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Mala Powers (1931–2007)

Actress

The daughter of a United Press executive, Mala Powers attended the Max Reinhardt Junior Workshop as a kid and fell in love with acting the first time she set foot on a stage. She made her film debut in Universal's 1942 Tough As They Come before actress Helene Thimig (Max Reinhardt's wife) convinced her to continue studying rather than become a child actress... See full bio »

Born:

Mary Ellen Powers
in San Francisco, California, USA

Died:

(age 75) in Burbank, California, USA
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2005 The Connextion (short)
Grandma
 
2002 Hitters
Mama Theresa
 
1990 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Dorothy Folkes
– Hannigan's Wake (1990) … Dorothy Folkes
 
1981 Six Tickets to Hell
 
1978 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Martha
– Antique Angels (1978) … Martha
 
1977 Switch (TV series)
Sally Odden
– Camera Angles (1977) … Sally Odden
 
1976 Where the Wind Dies
 
1972 This Is the Life (TV series)
Pat
– Single Women's Problems (1972) … Pat
 
1972 Doomsday Machine
Maj. Georgianna Bronski
 
1971 The Man and the City (TV series)
Marian Crane
– Hands of Love (1971) … Marian Crane
 
1970 The Silent Force (TV series)
– Horse in a White Collar (1970)
 
1970 Ironside (TV series)
Mrs. Evelyn McIntire
– The People Against Judge McIntire (1970) … Mrs. Evelyn McIntire
 
1969 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Jenny Lind
– The Fetching of Jenny (1969) … Jenny Lind
 
1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Meg Stone
 
1967-1968 Bewitched (TV series)
Adrienne Sebastian / Mary Jane Nilesmunster
– Instant Courtesy (1968) … Adrienne Sebastian
– No Zip in My Zap (1967) … Mary Jane Nilesmunster
 
1968 Rogue's Gallery
Maggie
 
1967 Gentle Ben (TV series)
Jane Morley
– Hurricane Coming (1967) … Jane Morley
 
1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Polly Cooper
– When I Became a Man, I Put Away Childish Things (1967) … Polly Cooper
 
1967 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Dr. Karen Cherlotov
– The Reluctant Dragon (1967) … Dr. Karen Cherlotov
 
1966 Jericho (TV series)
– Long Journey Across a Short Street (1966)
 
1966 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Lily Fortune
– The Night of the Big Blast (1966) … Lily Fortune
 
1965-1966 Hazel (TV series)
Mona / Mona Williams
– A Little Bit of Genius (1966) … Mona
– The Perfect Boss (1966) … Mona
– Hazel's Free Enterprise (1966) … Mona
– Who Can Afford a Bargain? (1966) … Mona
– Please Don't Shout (1966) … Mona
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1959-1966 Perry Mason (TV series)
Claire Allison / Elaine Bayler / Helen Bradshaw / …
– The Case of the Scarlet Scandal (1966) … Elaine Bayler
– The Case of the Frightened Fisherman (1964) … Helen Bradshaw
– The Case of the Weary Watchdog (1962) … Janet Brent
– The Case of the Crying Cherub (1960) … June Sinclair
– The Case of the Deadly Toy (1959) … Claire Allison
 
1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Albert Dubois
– The Virtue Affair (1965) … Albert Dubois
 
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Ellen Ramsey
– Portrait of an Unknown Man (1964) … Ellen Ramsey
 
1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Martha Phipps
– Those Which Love Has Made (1964) … Martha Phipps
 
1964 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Julie Michaels
– A Willing Suspension of Disbelief (1964) … Julie Michaels
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
Georgia Lund
– The Man Who Ran Away (1963) … Georgia Lund
 
1960-1963 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Dorothy Rogers / Ellen Collier / Essie Danforth / …
– Pretty Pigeon (1963) … Susan Hale
– Maybe Menehunes (1963) … Ellen Collier
– Meeting on Molokai (1962) … Dorothy Rogers
– Kim Quixote (1960) … Essie Danforth
 
1962 The Gallant Men (TV series)
Dina
– Signals for an End Run (1962) … Dina
 
1962 Rawhide (TV series)
Loretta Opel
– A Woman's Place (1962) … Loretta Opel
 
1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Margo Latimer
– Violence for Your Furs (1962) … Margo Latimer
 
1962 Everglades (TV series)
Melanie Hawkins / Shirley Fairburn
– Rowboat Teacher (1962) … Melanie Hawkins
– Black Honeymoon (1962) … Shirley Fairburn
 
1962 Thriller (TV series)
Consuelo De La Varra
– The Bride Who Died Twice (1962) … Consuelo De La Varra
 
1961 Flight of the Lost Balloon
Ellen Burton
 
1961 Fear No More
Sharon Carlin
 
1961 The Bob Cummings Show (TV series)
– Very Warm for Mayan (1961)
 
1960-1961 Cheyenne (TV series)
Celia Marley / Sharon Colton
– Trouble Street (1961) … Sharon Colton
– Alibi for the Scalped Man (1960) … Celia Marley
 
