Eileen Chesis

Last updated
Eileen Chesis
Born
Eileen Sue Chesis

OccupationActor
Years active1954–present
Spouse(s)
Richard Devirian
(m. 1975)

Eileen Chesis is an American actress who appeared as a child in several American network television series of the 1960s.

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Television career

Chesis portrayed Cissy Porter, one of the daughters in the sitcom The Tom Ewell Show in 1960-1961. [1] Her other television work as a child consisted of appearances in Lassie , in the crime-drama The Detectives , in the medical-drama The Eleventh Hour , and in the western Destry she also appeared (as two different characters) in two different episodes of Bonanza (1962-1963).

Her only television work as an adult was in 1975, where she played Nancy in the live-action super-hero series The Secrets of Isis .

Film career

She appeared, despite uncredited, in the 1960 film Tall Story .

Personal life

Chesis was born in Newark, New Jersey. She married lawyer Richard Devirian on March 8, 1975.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 848. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.