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Madlyn Rhue

 
Actor: Madlyn Rhue
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  • Born: Oct 03, 1937 in Washington, District Of Columbia
  • Died: Dec 16, 2003 in Woodland Hills, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '60s-'70s, '90s
  • Major Genres: Mystery, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Escape from Zahrain, A Majority of One, He Rides Tall
  • First Major Screen Credit: A Majority of One (1961)

Biography

Madlyn Rhue, on her own in New York since the mid-'50s, took short-term jobs ranging from cigarette girl to magician's assistant. She made her TV acting debut in 1959, the same year that she appeared in her first film, The Miracle. Not a great beauty by 1960s standards, Rhue's face had an aura of inner resilience, enabling her to portray virtually everything from long-suffering heroines to calculating villainesses. Her busy private life was always a source of interest to gossip columnists; in her heyday, she was squired by such eligibles as Cary Grant and Vic Damone. In the 1980s, Rhue fell victim to a neuromuscular illness which limited her to roles that did not require her to walk or stand up. Eventually, Madlyn Rhue worked just long enough each year to cover her medical expenses; she was most often seen in the recurring role of the Cabot Cove librarian in the weekly TV mystery series Murder She Wrote. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Madlyn Rhue (October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003) was an American character actress.

Rhue was born in Washington, D.C. From the 1950s to the 1990s, Rhue (née Madeleine Roche) appeared in some twenty movies, including Operation Petticoat (1959) and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). She also was a guest star in dozens of TV shows, including a 1967 appearance as Khan Noonien Singh's love interest (Lieutenant Marla McGivers) in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed". Rhue previously played the spouse of another Ricardo Montalbán character in an episode of Bonanza in 1960.

Other guest appearances included Cheyenne in 1955, Gunsmoke and Rawhide in 1959, Perry Mason, Pony Express and The Alaskans in 1960, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1963, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in 1964, Hawaii Five-O in 1968, Bracken's World in 1969/1970, Mission Impossible in 1972, Charlie's Angels in 1976, and Fantasy Island in 1978. She also made appearances on Match Game from 1974-1976. She married actor Tony Young in 1962 but they divorced in 1970.

Beginning in 1977, Rhue had wheelchair mobility due to multiple sclerosis. [1] She continued to work, including a role on Days of our Lives, but was limited to parts that did not require her to walk or stand.

She died from pneumonia at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, aged 68[1].

References

  1. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2003/dec/18/local/me-rhue18

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