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Actress:

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1. "Murder, She Wrote" .... Emily Weymouth (1 episode, 1992)
       - Family Secrets (1992) TV episode .... Emily Weymouth
   
   
2. "American Playhouse" .... Rebecca Nurse (1 episode, 1985)
       - Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985) TV episode .... Rebecca Nurse
   
   
3. Superman (1978) .... Martha Kent
   ... aka Superman - Le film (Canada: French title)
   ... aka Superman: The Movie
4. "Visions" .... Mrs. Taylor (1 episode, 1977)
       - All I Could See from Where I Stood (1977) TV episode .... Mrs. Taylor
5. "Once an Eagle" (1976) TV mini-series .... Alma Caldwell
6. "Barnaby Jones" .... Aunt Meg Catlin (1 episode, 1975)
       - Murder Once Removed (1975) TV episode .... Aunt Meg Catlin
7. "Marcus Welby, M.D." .... Kate Tannahill (1 episode, 1974)
   ... aka "Robert Young, Family Doctor"
       - A Full Life (1974) TV episode .... Kate Tannahill
8. "Love Story" (1 episode, 1973)
       - Mirabelle's Summer (1973) TV episode
9. "Cannon" .... Rita McBain (1 episode, 1972)
       - The Predators (1972) TV episode .... Rita McBain
10. The Longest Night (1972) (TV) .... Norma Chambers
11. The Carey Treatment (1972)
    ... aka A Case of Murder (Australia)
    ... aka Emergency Ward
12. Incident in San Francisco (1971) (TV) .... Lois Harmon
13. "The F.B.I." .... Rosemary Ramsey / ... (3 episodes, 1967-1971)
        - The Replacement (1971) TV episode
        - Traitor (1967) TV episode .... Rosemary Ramsey
        - The Conspirators (1967) TV episode .... Viv Caldwell
14. "Medical Center" .... Celia Jennings (1 episode, 1970)
        - Junkie (1970) TV episode .... Celia Jennings
    
    
15. "Bonanza" .... Ruth Manning (1 episode, 1969)
    ... aka "Ponderosa" (USA: rerun title)
        - The Clarion (1969) TV episode .... Ruth Manning
16. "Lancer" .... Marcy Dane (1 episode, 1968)
        - The Prodigal (1968) TV episode .... Marcy Dane
17. "The Invaders" .... Sarah Concannon (1 episode, 1968)
        - The Peacemaker (1968) TV episode .... Sarah Concannon
18. "Coronet Blue" .... Mrs. Barclay (1 episode, 1967)
        - Faces (1967) TV episode .... Mrs. Barclay
19. "The Fugitive" .... Enid Langer (1 episode, 1964)
        - Detour on a Road Going Nowhere (1964) TV episode .... Enid Langer
20. "The Defenders" .... Dolores Ritter (1 episode, 1964)
        - Go Between (1964) TV episode .... Dolores Ritter
21. "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Elsa Hollands / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
        - Change of Address (1964) TV episode .... Elsa Hollands
        - Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Logan
        - The Long Silence (1963) TV episode .... Nora Cory Manson
22. The World of Henry Orient (1964) .... Mrs. Avis Gilbert
23. "Kraft Suspense Theatre" .... Mildred Zaro (1 episode, 1964)
    ... aka "Crisis" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Suspense Theatre" (USA: syndication title)
        - The Threatening Eye (1964) TV episode .... Mildred Zaro
24. "The Twilight Zone" .... Virginia Lane Walker (1 episode, 1962)
    ... aka "The Twilight Zone: The Original Series" (Australia)
    ... aka "Twilight Zone" (USA: new title)
        - Young Man's Fancy (1962) TV episode .... Virginia Lane Walker
25. "Rawhide" .... Pauline Cushman (1 episode, 1961)
        - The Blue Spy (1961) TV episode .... Pauline Cushman
26. "Thriller" .... Ursula Sommerville (1 episode, 1961)
    ... aka "Boris Karloff's Thriller"
        - The Last of the Sommervilles (1961) TV episode .... Ursula Sommerville
27. "The United States Steel Hour" .... Jessy / ... (3 episodes, 1953-1961)
    ... aka "The U.S. Steel Hour" (USA: alternative title)
        - Bury Me Twice (1961) TV episode .... Jessy
        - Obsession (1955) TV episode .... Judith
        - Tin Wedding (1953) TV episode
28. Special for Women: The Trapped Housewife (1961) (TV) .... Willie Ross
29. "Outlaws" .... Mae Roberts (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Quiet Killer (1960) TV episode .... Mae Roberts
30. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Annette Borden / ... (6 episodes, 1956-1960)
        - The Five-Forty-Eight (1960) TV episode .... Miss Dent
        - Murder Me Twice (1958) TV episode .... Lucy Pryor
        - The Deadly (1957) TV episode .... Margot Brenner
        - Malice Domestic (1957) TV episode .... Annette Borden
        - Fog Closing In (1956) TV episode .... Mary Summers
          (1 more)
31. "Wagon Train" .... Christine Elliot / ... (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
    ... aka "Major Adams, Trail Master"
        - The Christine Elliot Story (1960) TV episode .... Christine Elliot
        - The Vivian Carter Story (1959) TV episode .... Vivian Carter
32. "Playhouse 90" .... Nicole (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Cruel Day (1960) TV episode .... Nicole
    
