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Kathie Browne

Kathie Browne (September 19, 1929 – April 8, 2003) was an American stage, film and television actress.

Kathie Browne
Browne in Bonanza, 1963
Born
Jacqueline Sue Browne

(1929-09-19)September 19, 1929
Humansville, Missouri, U.S.
DiedApril 8, 2003(2003-04-08) (aged 73)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Other namesCathy Browne
Kathie Browne McGavin
OccupationActress
Years active1952–1980
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(m. 1953; div. 1961)​
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Early life

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Browne was born Jacqueline Sue Browne on September 19, 1929, in Humansville, Missouri, to Winn Roscoe Browne and Erma Mae Wood.[1] Her family later moved to San Luis Obispo, California, then when she turned ten, to Los Angeles, where she went to city schools.[2] She received her first social security card at age 13 during April 1943.[fn 1][1] After high school, she studied drama at Los Angeles City College (LACC), where she won a best acting award.[3]

Tustin Playbox

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May Rose Borum, a drama teacher at LACC, founded a community theatre called the Tustin Playbox in June 1952.[4] As "Cathy Browne" (her first stage name; she does not appear to have used "Kathie Browne" until March 1959),[5] Browne was active in this theater for many years, both as performer and co-producer with her first husband, Sherwood Price.[fn 2][6][5][7]

Career

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In 1955, Browne's television acting career began with her appearance in one episode of Big Town. She appeared in many films and television series, including four roles on Perry Mason: as title character and defendant Donna Loring Ross in the 1960 episode "The Case of the Provocative Protégée", as defendant Susan Fisher in the 1962 episode "The Case of the Mystified Miner", as Carla Eden in the 1963 episode "The Case of the Festive Felon" and as defendant Lona Upton in the 1965 episode "The Case of the Thermal Thief." In 1962, Browne appeared as Laurie Kemper on the TV Western Lawman in the episode titled "Heritage of Hate"[8]: 258  and as Deela in the 1968 Star Trek episode "Wink of an Eye".

Other television series on which she appeared include:

In 1975 Browne co-starred in the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode "Sentry", in which her husband, Darren McGavin, starred. She played Chicago P.D. Lieutenant Irene Lamont.

Personal life

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As Jacqueline Sue Browne she married actor-producer Sherwood Price on November 22, 1953, at the Chapman Park Hotel in Los Angeles.[5][9] She later married actor Darren McGavin in December 1969. The marriage ended with her death in 2003.[10]

Death

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A breast cancer survivor, Browne died of natural causes on April 8, 2003, in Beverly Hills, California. She was 73.[11] She is buried as Kathie Browne-McGavin at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles County, California.[10] McGavin, to whom she was married for 34 years, died on February 25, 2006, in Los Angeles, California. He was 83.[12] Darren McGavin is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery[13] just 6 miles away.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1958 Murder by Contract Mary – Secretary and Party Girl
1958 City of Fear Jeanne
1960–1961 Sea Hunt Eleana Dales / Kathryn Drayton / Suzie Kenyon 3 episodes
1960 Studs Lonigan Wild Party Girl Uncredited
1960 Perry Mason Donna Loring Ross Episode: The Case of the Provocative Protege
1960 Cinderfella Uncredited
1960 Tales of Wells Fargo Madeline
1961–1964 Bonanza Ellen Henry / Margie Owens / Laura Dayton 6 episodes
1961 Rawhide Mary Donahoe S3:E23, "Incident of the Phantom Bugler"
1961 Rawhide Lily S3:E30, "Incident of the Wager on Payday"
1961 Rawhide Lily S4:E4, "Judgement at Hondo Seco"
1962 Lawman Laurie Kemper Episode: Heritage of Hate
1962 The Underwater City Dotty Steele
1962 Perry Mason Susan Fisher Episode: The Case of the Mystified Miner
1962 Have Gun – Will Travel Marie Ellis / Lydia Moss 2 episodes
1963 My Favorite Martian Peaches Episode: A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine, and Peaches
1963 Perry Mason Carla Eden Episode: The Case of the Festive Felon
1964 Man's Favorite Sport? Marcia
1964 The Brass Bottle Hazel Jenks
1964 Alfred Hitchcock Hour Mavis Maxwell Episode: Bed of Roses
1965 Alfred Hitchcock Hour Noreen Kimberly Episode: Wally the Beard
1965 Brainstorm Angie DeWitt
1965 Perry Mason Lona Upton Episode: The Case of the Thermal Thief
1965 The Wild Wild West Faith Cadwallader Episode: The Night of the Human Trigger
1966 Branded Jenny Galvin Episode: Call to Glory parts 1, 2 and 3
1967 The Wild Wild West Jennifer Caine Episode: The Night of the Colonel's Ghost
1967 Hondo Angie Dow 17 episodes
1968 Star Trek: The Original Series Deela S3:E11, Wink of an Eye
1970 Love, American Style Ann Curtis Episode: Love and the King
1972 43: The Richard Petty Story Elizabeth
1973 Happy Mother's Day, Love George Crystal
1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Lieutenant Irene Lamont Episode: The Sentry
1980 The Love Boat Mary Ann Walker Episode: The Family Plan/The Promoter/May the Best Man Win/Forever Engaged/The Judges: Part 1 and 2

References

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Informational notes

  1. ^ Browne 's Social Security Administration file records the following name changes:
    Apr 1943: Jacqueline Sue Browne
    Jan 1956: Jacqueline Sue Gell
    May 1960: Cathy Browne
    Oct 1961: Kathie Browne
    Dec 1967: Jacqueline Price
    May 1971: Kathie McGavin
  2. ^ Price's birth name was Frank Sherwood Gell; his early credits from 1948 were as Sherwood Gell, which he changed to Sherwood Price in 1952.

Citations

  1. ^ a b Jacqueline Sue Brown in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, retrieved from Ancestry.com
  2. ^ "Tustin Plays Big Part in Life of Cathy Price". The Tustin News. Tustin, California. August 29, 1957. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Year Round Plays a Goal of Playbox at Tustin". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 12, 1954. p. 163 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tustin Playbox to Present Summer Stock Plays with Center Staging". The Tustin News. Tustin, California. June 27, 1952. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c "Playbox Stars to Wed Nov. 22". The Tustin News. Tustin, California. November 20, 1953. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Stock Will Reopen in Tustin". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. May 30, 1954. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Dunlap, Velma (August 31, 1959). "'Gigi' Proves Delightful in Tustin". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Lentz, Harris M. (1997). Television Westerns Episode Guide: All United States Series, 1949-1996. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-7386-1.
  9. ^ Sherwood P Gell in the California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959, retrieved from Ancestry.com
  10. ^ a b Aaker, Everett (16 May 2017). Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 71–72. ISBN 978-1-4766-2856-1. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  11. ^ "Kathie B. McGavin, 72; Acted in Popular TV Series of 1950s, '60s". Los Angeles Times. April 17, 2003.
  12. ^ Brozan, Nadine (February 27, 2006). "Darren McGavin, Versatile Veteran Actor, Dies at 83". The New York Times.
  13. ^ Stephens, E. J.; Stephens, Kim (2017). Legends of Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-439-66142-0.
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