Great largely unsung actresses of the 60s
by bacchae2 | created - 30 Mar 2018 | updated - 17 Jan 2019 | PublicAlways worth watching in anything, actresses who appeared often on tv shows of the 50s, 60s, 70s and who were brilliant every time.
1. Beah Richards
Actress | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Beah Richards left her native Vicksburg, Mississippi, for New York City in 1950. She would not acquire a significant role on stage until 1955,when she appeared in the off-Broadway show "Take a Giant Step" convincingly portraying an 84-year-old grandmother without using theatrical makeup. In 1962 ...
Beautiful, soft eyed and voiced; did receive recognition with an Oscar nom. for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, memorable appearance on Designing Women
2. Jacqueline Scott
Actress | Planet of the Apes
Red-haired Jacqueline Sue Scott began her career in show biz as a three-year-old by winning a tap-dancing contest. Though she once self-deprecatingly described herself as "the worst child tap dancer ever to haunt an audience" she made the successful transition from juvenile performer in tent shows ...
Always cut right to the genuine emotional moment of a scene with complete honesty; memorable in everything from The Fugitive to any western.
3. Geraldine Brooks
Actress | Possessed
A resolute, blue-eyed brunette with attractive, slightly pinched features, Geraldine Brooks was born to a Dutch couple on October 29, 1925, in New York City. Her parents had a theater-based background -- father, James Stroock, owned a top costume company and mother, Bianca, was a costume designer ...
Great actress, so memorable in The Outer Limits and so many other things.
4. Nancy Malone
Actress | Naked City
Nancy Malone was born on March 19, 1935 in Queens Village, Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress and director, known for Naked City (1958), Merlene of the Movies (1981) and The Long, Hot Summer (1965). She died on May 8, 2014 in Duarte, California, USA.
Great support in The Naked City, memorable in The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, etc.
5. Louise Latham
Actress | Marnie
Louise Latham was an American actress from Texas, whose career lasted from the 1950s to the early 2000s. She is primarily remembered for her film debut as the invalid mother Bernice Edgar, who is financially dependent on her daughter Marnie (played by Tippi Hedren). At age 42, Latham was playing ...
Could play a warm person or a cold fish, great in everything from Marnie to any western, etc.
6. Jeanette Nolan
Actress | The Fox and the Hound
Born in 1911, Jeanette Nolan began her acting career in the Pasadena Community Playhouse. While still a student at Los Angeles City College, she made her radio debut in 1932, aged 20, in "Omar Khayyam", the first transcontinental broadcast from station KHJ. Her film debut was probably also her best...
Such a great character actress, fearless, not afraid to play evil or crazy or look old and haggard as with her very memorable Dirty Sally character on Gunsmoke. Appeared in virtually everything. Character actors--backbone of the industry.
7. Joanne Linville
Actress | Star Trek
Joanne Linville made her mark on television from the 1950s-1980s, appearing in such respected anthology series as Studio One (1948), Kraft Theatre (1947) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), among others. While her film work consisted mainly of smaller character roles and she never had regular ...
Lovely, best remembered as the Romulan commander on Star Trek, but also memorable in everything from Twilight Zone to The Invaders to Columbo.
8. Bethel Leslie
Actress | Message in a Bottle
The daughter of a well-to-do attorney and a socialite, Jane Bethel Leslie was born on August 3, 1929, in New York City. She was a 15-year-old student at the Brearley School on the Upper East Side when she was discovered by legendary producer George Abbott for the Broadway play "Snafu" in 1944. She ...
Highly respected, great dramatic actress, always in demand as a guest star, heartbreaking and real in everything from Gunsmoke to The Fugitive. Quiet, incisive, versatile.
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