    
33. "General Electric Theater" .... Emily Skinner / ... (3 episodes, 1954-1959)
    ... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
        - The House of Truth (1959) TV episode .... Emily Skinner
        - Nora (1959) TV episode .... Marie
        - Nora #1 (1954) TV episode
34. "Lux Playhouse" .... Lucinda Vaughn (1 episode, 1959)
        - Frederick (1959) TV episode .... Lucinda Vaughn
35. "Suspicion" (2 episodes, 1957-1958)
        - Return from Darkness (1958) TV episode
        - The Dark Stairway (1957) TV episode
36. "The Frank Sinatra Show" .... Jean Armstrong (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Seedling Doubt (1958) TV episode .... Jean Armstrong
37. "Climax!" .... Helen Ditmar / ... (5 episodes, 1955-1957)
    ... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA)
        - Payment for Judas (1957) TV episode
        - Night of the Heat Wave (1956) TV episode .... Mary
        - Schedule to Defraud (1955) TV episode .... Joan Long
        - Deal a Blow (1955) TV episode .... Helen Ditmar
        - The Dark Fleece (1955) TV episode .... Olive
38. Man Afraid (1957) .... Lisa Collins
39. "Studio One" .... Laura Morgan (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka "Studio One Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
    ... aka "Studio One in Hollywood" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
    ... aka "Westinghouse Studio One" (USA)
    ... aka "Westinghouse Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
        - The Dark Corner (1957) TV episode .... Laura Morgan
40. "Studio 57" .... April Taylor (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Heinz Studio 57" (USA: alternative title)
        - Mr. Cinderella (1956) TV episode .... April Taylor
41. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" .... Dara Meadows / ... (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
    ... aka "Herald Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Schlitz Playhouse" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
        - Dara (1956) TV episode .... Dara Meadows
        - Man Out of the Rain (1955) TV episode .... Mona Tyrrel
42. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Kraft Mystery Theatre" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Kraft Theatre" (USA: new title)
        - The Night of May Third (1956) TV episode
43. "Lux Video Theatre" .... Connie / ... (7 episodes, 1953-1956)
    ... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
        - The Night of January Sixteenth (1956) TV episode
        - Holiday Affair (1955) TV episode .... Connie
        - Thunder on the Hill (1955) TV episode
        - Penny Serenade (1955) TV episode
        - The Girl Who Couldn't Cry (1954) TV episode
          (2 more)
44. "Letter to Loretta" .... Dinah / ... (3 episodes, 1955-1956)
    ... aka "The Loretta Young Show" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Loretta Young Theatre" (USA: rerun title)
        - Hapless Holiday (1956) TV episode .... Dinah
        - Man in the Ring (1955) TV episode .... Laurie
        - Fear Me Not (1955) TV episode
45. "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "Jane Wyman Presents" (USA: rerun title)
    ... aka "Jane Wyman Theater" (USA)
        - The Velvet Trap (1956) TV episode
46. "Stage 7" .... Muriel Blandings (1 episode, 1955)
        - The Hayfield (1955) TV episode .... Muriel Blandings
47. Women's Prison (1955) .... Helene Jensen
48. "The Motorola Television Hour" .... Gladys Mitchell (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "Motorola TV Hour" (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka "Motorola TV Theatre" (USA)
        - Atomic Attack (1954) TV episode .... Gladys Mitchell
49. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "Lucky Strike Theater"
    ... aka "Montgomery's Summer Stock"
    ... aka "The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater"
        - Richard Said No (1954) TV episode
50. "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Janet Shipley (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "Ford Theatre" (USA: short title)
        - The Ardent Woodsman (1954) TV episode .... Janet Shipley
51. "Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City" (1 episode, 1953)
        - Miracle in the Rain (1953) TV episode
52. Operation Secret (1952) .... Maria
53. Springfield Rifle (1952) .... Erin Kearney
54. She's Working Her Way Through College (1952) .... Helen Palmer
55. Come Fill the Cup (1951) .... Paula Copeland nee Copeland
56. Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) .... Margaret Miller
    ... aka Man of Bronze (UK)
57. Fort Worth (1951) .... Flora Talbot
58. The Breaking Point (1950) .... Lucy Morgan
59. No Man of Her Own (1950) .... Patrice Harkness
    
    
60. Act of Violence (1948) .... Ann
61. Blood on the Moon (1948) .... Carol Lufton
62. The Sign of the Ram (1948) .... Sherida Binyon
63. Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) .... Helen Mills
64. Living in a Big Way (1947) .... Peggy Randall
65. The Sea of Grass (1947) .... Sara Beth Brewton
66. Week-End at the Waldorf (1945) .... Cynthia Drew
67. Bewitched (1945) .... Joan Alris Ellis
68. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) .... Ellen Lawson
    

Soundtrack:

1. She's Working Her Way Through College (1952) ("AS TIME GOES BY")
   

Thanks:

1. You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006) (V) (special thanks)
   

Archive Footage:

1. Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001) (V) .... Herself