Sue Ane Langdon
Sue Ane Langdon | |
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Born | Sue Lookhoff |
Other names |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1959–1991 |
Spouse |
Jack Emrek
(m. 1959; died 2010) |
Awards |
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Sue Ane Langdon is an American actress. She has appeared in dozens of television series and had featured roles in films such as A Guide for the Married Man and The Cheyenne Social Club, both directed by Gene Kelly, as well as The Rounders opposite Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford and two Elvis Presley movies, Roustabout and Frankie and Johnny.
She began her performing career singing at Radio City Music Hall and acting in stage productions. In the mid-1960s, she appeared in the Broadway musical The Apple Tree,[1] which starred Alan Alda.
Her co-starring role on the television series
In 1976, she appeared in Hello Dolly at The Little Theatre on the Square.[2] In 1978, she appeared in Chicago for Kenley Players in Columbus, Ohio.[3] She was featured mainly in comedies, with an occasional dramatic film.
Biography
Early life
After graduating high school, Langdon enrolled at the North Texas Teachers College in Denton Texas. She was also briefly enrolled full-time at Idaho State University.[4]
Career
Langdon's film debut came in
Langdon's first regular role on network series television came as the third actress to play Alice Kramden in Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners sketches and shows. Preceded by Pert Kelton and Audrey Meadows and followed by Sheila MacRae and Meadows again, she shared a Life cover with Gleason promoting his 1962 return to weekly variety television. A premature departure from the role following a brief four-week run left her mark on the American Scene Magazine era of Gleason's career a small one at best. The press reported at the time "incompatible personality differences" between "The Great One" and her. Four years later, MacRae took over the role for the color, hour-long musical versions.[6]
Langdon was more frequently seen on the small screen in guest roles such as Kitty Marsh during the
Langdon made her second guest appearance on Perry Mason in 1964 as murder victim Bonnie in "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor". Her third Perry Mason appearance was in the 1966 episode "The Case of the Avenging Angel" as Dorothy (Dotty) Merrill. Her other guest appearances on TV programs included
She co-starred in two television series in the 1970s.
Langdon was presented one of the Golden Boot Awards in 2003 for her contribution to television and cinema Westerns.[citation needed]
Personal life
Langdon married Jack Emrek on April 4, 1959, in
References
- ^ "The Apple Tree". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved June 2, 2010.[unreliable source?]
- ISBN 978-0-8093-2354-8.
- ^ "096C2891 Sue Ane Langdon portrait". Columbus in Historic Photographs. Columbus Metropolitan Library. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
Actress Sue Ane Langdon (3/8/1936- ), appeared in Columbus in the Kenley Players production of Chicago in 1978.
- ^ Alumni Records, Idaho State University
- ISBN 978-0-7864-0868-9.
- ^ "Sue Ane Langdon profile". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ [1], Nevada Marriage Index, 1956–2005, familysearch.org; accessed April 6, 2015.
- ^ "Actress Comes Home for Visit in Texas". The Dallas Morning News. February 21, 1961.
External links
- Sue Ane Langdon at IMDb
- Sue Ane Langdon at the Internet Broadway Database
- Sue Ane Langdon at the TCM Movie Database