Mary Grace Canfield

Biography

Mary Grace Canfield was an American actress of theater, film and television who worked in small theater companies and regional theater from 1952 to 1964 before taking the television role she became best known for. Born in Rochester, New York, and raised in Pittsford, she appeared in Broadway plays, including The Waltz of the Toreadors and The Frogs of Spring, though most had short runs. Her first credited television performance came in 1954 on Goodyear Playhouse, and she later had a regular part on the sitcom The Hathaways as the housekeeper Amanda Allison. As Ralph Monroe, the all-thumbs carpenter, she played the part in more than 40 episodes of Green Acres from 1965 to 1971 and reprised it in the 1990 TV movie Return to Green Acres. Her films included Pollyanna (1960) and Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983).

89years old at death

Born September 3, 1924Rochester
Died February 15, 2014Santa Barbara
Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22

Movie Career

Films: 4
Career span: 24 years1959 to 1983

Every film, newest first

1983Something Wicked This Way ComesIMDb rating 6.7
1963Come Blow Your HornIMDb rating 6.0
1960PollyannaIMDb rating 7.4
1959That Kind of WomanIMDb rating 6.1

Genres

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First role
Canfield's first credited television performance came in March 1954, when she played Frances in the Goodyear Playhouse episode "Native Dancer."
Big break
Canfield was best known for playing Ralph Monroe, the all-thumbs carpenter on Green Acres who greeted Hootervillians with "Howdy Doody!", appearing in more than 40 episodes over the show's six seasons.