Elizabeth Baur
| Elizabeth Baur | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 1, 1947 Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1968–1993 |
Elizabeth Baur is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Officer Fran Belding on the original Ironside and Teresa O'Brien on the show Lancer.
Personal life
Elizabeth Baur was born on 1 December 1947 in Los Angeles, California. Juanita Gless, her great-grandmother, was an early settler in California who came from the Basque area of France.[1] Actress Sharon Gless is Baur's first cousin.[2]
Her father, Jack Baur, was a veteran casting director at 20th Century Fox,[3] and did not want his daughter in the industry.[4] She attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles and was a student at Los Angeles Valley College "for a year and three-quarters."[3]
She left college to join a 20th Century Fox program for training actors. The group included Jacqueline Bisset, James Brolin, and Lyle Waggoner.[5]
Ironside
Baur succeeded Barbara Anderson in portraying a female detective on NBC television's Ironside, as her character of Fran Belding replaced Anderson's Eve Whitfield. In 1972, she told a reporter: "They interviewed 100 girls for this role. Then they had 14 of us come in and read for the part. Finally they gave seven of us screen tests. I was really surprised they chose me."[6] Two years later, she said, "Officer Fran Belding is the hardest part I've ever had to play, because she's so straight, so normal."[7]
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | |
| 1968 | The Boston Strangler | Harriet Fordin | |
| 1993 | The Return of Ironside | Fran Belding | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1968 | Batman | Fourth Policewoman | One episode: "Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club" |
| 1968–1970 | Lancer | Teresa O'Brien | Fifty-one episodes |
| 1970 | Daniel Boone | Virginia | One episode: "Noblesse Oblige" |
| The Young Rebels | Rachel | One episode: "The Infiltrator" | |
| 1971 | Room 222 | Meaghan | One episode: "Cheating" |
| Nanny and the Professor | Susan Baxter | One episode: "The Communication Gap" | |
| 1971–1975 | Ironside | Fran Belding | Eighty-nine episodes: |
| 1972 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Fran Bleding | One episode: "Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown: Part II" (crossover appearance) |
| Emergency! | Sister Barbara | One episode: "Saddled" | |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. | Dr. Ellen Benton | One episode: "Silent Night, Deadly Night" |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Specials | Annabel | One episode: "Valentine's Second Chance" |
| 1978 | Police Woman | Joslyn Westmore | One episode: "Flip of a Coin" |
| 1981 | Fantasy Island | Lucy Carson | One episode: "The Man from Yesterday/World's Most Desirable Woman" |
| 1984 | Remington Steele | Margie Kelsey | One episode: "Second Base Steele" |
References
- ↑ "Elizabeth Baur Seeks Greater Challenges". The Logansport Press. September 11, 1969. p. 2. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Scott, Vernon (January 28, 1976). "Days Long for Actress". News-Journal. p. 16. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Martin, Bob (February 18, 1973). "Elizabeth Baur's a pistol-packin' cutie shooting for stardom". Independent Press-Telegram. p. 98. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Laurent, Lawrence (July 22, 1973). "Toledo Blade". Toledo Blade. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ↑ Laurent, Lawrence (August 6, 1973). "All that pulchritude and Burr too!". Tucson Daily Citizen. p. 20. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Elizabeth Baur Takes Over Role In Ironsides Series". The Times Recorder. February 13, 1972. p. 19. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kleiner, Dick (August 11, 1974). "Eliabeth Baur Has Tough Role As Police Officer". California, Oxnard. Oxnard Press Courier. p. 94. Retrieved January 5, 2016 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
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