Mary Adams (actress)
Mary Marguerite Adams aka June Mary Adams (1910–1973) was a 20th century American actress. She is best known as a character actor from the 1950s on television. She was a regular, usually cast as a dowdy nurse or wife, and is best remembered as the nurse in The Twilight Zone: Twenty Two
Life
She was born on 27 June 1910 in Ogden, Utah.
She began acting late in life (38) but was a popular choice in supporting roles throughout the 1950s to the degree that she could be called a "familiar face". Her career faded in the early 1960s.
She died on 30 November 1973 in Los Angeles. She is buried in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[1] The grave, labeeled June Mary Adams, was provided by the Actors Fund, and she lies with several hundred actors marked by a tall and slim obelisk.[2]
TV Roles
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- Stars Over Hollywood: The Ageless (1951)
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1951/2)
- Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (three episodes, 1952) various roles
- Life With Father (pilot episode 1953)
- I Led 3 Lives (1953) as Mrs Ives
- Big Town (1955)
- The Father Who Had No Sons (TV movie, 1955)
- Front Row Center (1955) as Miss Jenny
- Medic (TV series) (two episodes, 1955) as Sister Benedict
- Captain Midnight (1955) as Mrs Harper
- Matinee Theatre (TV series): Statute of Limitations (1956) as Mom
- Gunsmoke (TV series) (1956) as Nettie
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956) as Mrs Mack
- Crusader (TV series) (1956) as Vera Nelson
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1956) as Alice Burns
- Father Knows Best (2 episodes 1956)
- Lux Video Theatre (4 episodes, 1955-1957)
- The O. Henry Playhouse: Christmas By Injunction (1957)
- Have Gun - Will Travel (1957) as Maggie
- Decision (1958) as Sara Radford
- The Donna Reed Show (1958) as nurse
- M Squad (2 episodes 1958-59)
- Playhouse 90 (1959) as Mrs Haywood
- Adventure Showcase: Doctor Mike (1959) as Mary Barker
- Hawaiian Eye (1959) as Esther
- Riverboat (TV series) (1959) as Mrs Wilkins
- Dennis the Menace (1960) as Helen Forbes
- The Twilight Zone: Twenty Two (1961) as nurse
- The Loretta Young Show (two episodes 1959-61) as mother
- Wagon Train (TV series) (1961) as Julia
- Whispering Smith (TV series) (1961) as Mrs Landers
- Window on Main Street (5 episodes, 1961) as Lavinia Webster
- It's a Man's World (TV series) (1962) as Mrs Meredith
- The Untouchables (TV series) (1962) as Kate Brannon
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Lonely Hours (1963) as the nurse
- My Three Sons (2 episodes 1961 and 1964)
- The File on Devlin (1969) as the maid
Film Roles
- Hazard (1948) as Matron Sergeant
- Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) as Miss Hendricks
- For the Love of Mary (1948) as Marge
- Starlift (1951) as Sue Wayne (uncredited)
- Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) (uncredited)
- Executive Suite (1954) as Sara Asenith Grimm
- Her Twelve Men (1954) as Martha the school nurse (uncredited)
- Rebel in Town (1956) as Grandma Ackstadt
- Blood of Dracula aka Blood is My Heritage (1957) as Mrs Thorndyke
- Diary of a Madman (1963) as Louise the Cook (with Vincent Price)
- The Day They Gave Babies Away (1957) as Mrs Roscoe (uncredited)
- The Clown and the Kid (1961) as Mother Superior (uncredited)
- Doctors' Wives (1971) as nurse (uncredited)
Family
Thought to be unmarried.
References
- Resting Places: The Burial Sites of 14000 Famous Persons, by Scott Wilson
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12132052/mary-adams
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011195/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1