Kathleen Crowley

Kathleen Crowley
Crowley as "Kiz" in Maverick (1960)
Born	Betty Jane Kathleen Crowley (1929-12-26) December 26, 1929[1] Green Bank, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names	Kathleen Rubsam (married name)
Occupation	Actress, beauty pageant winner
Years active	1951–1970

Betty Jane Kathleen Crowley (born December 26, 1929)^[1] is an American retired actress who starred in a number of TV shows and films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, ending her career in 1970.

Biography

Early life

Born on 26 December 1929 in Green Bank, New Jersey, Crowley graduated from Egg Harbor High School in 1946. On August 7, 1949, the 19-year-old Crowley won the title of "Miss New Jersey" at a contest held at Asbury Park. As the winner, she entered the "Miss America" pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 10, 1949, and came in sixth place.

Acting career

Crowley attended New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1950 and undertook some live TV work there. In February 1951 she appeared with Conrad Nagel in A Star is Born on Robert Montgomery Presents. Crowley made 81 television appearances and was cast in 20 movies between 1951 and 1970. One of her last movie roles was in Downhill Racer with Robert Redford. She made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of defendant and title character Marylin Clark in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Lonely Heiress."

Many of her films were low-budget science fiction and horror movies, but she seemed to appear in practically every narrative television series produced in the late 1950s and 1960s, including Crossroads, Bourbon Street Beat, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, Bat Masterson with Gene Barry, The Americans. Bonanza, Colt .45, Bronco, Branded with Chuck Connors, Redigo, My Three Sons with Fred MacMurray, The Donna Reed Show, Checkmate with Sebastian Cabot, Route 66, Thriller, Batman (episodes 21 and 22) with Adam West, Disneyland, Family Affair, Rawhide with Clint Eastwood, The High Chaparral and The Lone Ranger.^[2]

Maverick

Crowley is best remembered appearing in eight episodes (a series record for a leading lady) as a variety of sirens on the ABC/Warner Brothers series, Maverick (1957) opposite James Garner, Jack Kelly, and Roger Moore.

• "The Jeweled Gun" (with Jack Kelly)
• "Maverick Springs" (with James Garner and Jack Kelly)
• "The Misfortune Teller" (with James Garner)
• "A Bullet for the Teacher" (with Roger Moore)
• "Kiz" (with Roger Moore)
• "Dade City Dodge"
• "The Troubled Heir"
• "One of Our Trains Is Missing" (the last three with Jack Kelly).

Private life

Crowley married John Rubsam in Los Angeles on 27 September 1969 and gave birth to a son, Matthew, in 1970.

Selected filmography

Other

Kathleen Crowley was often confused with Patricia "Pat" Crowley, an actress who appeared as a leading lady in different episodes of many of the same television series but was no relation.

References

1. 1 2 "Kathleen Crowley profile". Retrieved April 10, 2014. 
2. ↑ Kathleen Crowley at the Internet Movie Database

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kathleen Crowley.

• Kathleen Crowley at the Internet Movie Database