Charlotte Stewart | |
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Years active | 1952–present |
Notable work | Eva Beadle Simms in Little House on the Prairie |
Spouse |
Charlotte Stewart is an American film and television actress. [1]
Stewart 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. [2]
Stewart graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse. [2] [3] Her first acting job was in the 1960 episode "The Glass Cage" on The Loretta Young Show. [2] [4] She has guest-starred on many television series ranging from Bonanza to The Office and the recurring role of Betty Briggs on Twin Peaks . [2] She was also a prolific TV commercial actress. [3] Her notable film appearances include Eraserhead and Tremors . [2] Stewart has been married four times. [5] In 1961, she met her first husband, Tim Considine, when she played Agnes Finley in the season-one episode "Deadline" of My Three Sons . [6] They married in 1965 and divorced in 1969. [7] Her second marriage to magician Jordan Hahn lasted from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. [8] [9] 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. [10]
In 2016, Stewart self-published her memoirs in a book, Little House in the Hollywood Hills. [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1961 | V.D. | Judy Jackson | The film was also billed as "Damaged Goods" |
1965 | The Slender Thread | Telephone operator | |
1967 | Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! | Miss Reynolds | credited as Charlotte Considine |
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes | One of the girls | ||
1968 | Speedway | Lori | credited 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 Briggs | Scenes deleted |
1994 | Dark Angel: The Ascent | Mother Theresa | |
1998 | Slums of Beverly Hills | Landlady | |
1999 | Desert Son | Audrey | |
2000 | Puppy Love | Edna Luster | Short |
2001 | Tremors 3: Back to Perfection | Nancy Sterngood | Direct to video |
2009 | The Inner Circle | Sister Angeline | |
2010 | Mayfly | Barbara | Short |
Year | Series | Role | Notes |
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1961 | My Three Sons | Agnes Finley | episode: "Deadline" |
Bachelor Father | Maybelle | ||
1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Ann | episode: "They Painted Daisies on His Coffin" |
Gunsmoke | Iris | episode: "Lyle's Kid", credited as Charlotte Considine | |
1969 | Bonanza | Lisa Campbell | episode: "The Stalker" |
Then Came Bronson | Lori | episode "A Famine Where Abundance Lies" | |
1970 | Gunsmoke | Jenny | episode "Morgan" |
1971 | Mannix | Barbara | episode: "Run till Dark" |
Bonanza | Betsy Rush | episode: "The Grand Swing" | |
1972 | McMillan & Wife | Sheila | episode: "Terror Times Two" |
The Waltons | Ruth | Pilot episode: "The Foundling" | |
The F.B.I. | Helen Simms | episode: "A Game of Chess" | |
1973 | Cannon | Dawn | episode: "Hard Rock Roller Coaster" |
1974 | Gunsmoke | Miss Merkle | |
Little House on the Prairie | Eva Beadle Simms | Seasons 1–4 | |
1975 | The Nurse Killer | Suzie | |
The Impostor | Jean Durham | ||
1977 | Murder in Peyton Place | Denise Haley | TV movie |
Secrets | Phyllis Turner | ||
1978 | Mother, Juggs & Speed | Iris | TV movie |
1981 | The Princess and the Cabbie | Nurse | |
Bitter Harvest | Mrs Lazlo | TV movie | |
1985 | Highway to Heaven | Cindy | Two episodes |
1986 | Matlock | Mrs. Spellman | episode: "The Santa" |
The Young and the Restless | Tamra Logan | 12 episodes | |
1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Nurse #1 | |
1990 | Twin Peaks | Betty Briggs | |
2005 | Cold Case | Cindy Balducci | episode: "A Perfect Day" |
2007 | The Office | Woman | episode: "The Return" |
2017 | Twin Peaks: The Return | Betty Briggs |
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