Betsy Jones-Moreland
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Early life
Jones-Moreland worked in secretarial jobs before she became an entertainer.[1]
Career
Jones-Moreland acted on stage, including as a member of the newly formed Valley Playhouse in Woodland Hills, California, in 1958[2] and the Players Ring Theater in Los Angeles in 1960.[3] She also appeared in The Solid Gold Cadillac on Broadway and in the touring company that presented that play across the United States.[4]
She began her film career in small roles in the mid-1950s, appearing in several Roger Corman films, including a lead role in Last Woman on Earth (1960). Subsequently, she appeared mostly on television through 1975.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Jones-Moreland guest-starred in an episode of the television series Ironside starring Raymond Burr, and in the early 1990s appeared in a recurring role as a judge in a series of his Perry Mason television films. Her first Perry Mason appearance was in 1959 as Lorrie Garvin in "The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom." In Have Gun - Will Travel, Jones-Moreland guest-starred as Topaz, a saloon hostess who befriended Paladin in the episode "Brother's Keeper" that aired May 6, 1961. In 1962, she appeared as Nurse Brown in McHale's Navy.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | The Eddy Duchin Story | Minor Role | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Best Things in Life Are Free | Secretary | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Full of Life | Bit Role | Uncredited |
| 1957 | The Garment Jungle | Secretary | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Operation Mad Ball | Lt. Bushey | Uncredited |
| 1957 | The Brothers Rico | Voice, Uncredited | |
| 1957 | The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent | Thyra | |
| 1958 | The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Ginger - Carhop | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Screaming Mimi | Jan - Raoul's Assistant | Uncredited |
| 1959 | Day of the Outlaw | Mrs. Preston | |
| 1960 | Strangers When We Meet | Mrs. Gerandi | Uncredited |
| 1960 | Last Woman on Earth | Evelyn Gern | |
| 1961 | Creature from the Haunted Sea | Mary-Belle Monahan | |
| 1967 | The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Poolside Interviewer | Uncredited |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | Stewardess Imhoff | |
| 1976 | Gable and Lombard | Party Guest #1 | |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Lady Writer | |
| 1979 | Joni | Mrs. Barber |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Perry Mason | Lori Garvin | Season 2 Ep. 29: "The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom" |
| 1960 | The Donna Reed Show | Mrs. Pratt | Season 3 Ep. 14: "Someone is Watching" |
| 1961 | Have Gun Will Travel | Topaz | Season 4 Ep. 33: "Brother's Keeper" |
| 1961 | My Three Sons | Flo Afton | Episode: "The Horseless Saddle" |
| 1961 | Route 66 | Bea Webster | Episode: "The Quick and the Dead" |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy | Lt Casey Brown | Season 1 Episode 3: "McHale and the Seven Cupids" |
| 1963 | Bonanza | Nora Whitley | Episode: "Five into the Wind" |
| 1963 | Gunsmoke | Tess | Episode: "Kate Heller" |
| 1964 | The Outer Limits | Julie Griffith | Episode: "The Mutant" |
| 1964 | My Three Sons | Congresswoman Barbara Maitland | Episode: "Lady President" |
| 1991 | Perry Mason | a judge in several episodes | "The Case of the Glass Coffin" |
References
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External links
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