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Randy Stuart(1924-1996)

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The daughter of husband-and-wife vaudevillians, Randy Stuart was born in southeastern Iola, Kansas and traveled throughout the South and Midwest with her itinerant parents before making her own stage debut with them at the ripe old age of three. The family eventually settled in California where Randy attended college, acted in school plays and caught the eye of Hollywood talent scouts; she enacted a scene from the play "The Women" in a screen test which impressed 20th Century-Fox executives enough to put her under contract. She made her film debut with an uncredited part in The Foxes of Harrow (1947) starring Maureen O'Hara (I) and Rex Harrison.

In 1950, the blonde, smoky-voiced actress made a brief impression as the calculating telephone roommate of Eve Harrington (played by Anne Baxter (I) in the classic backstage film All About Eve (1950). She then moved up front and center as the distaff part of a husband-and-wife spy team in "Biff Baker, U.S.A." (1952) which also starred Alan Hale Jr. (I). Randy later was given her best-remembered role in the cult sci-fi The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). as Louise Carey, the concerned wife of tiny Scott Carey, played by Grant Williams (I).

The next year she was cast as Nancy Dawson in the western film Man from God's Country (1958) opposite George Montgomery which was followed by a guest-star appearance in Montgomery's short-lived television western series "Cimarron City" (1958). She also had a one-season (1959-60) regular role on the western series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1955).

After this she would remain focused on 1960s' TV, wherein she sporadically appeared in a number of popular series, mostly crime dramas and westerns, such as "Bonanza," "Maverick," "Peter Gunn," "Cheyenne" and "77 Sunset Strip." Retiring by the mid 1960s, she was spotted only a couple of times after that. In the series "Dragnet" she appeared a couple of times as co-star Harry Morgan (I)' and she made a single appearance in a mid 70s "Marcus Welby" episode.

She died in 1996 at age 71.
BornOctober 12, 1924
DiedJuly 20, 1996(71)
BornOctober 12, 1924
DiedJuly 20, 1996(71)
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Randy Stuart in One Step Beyond (1959)
Frank Gerstle, Stacy Harris, Hugh O'Brian, Damian O'Flynn, Randy Stuart, and Morgan Woodward in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Hugh O'Brian, Randy Stuart, and Morgan Woodward in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
Betsy Drake and Randy Stuart in Room for One More (1952)
Randy Stuart and Grant Williams in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Richard Widmark, Robert Karnes, and Randy Stuart in The Street with No Name (1948)
Randy Stuart in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Randy Stuart
Randy Stuart
Randy Stuart
Randy Stuart in Fireside Theatre (1949)
Cary Grant, Marion Marshall, Bill Neff, Ann Sheridan, and Randy Stuart in I Was a Male War Bride (1949)

Known for

Poster for 50th anniversary rerelease, 1 sheet movie poster app. 27" x 40"
All About Eve
8.2
  • Girl
  • 1950
The Fan (1949)
The Fan
6.6
  • American Girl
  • 1949
Cary Grant, Marion Marshall, Bill Neff, Ann Sheridan, and Randy Stuart in I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
I Was a Male War Bride
7.0
  • Lt. Eloise Billings
  • 1949
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
Mr. & Mrs. North
7.5
TV Series
  • Susan Foster

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Actress

  • James Brolin, Robert Young, and Elena Verdugo in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
    Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • Harry Morgan and Jack Webb in Dragnet 1967 (1967)
    Dragnet 1967
  • Robert Conrad, Anthony Eisley, Poncie Ponce, and Connie Stevens in Hawaiian Eye (1959)
    Hawaiian Eye
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
  • Clint Walker in Cheyenne (1955)
    Cheyenne
    • ...
  • Craig Stevens in Peter Gunn (1958)
    Peter Gunn
  • James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)
    Maverick
  • Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, and Pernell Roberts in Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
  • Donald May, Dorothy Provine, and Rex Reason in The Roaring 20's (1960)
    The Roaring 20's
  • Peter Brown and John Russell in Lawman (1958)
    Lawman
  • One Step Beyond (1959)
    One Step Beyond
  • Bourbon Street Beat (1959)
    Bourbon Street Beat
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
    • ...
  • Ty Hardin in Bronco (1958)
    Bronco
  • Alcoa Theatre (1957)
    Alcoa Theatre

Soundtrack

  • Man from God's Country (1958)
    Man from God's Country

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Official Trailer
I Was A Male War Bride
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I Was A Male War Bride

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    • October 12, 1924
    • Iola, Kansas, USA
    • July 20, 1996
    • Bakersfield, California, USA(lung cancer)
    • June 15, 1971 - September 3, 1982 (his death)
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Interview

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    According to Laura Wagner, in her article about Randy in Films of the Golden Age, Winter 2013/2014 issue, she was born Elizabeth Shaubell but began going by the nickname of "Randy" while a teenager.
  • Quotes
    They [parents] did everything there was to do in show business, and the days were pitifully unprofitable then. My first recollections were of leaning against an upright piano played by my mother in the old-time silent movie theaters. Once we had a tent show, and the tent was washed away in a flood. My own debut at three was a failure, and embarrassed my mother.

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