1961 Lawman (TV series)
Lucy Pastor
– Blind Hate (1961) … Lucy Pastor
 
1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Martha Benton
– The Joke's on Me (1961) … Martha Benton
 
1960-1961 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Rebecca Boone
– Daniel Boone: The Promised Land (1961) … Rebecca Boone
– Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road (1961) … Rebecca Boone
– Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo (1960) … Rebecca Boone
– Daniel Boone: The Warrior's Path (1960) … Rebecca Boone
 
1961 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Millie Pierce
– The Impractical Joker (1961) … Millie Pierce
 
1961 Maverick (TV series)
Charlotte
– Dutchman's Gold (1961) … Charlotte
 
1960 Lock Up (TV series)
Whitney Coleman
– The Sisters (1960) … Whitney Coleman
 
1960 The Man and the Challenge (TV series)
Betty Fuller
– Shooter McLaine (1960) … Betty Fuller
 
1960 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Roberta Shipman
– The Corsican (1960) … Roberta Shipman
 
1960 Bronco (TV series)
Ruth Miller
– Montana Passage (1960) … Ruth Miller
 
1960 The Rebel (TV series)
Cassie Bianco
– Take Dead Aim (1960) … Cassie Bianco
 
1960 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Renee Carter
– Female Killer (1960) … Renee Carter
 
1959 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
April Duroc
– The Golden Beetle (1959) … April Duroc
 
1959 Bonanza (TV series)
Helene Holloway
– The Phillip Diedesheimer Story (1959) … Helene Holloway
 
1958-1959 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Lee Laney / Myra Barker
– The Lady and the Gun (1959) … Myra Barker
– Take Me Home (1958) … Lee Laney
 
1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Stacy Torrance
– Til Death Do Us Part (1958) … Stacy Torrance
 
1958 Sierra Baron
Sue Russell
 
1958 The Colossus of New York
Anne Spensser
 
1958 Wagon Train (TV series)
Ruth Hadley
– The Ruttledge Munroe Story (1958) … Ruth Hadley
 
1957 Man on the Prowl
Marlan Wood
 
1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Elementals (1957)
 
1957 Death in Small Doses
Valerie 'Val' Owens
 
1957 Undercurrent (TV series)
Mari Luftman
– The Face (1957) … Mari Luftman
 
1957 The Unknown Terror
Gina Matthews
 
1957 Tammy and the Bachelor
Barbara Bissle
 
1957 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Barbara Anderson
– Black Is for Grief (1957) … Barbara Anderson
 
1957 The Storm Rider
Tay Rorick
 
1957 Crossroads (TV series)
Viola Sothern
– The Last Strand (1957) … Viola Sothern
 
1956 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV series)
Ellen
– The Fourth Witness (1956) … Ellen
 
1955-1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Alma Alexander / Mari Luftman
– The Face (1956) … Mari Luftman
– Husband (1955) … Alma Alexander
 
1955 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
– Red Horse Hamber (1955)
 
1955 Bengazi
Aileen Donovan
 
1955 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
Monique
– Minus Three Thousand (1955) … Monique
 
1955 Rage at Dawn
Laura Reno
 
1955 Studio 57 (TV series)
– The Bewildered Bride (1955)
 
1954 The Yellow Mountain
Nevada Wray
 
1953 Geraldine
Janey Edwards
 
1953 City That Never Sleeps
Sally 'Angel Face' Connors
 
1953 City Beneath the Sea
Terry McBride
 
1952 Rose of Cimarron
Rose of Cimarron
 
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac
Roxane
 
1950 Outrage
Ann Walton
 
1950 Edge of Doom
Julie
 
1942 Tough As They Come
Esther Clark (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
2002 From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff (documentary)
Herself/Narrator (voice)
 
1964 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 20 November 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1964 You Don't Say (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 20 April 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 11 October 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1957 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
Herself
– This Is Your Life (1957) … Herself
 
1953 Stump the Stars (TV series)
– Episode dated 24 July 1953 (1953)
 
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1959 Frontier Justice (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Wrote and narrated stories for the New York Telephone Co.'s Dial-a-Children's Story program beginning in 1979. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | 1 Article  | See more »

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[from a 1990 interview] No, I'm not pleased with my career; yes, I am pleased with my life. I just loved good roles: I would love to have done great big roles in great big "A" pictures, roles that had meat in them. Would any actress not like to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind? From a career standpoint... See more »

Trivia:

Became very close friends with Ida Lupino, who directed Mala in her first big film, Outrage. When Lupino died in 1995, Mala was the executrix of her estate. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius