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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 2, 1921
Died
May 11, 1997
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Also Known As
- Catherine Mc Leod
- Catherine McCleod
- Catharine McLeod
- Catherine Frances McLeod
Catherine McLeod
1.4 Popularity
Biography
Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom James Garner's character Bret Maverick wanted to marry on the 1957 television series Maverick, in the episode "Rage for Vengeance," and appeared in literally dozens of other series including The Millionaire, Meet McGraw, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 77 Sunset Strip, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Bronco, Perry Mason, Colt .45, Lawman, Bonanza, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and the Ten Thousand Horses Singing episode of Studio One opposite James Dean and John Forsythe. Movies included Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You (1946), Courage of Lassie (1946), The Fabulous Texan (1947), That's My Man (1947), Old Los Angeles (1948), My Wife's Best Friend (1952), A Blueprint for Murder (1953), William Witney's The Outcast (1954), Ride the Wild Surf (1964), and Lipstick (1976). McLeod's greatest impact upon American consciousness by far, however, was as purveyor of one of the most ubiquitous catchphrases of its era when she portrayed the woman in the 1963 headache remedy television commercial who plaintively but irritably said, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" The announcer's voiceover would then intone, "Sure you have a headache... tense, irritable.... but don't take it out on her." Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine McLeod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Self
The Republic Pictures Story
1991
5.2
Vogue Lady
Lipstick
1976
6.5
Mrs. Pate
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
5.4
Lorraine Fryes
The F.B.I.
1965
4.8
Mrs. Kilua
Ride the Wild Surf
1964
7.8
Abby Kagan
The Outer Limits
1963
6.4
Amy Sturgis
The Virginian
1962
6.4
Mary Mallory
The Virginian
1962
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Maj. Hay
The Sergeant Was a Lady
1961
7.5
87th Precinct
1961
Credits
The Republic Pictures Story
as Self
1991
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Lipstick
as Vogue Lady
1976
5.2
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Mrs. Pate
1969
6.5
The F.B.I.
as Lorraine Fryes
1965
5.4
Ride the Wild Surf
as Mrs. Kilua
1964
4.8
The Outer Limits
as Abby Kagan
1963
7.8
The Virginian
as Amy Sturgis
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Mary Mallory
1962
6.4
The Sergeant Was a Lady
as Maj. Hay
1961
0.0
87th Precinct
1961
7.5
Cain's Hundred
as Secretary
1961
4.7
Tammy Tell Me True
as Mrs. Bateman
1961
5.9
Angel
1960
2.8
Coronado 9
as Martha Travis
1960
6.0
Hawaiian Eye
1959
5.2
One Step Beyond
as Mary Dermott
1959
5.6
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Bronco
1958
5.9
Return to Warbow
as Kathleen Fallam
1958
5.8
Alcoa Theatre
as Edie
1957
6.5
Maverick
as Margaret Ross
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Lorraine Ferrell
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Nora Huxley
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Mildred Tyler
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Effie Fallon
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Myra Hanscom
1956
6.0
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State Trooper
1956
5.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Gunsmoke
as Letty Rickers
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Lizzie
1955
6.6
The Outcast
as Alice Austin
1954
6.3
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The Heart of Juliet Jones
as Juliet Jones
1954
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Public Defender
1954
5.7
Letter to Loretta
as Martha Patton
1953
6.5
A Blueprint for Murder
as Maggie Sargent
1953
6.1
Sword of Venus
as Claire
1953
5.0
General Electric Theater
as Isabel Harris
1953
6.4
My Wife's Best Friend
as Jane Richards
1952
5.4
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Leila
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Nora
1952
6.7
10,000 Horses Singing
as D. D. Dillward
1952
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bess Maguire
1951
7.2
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Grace
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Sandra
1950
6.3
So Young, So Bad
as Ruth Levering
1950
5.1
Suspense
1949
4.9
Studio One
as Sgt. Shirley Marsh
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Monica Dixon
1948
5.0
Studio One
as D. D. Dillward
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Bessie
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
Old Los Angeles
as Marie Marlowe
1948
5.5
The Fabulous Texan
as Josie Allen
1947
4.0
That's My Man
as Ronnie Grange
1947
6.0
I've Always Loved You
as Myra Hassman
1946
6.4
Courage of Lassie
as Alice Merrick
1946
5.7
The Harvey Girls
as Louise (uncredited)
1946
6.5
Forever Yours
as Martha
1945
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