Catherine McLeod
Acting
Born 1921-07-02
Died 1997-05-11
Santa Monica, California, USA
52 credits
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Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom James Garner's character Bret Maverick wanted to marry on the 1957 television series Maverick, in the episode "Rage for Vengeance," and appeared in literally dozens of other series including The Millionaire, Meet McGraw, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 77 Sunset Strip, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Bronco, Perry Mason, Colt .45, Lawman, Bonanza, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and the Ten Thousand Horses Singing episode of Studio One opposite James Dean and John Forsythe.
Movies included Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You (1946), Courage of Lassie (1946), The Fabulous Texan (1947), That's My Man (1947), Old Los Angeles (1948), My Wife's Best Friend (1952), A Blueprint for Murder (1953), William Witney's The Outcast (1954), Ride the Wild Surf (1964), and Lipstick (1976).
McLeod's greatest impact upon American consciousness by far, however, was as purveyor of one of the most ubiquitous catchphrases of its era when she portrayed the woman in the 1963 headache remedy television commercial who plaintively but irritably said, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" The announcer's voiceover would then intone, "Sure you have a headache... tense, irritable.... but don't take it out on her."
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Filmography
Acting
41 credits
Perry Mason
Bonanza
Maverick
The Virginian
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Four Star Playhouse
Gunsmoke
The F.B.I.
Studio One
The Outer Limits
Marcus Welby, M.D.
One Step Beyond
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Cain's Hundred
Alcoa Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
Stagecoach West
Coronado 9
Letter to Loretta
The Harvey Girls
Lipstick
Courage of Lassie
General Electric Theater
The Outcast
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
A Blueprint for Murder
Tammy Tell Me True
I've Always Loved You
So Young, So Bad
Forever Yours
That's My Man
Old Los Angeles
My Wife's Best Friend
Ride the Wild Surf
Return to Warbow
The Fabulous Texan
The Sergeant Was a Lady
10,000 Horses Singing
The Republic Pictures Story
Sword of Venus
The Heart of Juliet Jones
Other credits
11 credits
Matinee Theater
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Philco Television Playhouse
Hawaiian Eye
Suspense
77 Sunset Strip
State Trooper
Bronco
Public Defender
87th Precinct
Angel
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