, she appeared on the cover of Life magazine's 10th anniversary issue.[4]

Television

Malone appeared in a number of programs in the early days of television, including

The Long Hot Summer, which ran for one season on ABC,[6] and appeared in The Outer Limits episode "Fun and Games" and The Twilight Zone episode "Stopover in a Quiet Town". She guest-starred alongside Robert Redford in an episode of Route 66 entitled "First Class Mouliak". In 1967, she appeared in an episode of the western Bonanza as Katherine Rowen ("The Unseen Wound"). She also guest-starred in one 1968 episode of The Big Valley, "The Secret". That same year she portrayed Dr. Edith Gibson, the love interest of Goober Pyle (George Lindsey), on the next-to-the-last original episode of the television series The Andy Griffith Show, "A Girl for Goober". In 1968 she also appeared as Steve McGarrett's sister in the Hawaii Five O episode "Once Upon a Time". Later, in 1971, she performed the role of Cathleen, Rueben Kincaid's love interest, in episode 20 of The Partridge Family
, "They Shoot Managers Don't They?".

Stage

Malone debut on Broadway in

Time Out For Ginger.[7]

Entertainment business

In 1976, she became the first female vice-president of television at

20th Century Fox
.

Awards

Malone in 1977 was awarded one of the first

The Actors Studio, as well as a board member for The Alliance Of Women Directors, composed of female directors who are alumnae of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women.[10]

Hobbies

Malone was a painter and a poet, and she enjoyed playing football and baseball.[7]

Death

She died of pneumonia while battling leukemia on May 8, 2014, aged 79.[10]

Filmography as director

References

  1. ^
    ProQuest 1522996906
    . She was born Ann Maloney on March 19, 1935, in Queens Village on Long Island in New York. When she was in grade school, photos of her taken as a lark (it was supposed to be her brother's photo session) led to her being signed by a modeling agency. With her hair in pigtails, she was the cover girl on the 10th anniversary issue of Life in 1946.
  2. ^ a b c "Nancy Malone Interview Part 1 of 4 - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG". TelevisionAcademy.com. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  3. ^ "Life's Cover". Life. November 25, 1946. p.14. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Theater: Hokum and More Hokum; A Real Cover Girl Plays One". Life. December 22, 1952. p. 42. Retrieved July 8, 2023
  5. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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    Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ^ "Past Recipients: Crystal Award". Women In Film. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  9. ProQuest 2286841918
    . OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES: Linda Hope (executive producer), Nancy Malone (supervising producer), Don Mischer (producer), Bob Hope: The First 90 Years, NBC
  10. ^ a b Obituary, latimes.com; accessed May 11, 2014.

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