Amzie Strickland
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Amzie Strickland | |
|---|---|
| Strickland in 1955 | |
| Born | (1919年01月10日)January 10, 1919 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | July 5, 2006(2006年07月05日) (aged 87) Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937–2001 |
| Spouse |
Frank Behrens
(m. 1946; died 1986) |
| Children | 1 |
Amzie Ellen Strickland (January 10, 1919 – July 5, 2006) was an American character actress who began in radio, made some 650 television appearances, had roles in two dozen films, appeared in numerous television movies, and also worked in TV commercials.
Radio
[edit ]Strickland began as a radio actress during the old-time radio era, and her various radio roles included those shown in the table below.
| Program | Role |
|---|---|
| Call the Police | Libby[1] |
| The Fat Man | Cathy Evans |
| Our Gal Sunday | Erica Dorn[2] |
| The Romance of Helen Trent | Harriet Eagle[3] |
Television
[edit ]Strickland appeared (sometimes on a recurring basis) on such programs as Adam-12 , Dragnet , with Jack Webb, Gunsmoke , The Dick Van Dyke Show , The Andy Griffith Show , I Love Lucy , My Favorite Martian , Make Room for Daddy , The Twilight Zone , My Three Sons , Leave It to Beaver , Gunsmoke (S2E10’s "Greater Love" as Mrs. Brant in 1956), Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. , Mission: Impossible , Alias Smith and Jones , Happy Days , Carter Country , Bonanza , The Golden Girls , The Facts of Life , The Jeffersons , Three's Company , ER , Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman , 7th Heaven , Ellen , Wings , ALF , Dragnet , Father Dowling Mysteries , Full House , Ned and Stacey , Perry Mason , and Knight Rider . Her television movies include Tower of Terror and Inherit the Wind .
Films
[edit ]Her film credits include roles in Captain Newman, M.D. , Penelope , Kotch , Harper Valley PTA , Pretty Woman , Doc Hollywood , Shiloh , and Krippendorf's Tribe .[4]
Personal life and death
[edit ]Strickland was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[5]
She was married to radio and television actor Frank Behrens from 1946 until his death in 1986. They had a son, Tim Behrens.[5]
She died of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 87 in 2006.[6]
Strickland adhered to Roman Catholicism and was a lifelong Republican.[7]
References
[edit ]- ^ Dunning, John (1998). "Call the Police". On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3 . Retrieved 2019年09月20日.
- ^ "Named for Colonel". Harrisburg Telegraph. Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. January 6, 1945. p. 16. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
- ^ "She's a Menace". Harrisburg Telegraph. Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. January 5, 1946. p. 15. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
- ^ "Amzie Strickland | Biography and Filmography | 1919". Hollywood.com. 2015年02月06日. Archived from the original on 2016年01月03日. Retrieved 2017年07月08日.
- ^ a b "Obituaries - Behrens, Amzie Strickland". The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA). 2006年07月12日. p. C8. Retrieved 2025年02月13日.
- ^ "Died July 5". Legacy.com . July 5, 2019. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
- ^ An Interview With Amzie Strickland, Skip E. Lowe, 1994
External links
[edit ]- Amzie Strickland at IMDb
- Profile, TV.com
- 1919 births
- 2006 deaths
- American film actresses
- American radio actresses
- American television actresses
- Deaths from Alzheimer's disease in Washington (state)
- Actresses from Oklahoma City
- Deaths from dementia in Washington (state)
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Washington (state) Republicans
- Oklahoma Republicans
- California Republicans
- American Roman Catholics