Kathleen Hughes | |
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Born | Elizabeth Margaret von Gerkan November 14, 1928 Hollywood, California, U.S. |
Education | Fairfax High School |
Alma mater | Los Angeles City College University of California, Los Angeles |
Occupation(s) | Film, stage, television actress |
Years active | 1948–1998 |
Known for | |
Spouse | Stanley Rubin (1954–2014; his death) |
Children | 4 |
Kathleen Hughes (born Elizabeth Margaret von Gerkan; November 14, 1928) [1] is an American retired actress who appeared during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Hughes was born in Hollywood, California, on November 14, 1928. Her uncle, F. Hugh Herbert, was a playwright who authored Kiss and Tell and The Moon Is Blue . [2] [3] [1] Her desire to act was inspired by a film she saw featuring Donald O'Connor, which gave her the idea that "acting looked like fun." [3] After graduating from Fairfax High School, Hughes attended Los Angeles City College and UCLA. [4]
Hughes was discovered in a Little Theater production in 1948. Signed to a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox, she made 14 films for the studio.[ citation needed ] She appeared in five motion pictures for Universal Studios, including the cult film It Came From Outer Space . Hughes co-starred with Edward G. Robinson in a 1953 crime drama, The Glass Web , and opposite Rock Hudson in an adventure film that year, The Golden Blade .
By 1956, Hughes was appearing in television series. She played in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1957), Telephone Time (1956), The Bob Cummings Show (1958), The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet , 77 Sunset Strip (1959), Hotel de Paree (1959), Tightrope! (1959), General Electric Theater (1960–1962), The Tall Man (1961), Bachelor Father (1962), Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1965), and I Dream of Jeannie (1967).
In 1962, Hughes played the role of murder victim Lita Krail in the sixth-season 1962 episode of Perry Mason , entitled "The Case of the Double-Entry Mind". She played the recurring role of Mrs. Coburn on the television series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir . She appeared on M*A*S*H as Lorraine Blake, wife of unit commander Henry Blake, in a home movie she sent to him. Hughes portrayed Mitch, a secretary, on the NBC drama Bracken's World (1969–1971). [5]
Hughes' favorite stage role was in the play The Seven Year Itch . [3]
On July 25, 1954, Hughes married Stanley Rubin, the producer of Bracken's World , at the home of her uncle. [6] The couple had one daughter and three sons. The marriage lasted 59 years, until Rubin died on March 2, 2014, at the age of 96. [7]
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