Christine White

Christine White was an American actor and screenwriter best remembered for playing Julia Wilson, the wife of a frightened plane passenger, in the 1963 The Twilight Zone installment Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. Born in Washington, DC, she studied English at the University of North Carolina, performed with the Carolina Playmakers, and trained at Catholic University and the Actors Studio. Her stage work included summer stock and a Cape Cod Playhouse Picnic that earned her a Most Outstanding Actress honor, and in 1956 she took over a Broadway role in A Hatful of Rain. After moving to Los Angeles, she began TV acting in 1952 on The Web and went on to more than 50 series across 24 years, among them Bonanza, The Untouchables, Father Knows Best, The Fugitive, and three Perry Mason episodes. She also had a regular part as Abigail Adams on Ichabod and Me. Her films included Macabre (1958) and Magnum Force (1973). She died in 2013.