Madlyn Rhue
Biography
Madlyn Rhue was an American actress who worked in film and television. Born in Washington, D.C., she started at seventeen as a dancer at the Copacabana in New York City, then took her stage name from the film title 13 Rue Madeleine. Her film work included Operation Petticoat (1959), and she also appeared in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). On television she guest-starred in dozens of series, beginning with Cheyenne (1955). She played Ricardo Montalban's wife in a 1960 Bonanza episode and was Lt. Marla McGivers in the Star Trek episode Space Seed, again opposite Montalban. She had a regular role in Bracken's World and another in Executive Suite. Later she had a recurring part in Murder, She Wrote, and her final film role was in the 1991 television movie A Mother's Justice.
68years old at death
- Born Washington, D.C.
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Madlyn Soloman Rhue
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 8 years1959 to 1967
Every film, newest first
- 1967Stranger on the RunIMDb rating 6.3
- 1962Escape from ZahrainIMDb rating 6.0
- 1959Operation PetticoatIMDb rating 7.2
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About the name
Rhue created her stage name by adapting the title of the 1947 film 13 Rue Madeleine, deciding to do so when she was 17.
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Worked with
Madlyn Rhue shares two films with Sal Mineo, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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James Mason's page
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Henry Fonda's page
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All films by Blake Edwards
Ronald NeameDirector, 1 film, 1962
All films by Ronald Neame
All films by Don Siegel
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