Kathleen Crowley

Kathleen Crowley was an American actress who worked largely as a leading lady in more than 100 movies and television series during the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Green Bank, New Jersey, she won a pageant scholarship that took her to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in 1950. In February 1951 she acted opposite Conrad Nagel in A Star Is Born for Robert Montgomery Presents, and between 1951 and 1970 she was cast in 20 films and made 81 television appearances, often in science fiction and horror movies. Her later film work included a role in Downhill Racer (1969). On television she had a recurring part in seventeen episodes of Waterfront and set a series record for leading ladies with eight appearances on Maverick. She also guest starred on Perry Mason three times and played Sophia Starr on Batman in 1966. Crowley died in 2017.