Abby Dalton

Abby Dalton, born Gladys Marlene Wasden in Las Vegas, Nevada, worked mainly in television and film. She made many small-screen appearances early on, including turns on Maverick, Have Gun Will Travel and The Rifleman, before playing nurse Martha Hale on Hennesey from 1959 to 1962, a part that brought an Emmy nomination. She then spent 1962 to 1965 as Joey Bishop's wife on The Joey Bishop Show. Game shows were also part of her work, with regular spots on Stump the Stars, PDQ and Match Game, plus appearances on Hollywood Squares and Super Password. In the 1980s she played winemaker Julia Cumson on Falcon Crest, and afterward guested on Hotel and Murder, She Wrote. Her films included Roger Corman's The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957), A Whale of a Tale (1976) and CyberTracker (1994). She died in 2020.