Betsy Jones-Moreland | |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1930 |
Death Place: | El Monte, California, U.S.[1] |
Occupation: | Actress |
Years Active: | 1956 - 1993 |
Betsy Jones-Moreland (April 1, 1930 – May 1, 2006) was an American actress.
Jones-Moreland worked in secretarial jobs before she became an entertainer.[2]
Jones-Moreland acted on stage, including as a member of the newly formed Valley Playhouse in Woodland Hills, California, in 1958[3] and the Players Ring Theater in Los Angeles in 1960.[4] She also appeared in The Solid Gold Cadillac on Broadway and in the touring company that presented that play across the United States.[5]
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.
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.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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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" |