Elizabeth MacRae

Elizabeth MacRae was an American actress whose career was mostly in television, along with nine feature films, with credits from 1958 into the late 1980s. She grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, then moved to New York City in 1956 and spent two years at the Herbert Berghof Studio, training under Uta Hagen while acting in off-Broadway and summer-stock shows. Her first television part came as a witness on The Verdict Is Yours, and she went on to appear in many series of the 1960s and 1970s. Her widest recognition came as Lou-Ann Poovie, the girlfriend of the title character on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a role she played in 15 episodes between 1966 and 1969. She also recurred on Gunsmoke, Days of Our Lives, and Search for Tomorrow. On film she voiced Ladyfish in The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), played Meredith in The Conversation (1974), the Palme d'Or winner at Cannes, and appeared in The House of the Dead (1978).