Marjorie Stapp

Marjorie Stapp was an American actress whose career was built largely on low-budget films, with steady work in both movies and television for some five decades. Born in Little Rock, she signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox in the 1940s and made her first screen appearance in The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), a Danny Kaye picture, followed by a small part in Linda, Be Good (1947). She moved up to a leading role in the Western The Blazing Trail (1949), playing opposite Charles Starrett. From the 1950s into the 1990s she turned up in films and on series including Cheyenne, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Dragnet, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, 77 Sunset Strip, The Brady Bunch, Quantum Leap and Columbo. She retired in 1991 and died in 2014.