Gloria Talbott

Gloria Talbott

publicity still for the film Northern Patrol (1953)
Born (1931-02-07)February 7, 1931
Glendale, California, U.S.
Died September 19, 2000(2000-09-19) (aged 69)
Glendale, California, U.S.
Cause of death kidney failure
Resting place San Fernando Mission Cemetery
Years active 1937-1966
Spouse(s) Gene Parrish announcer at KUSC(1948–1953) (divorced) (1 son)
Grover Sandy Sanders (1956–1965) (divorced)
Dr. Steven J. Capabianco (1967–1969) (divorced) (1 daughter)
Dr. Patrick Mullally (1970–2000) (her death)
Children Mark Charles Parrish (b. 1950)
Mea M. Mullally (b. 1967)[1]

Gloria Talbott (February 7, 1931 – September 19, 2000) was an American film and television actress.

Early life and career

She grew up in Glendale, California, a city co-founded by one of her grandfathers. Her sister, Lori Talbott, also became an actress. Gloria began her career as a child actress in such films as Maytime (1937) , Sweet and Low-down (1944) and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945).

After leaving school, Talbott formed a dramatic group and played "arena"-style shows at various clubs. She stopped acting following her first marriage, and resumed after her divorce, having worked extensively in film and television. She worked on a regular basis during the 1950s, having appeared in Crashout (1955), the Humphrey Bogart comedy We're No Angels (1955), Lucy Gallant (1955), and All That Heaven Allows (1955). In that same year, Talbott appeared in TV Reader's Digest episode America's First Great Lady as Pocahontas.

She later became known as a 'scream queen' after appearing in a number of horror films including The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957), The Cyclops (1957), I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) and The Leech Woman (1960).

Her final film role was as Bri Quince in the 1966 Western film An Eye for an Eye, playing the love interest of Robert Lansing's character, Talion.

Television roles

On November 27, 1956, she starred (as Maureen) in a science fiction episode of the television anthology series Conflict entitled "Man From 1997" opposite Jacques Sernas (as Johnny Vlakos), Charlie Ruggles (as Mr. B.O. Boyne, the librarian from 1997) and James Garner (as her brother Red the gambler), about a 1997 Almanac that was mistakenly left in the past by a time-traveling librarian and found by Johnny in a bookstore.[2]On October 1, 1957, she appeared as Linda Brazwell in the episode "Reluctant Hero" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series Sugarfoot. In the story line, Sugarfoot, played by Will Hutchins, an aspiring lawyer, takes a ranch job from the aging Charlie Cade, played by Will Wright. He soon finds that Cade is involved in a range war with Linda and her brother, Ken Brazwell, played by Michael Dante.[3]

Talbott's multiple television credits include the syndicated Adventures of Superman, The Range Rider and The Cisco Kid, the NBC western anthology series Frontier, and the syndicated western-themed crime drama, Sheriff of Cochise with John Bromfield. She appeared with John Smith and Dick Foran in the 1956 episode "The Singing Preacher" of the religion anthology series, Crossroads, and in the fourth episode of the first season of Gunsmoke that same year, entitled "Home Surgery," in which Marshall Matt Dillon (James Arness) amputates her father's leg. She had a second Gunsmoke appearance (S8:E21) titled, "The Cousin."

Talbott was cast in the syndicated American Civil War drama Gray Ghost, the 1958 episode "Fatal Memory" on CBS's Wanted: Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen, the 1959 episode "Have Sword, Will Duel" of the NBC western Cimarron City, and in the 1961 NBC western Whispering Smith in the role of Cora Gates, with Robert Redford cast as her brother, Johnny Gates. She guest-starred as Jenny in the 1958 episode "A Cup of Black Coffee" of the CBS crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring David Janssen. She also guest-starred in several episodes of ABC's Zorro.

In 1960, Talbott made guest-starring appearances as Nora Lanyard and Lucinda Jennings in the episodes "Landlubbers" and "Devil in Skirts" of the NBC western series, Riverboat, with Darren McGavin. On CBS, the same year, she guest-starred on Steve McQueen's Wanted: Dead or Alive on an episode titled, "Tolliver Bender". She was cast as Sandy in "The Velvet Frame" of the ABC/WB drama, The Roaring 20s. She also appeared in the ABC western series, The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. In 1961, she portrayed Maria Mosner in the episode "The Twenty-Six Paper" of the ABC adventure series, The Islanders. That same year she guest-starred in the episode "Buddy's Wife" in the CBS sitcom, Bringing Up Buddy, starring Frank Aletter.

She appeared on CBS's Rawhide in the episodes, "The Incident of the Calico Gun" (1959) and "Prairie Elephant" (1961). She was cast with Robert Harland in the 1961 episode "Terror in the Afternoon" of the syndicated crime drama The Brothers Brannagan. She guest-starred in three episodes of Gunsmoke: "Home Surgery", "Cody's Code", and "The Cousin" as well as an episode of the Adventures of Superman, in which she played an heiress who works as a Daily Planet copy assistant. Talbott made four guest appearances on the CBS courtroom drama series Perry Mason: defendant Eve Nesbitt in "The Case of the Angry Dead Man," Ann Gilrain in "The Case of the Crying Comedian" (both in 1961), co-defendant Bonnie Lloyd in the 1963 episode, "The Case of the Elusive Element," and Minna Rohan in the 1966 episode, "The Case of the Unwelcomed Well."

In 1965, Talbott was cast as Kate Melville, a temporary woman sheriff and the daughter of a sheriff who, along with her father, Will Melville (Dick Foran), clashes with a judge (Richard Anderson) over courtroom fairness and frontier justice in the episode "Kate Melville and the Law" of the syndicated series, Death Valley Days.[4]

Personal life

Married four times, Talbott died from kidney failure and was survived by her fourth husband, Dr. Patrick Mullally and by two children:

She had a son, Mark, by her first husband Gene Parrish.

Daughter, Mea Mullally, was born to Gloria and Dr. Steven J. Capabianco, her third husband. Mea won three gold medals in local ice skating competitions while she grew up. She is now an aspiring actress.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Profile, glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com; accessed April 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Man From 1997(TV Pilot)".
  3. ↑ "Sugarfoot: "Reluctant Hero"". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Kate Melville and the Law". Internet Movie Data Base. May 4, 1965. Retrieved August 25, 2015.

External links

Gloria Talbott at Find a Grave

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