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Maureen Arthur

 
Actor: Maureen Arthur
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  • Born: Dec 06, 19zz in San Jose, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '60s-'70s
  • Major Genres: Comedy
  • Career Highlights: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Love God?, How to Commit a Marriage
  • First Major Screen Credit: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)

Biography

Zaftig blonde comic actress Maureen Arthur gained a degree of fame on TV in the early 1960s for her dead-on impersonation of Marilyn Monroe. She was seen in this characterization on variety programs, talk shows and TV commercials until the real Monroe's death in 1962. Thereafter, Maureen trafficked in dumb-broad characters, notably as the "kept" secretary Hedy LaRue in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967). A poster from the 1968 spy flick A Man Called Dagger, depicting a bikinied Maureen chained and shackled to leading man Paul Mantee, has become a valuable collector's item in certain fetishist circles. In the early 1980s, Maureen Arthur was a semi-regular on TV's Mork and Mindy, playing a flirtatious middle-aged grade-school student. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Maureen Arthur
Born Maureen Arthur
April 15, 1934 (1934-04-15) (age 75)
San Jose, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1967 - present

Maureen Arthur (born April 15, 1934 in San Jose, California) is an American actress. In 1967, she played Hedy LaRue in the movie: How to Succeed in Business (Without Really Trying). In the mid 1960s she recorded a pop tune on the Carlton record label titled "Don't Make The Angels Cry" and "What Does He Do With Her". A second single, "Don't Leave Me," was unreleased, though an acetate recording exists.

Filmography

  • Hot Rod Gang (1958)
  • Holiday Lodge (1961)
  • Thunder Alley (1967)
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
  • A Man Called Dagger (1967)
  • Killers Three (1968)
  • The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
  • What's It All About, World? (1969)
  • How to Commit Marriage (1969)
  • The Love God? (1969)
  • The Love Machine (1971)
  • Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
  • Like Normal People (1979)
  • Empire (1984)

Quote

Hedy LaRue: "A secretary was ordered to be assigned to you. I'm your assignation." [1]

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