Charlotte Stewart

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Charlotte Stewart
Charlotte Stewart at WonderCon 2009.JPG
Stewart at WonderCon 2009
Born (1941-02-27) February 27, 1941 (age 84)
Yuba City, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1952–present
Notable workEva Beadle Simms in Little House on the Prairie
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1965;div. 1969)​

Jordan Hahn
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(divorced)​

David Banks
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(m. 1992;died 2012)​

Michael Santos
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(m. 2015)​

Charlotte Stewart (born February 27, 1941 [1] ) is an American film and television actress. [2] She is most famous for her role as the school teacher Eva Beadle Simms on Little House on the Prairie and her work with director David Lynch. [3]

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Biography

Stewart graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse. [3] [4] Her first acting job was in the 1960 episode "The Glass Cage" on The Loretta Young Show. [3] [5] She has guest-starred on many television series ranging from Bonanza to The Office and the recurring role of Betty Briggs on Twin Peaks . [3] She was also a prolific TV commercial actress. [4] Her notable film appearances include Eraserhead and Tremors . [3] Stewart has been married four times. [6] In 1961, she met her first husband, Tim Considine, when she played Agnes Finley in the season-one episode "Deadline" of My Three Sons . [7] They married in 1965 and divorced in 1969. [8] Her second marriage to magician Jordan Hahn lasted from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. [9] [10] In 1992, Stewart married her third husband, David Banks. Following his death in 2012, she began a relationship with Michael Santos, and they married in 2015. [11]

In 2016, Stewart self-published her memoirs in a book, Little House in the Hollywood Hills. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1961V.D.Judy JacksonThe film was also billed as "Damaged Goods"
1965 The Slender Thread Telephone operator
1967 Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! Miss Reynoldscredited as Charlotte Considine
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes One of the girls
1968 Speedway Loricredited as Charlotte Considine
1970 The Cheyenne Social Club Mae
1977 Eraserhead Mary X
1981 Buddy Buddy Nurse
1982 Human Highway Charlotte Goodnight
1984 Irreconcilable Differences Sally
1985 UFOria Brother Roy's Girlfriend
1989 Journey to the Center of the Earth Mother
1990 Tremors Nancy Sterngood
1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Betty BriggsScenes deleted
1994 Dark Angel: The Ascent Mother Theresa
1998 Slums of Beverly Hills Landlady
1999Desert SonAudrey
2000Puppy LoveEdna LusterShort
2001 Tremors 3: Back to Perfection Nancy SterngoodDirect to video
2009The Inner CircleSister Angeline
2010 Mayfly BarbaraShort

Television

YearSeriesRoleNotes
1961 My Three Sons Agnes Finleyepisode: "Deadline"
Bachelor Father Maybelle
1968 Hawaii Five-O Annepisode: "They Painted Daisies on His Coffin"
Gunsmoke Irisepisode: "Lyle's Kid", credited as Charlotte Considine
1969 Bonanza Lisa Campbellepisode: "The Stalker"
Then Came Bronson Loriepisode "A Famine Where Abundance Lies"
1970 Gunsmoke Jennyepisode "Morgan"
1971 Mannix Barbaraepisode: "Run till Dark"
Bonanza Betsy Rushepisode: "The Grand Swing"
1972 McMillan & Wife Sheilaepisode: "Terror Times Two"
The Waltons RuthPilot episode: "The Foundling"
The F.B.I. Helen Simmsepisode: "A Game of Chess"
1973 Cannon Dawnepisode: "Hard Rock Roller Coaster"
1974 Gunsmoke Miss Merkle
Little House on the Prairie Eva Beadle SimmsSeasons 1–4
1975The Nurse KillerSuzie
The ImpostorJean Durham
1977 Murder in Peyton Place Denise HaleyTV movie
SecretsPhyllis Turner
1978Mother, Juggs & SpeedIrisTV movie
1981The Princess and the CabbieNurse
Bitter Harvest Mrs LazloTV movie
1985 Highway to Heaven CindyTwo episodes
1986 Matlock Mrs. Spellmanepisode: "The Santa"
The Young and the Restless Tamra Logan12 episodes
1987Warm Hearts, Cold FeetNurse #1
1990 Twin Peaks Betty Briggs
2005 Cold Case Cindy Balducciepisode: "A Perfect Day"
2007 The Office Womanepisode: "The Return"
2017 Twin Peaks: The Return Betty Briggs

References

  1. ↑ Stewart, Charlotte; Demsky, Andy (2016). Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and Me. BearManor Media. p. 2. ISBN   978-1-59393-906-9.
  2. ↑ "Movies & TV | Charlotte Stewart". The New York Times . November 3, 2012. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dempsky, Andy (November 18, 2009). "More than Miss Beadle". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "To give up $30,000 annually to alter career wasn't easy". Kokomo Tribune. October 22, 1977. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ "TV Week". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 29, 1960.
  6. ↑ "From Little House to Hanging with Jim Morrison: Napa Actress Writes Tell-All Book" . Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ Mitas, Melissa (February 15, 2022). "'Little House on the Prairie' Star Charlotte Stewart Was Married to This 'My Three Sons' Actor". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ Gates, Anita (March 4, 2022). "Tim Considine, Young Star of 'My Three Sons,' Is Dead at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  9. ↑ Little House on Prairie': Old friends left behind. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  10. ↑ "CHARLOTTE STEWART: From "Prairie" to "Human Highway" to "Twin Peaks," The Actress Documents the Long and Winding Road of Her Remarkable Life and Career in New Autobiography". Pop Culture Classics. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  11. ↑ Weiler, Lauren (January 13, 2021). "'Little House on the Prairie': Charlotte Stewart Said Her Character, Miss Beadle, Wasn't Allowed to Get Married at First". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  12. ↑ Nolasco, Stephanie (April 26, 2017). "'Little House on the Prairie' star Charlotte Stewart recalls days with Jim Morrison, Elvis and Bill Murray". Fox News. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
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