Marlyn Mason

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Marlyn Mason
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Mason in 1976
Born (1940-08-07) August 7, 1940 (age 85)
San Fernando, California, U.S. [1]
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
Years active1960–present
Spouse(s)J. Raymond Henderson (1960–1962)
Lee Harman
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(m. 1972)​

Marlyn Mason (born August 7, 1940) is an American actress and producer.

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Early life

Mason was born in San Fernando, California, and was named after a friend of a friend of her mother. Mason moved to Hollywood after she finished high school. [2]

Career

Mason played the role of Nikki Bell, a Braille teacher who became the title character's business partner, [3] in the television series Longstreet (1971–1972), which starred James Franciscus. [4]

Her other acting credits include roles in Hogan's Heroes (two episodes as underground operative "Lily Frankel", a Marlene Dietrich-style nightclub singer}, My Three Sons , Burke's Law , The New Phil Silvers Show , Kentucky Jones , Bonanza , The Big Valley , Ben Casey , Dr. Kildare (in a recurring role), Laredo , Occasional Wife , The Man from U.N.C.L.E. , I Spy , The F.B.I. , Mission Impossible , The Fugitive , Mannix , Vega$ , The Invaders , The Odd Couple , Love, American Style , Marcus Welby, M.D. , Cannon , Barnaby Jones , Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. , Wonder Woman , The Bronx Zoo , Charles in Charge , Ironside , Jake and the Fatman , and in the episode "The Mask of Adonis" from the 1977 series Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (known in the United Kingdom as Twist in the Tale). She guest-starred on the final Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Final Fadeout," portraying Erna Landry, a 'nice-girl' actress of a television show. She played Sgt. Margo Demarest in Twelve O'Clock High Season 3, Episode 9 "The Fighter Pilot".[ citation needed ]

Mason played a principal role in the original 1967–68 Broadway production of How Now, Dow Jones , opposite Tony Roberts. [5]

She appeared in the motion picture films Because They're Young (her film debut, in an uncredited role), The Trouble with Girls , and Making It . In 2019, she starred in the feature film Senior Love Triangle as the character Jeanie. [6] She appeared in such television movies as That Certain Summer , Outrage , Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan , Last of the Good Guys , The New Adventures of Heidi , My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn , and Fifteen and Pregnant .

Personal life

Mason was married to musician J. Raymond Henderson from 1960 to 1962. She married Lee Harman in 1972.[ citation needed ]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lisanti, Tom (January 2003). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. p. 178. ISBN   9780786415755 . Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ "she likes 'older men'". The Shreveport Journal. March 3, 1967. p. 45. Retrieved February 13, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Mahan, Bill (October 13, 1971). "Career of Marilyn [sic] Mason Traced". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc. p. 7 F. Retrieved February 13, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of television shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 621. ISBN   978-0-7864-6477-7.
  5. ↑ "("Marlyn Mason" search results)". Playbill Vault. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ Senior Love Triangle , retrieved August 13, 2022
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