Cathy Lewis

Cathy Lewis was an American actress who worked mainly in radio, with some film and television appearances. Born in Spokane, Washington, she moved to Chicago, where she found work on The First Nighter Program, and later performed at the Pasadena Playhouse. She became best known as Jane Stacy, the sensible secretary who shared quarters with the scatterbrained Irma Peterson in the radio and television comedy My Friend Irma, played the role until 1953, and in 1948 the Executive Secretaries Club gave her its Ideal Secretary Award. Her radio work also included Sam Spade and I Love a Mystery. Her 1940s film parts were largely uncredited bits, and she brought the Jane Stacy role to television for two seasons before leaving it in 1953. Later credits included The Party Crashers, a supporting role that drew positive notice in The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961), and the voice of Arusha Control in Hatari! (1962).