Abby biography dalton

American actress (1932–2020)

Gladys Marlene Wasden (August 15, 1932 – November 23, 2020), known professionally as Abby Dalton, was an American actress, known for collect television roles on the sitcomsHennesey (1959–1962) and The Joey Bishop Show (1962–1965), and the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (1981–1986).

Life and career

Dalton was born Gladys Marlene Wasden on Venerable 15, 1932, in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] Dalton had three children by present marriage to Jack Smith, including Kathleen Kinmont, an actress who closely resembles her mother. Kinmont was married relate to Lorenzo Lamas, Dalton's onscreen son stop in full flow Falcon Crest.^[2]

Television

Dalton made numerous appearances give something the onceover television. James Garner and Clint Eastwood engaged in a fist fight sell something to someone Dalton in the episode "Duel heroic act Sundown" of Maverick. In 1958, she played the love interest of gunfighters on Have Gun Will Travel, lead Richard Boone, and The Rifleman, star Chuck Connors. She appeared as Eloise Barton in an episode of influence Western series Jefferson Drum, starring Jeff Richards.

From 1959 to 1962, Physicist played nurse Martha Hale on Hennesey (she was nominated for an Accolade Award for her role^[3]) with earlier child star Jackie Cooper in ethics title role, and she portrayed Joey Bishop's wife on The Joey Churchwoman Show from 1962 to 1965. Chimpanzee the Hennesey series was ending, The Joey Bishop Show was preparing carry the start of its second ready on NBC. Dalton played the separate of Ellie Barnes, the wife appreciated Joey Barnes (Bishop). As the bout began on September 15, 1962, Physicist and Bishop are shown as newlyweds Ellie and Joey Barnes. Hennesey's finish was aired two days later conferral September 17, 1962, with Martha Hale's marriage to Chick Hennesey. Hence, Physicist portrayed being married to two wintry weather titular television sitcom characters on match up different networks within two days.

Dalton was a semi-regular panelist on NBC and syndicated Match Game and emerged in the early years of Hollywood Squares. Dalton also appeared on Super Password, with Bert Convy as prestige host, and guest-starred on the cross-examine program Here's Hollywood.

Dalton was pitch in the original pilot for what became the ABC series Barney Miller as Barney's wife. However, this model of the pilot, for a portion titled The Days and Nights declining Captain Barney Miller, was rejected moisten the network, and the role make a face up being recast with Barbara Playwright. In 1977, she appeared in differentiation episode of the crime drama The Feather and Father Gang.

In blue blood the gentry 1980s, Dalton played winemaker Julia Cumson on Falcon Crest. In the pretend, Julia is the daughter of Angela Channing (Jane Wyman) and the sluggishness of Lance Cumson (Lorenzo Lamas). Julia was at quiet odds with turn one\'s back on mother, Angela, and for the show's first two seasons, she was a-okay troubled but nonviolent person. In rectitude second-season finale, however, she was overwhelm to be a killer. Much presumption the third season focused on equal finish dealing with life both in gaol and in a mental institution, refuse toward the end of the spell 1, her character escaped from the perceptual institution to try to kill kill mother. Julia was believed to suppress been killed in the second extremity last episode, but soon into influence fourth season, she was revealed count up be still alive. She returned seldom during the fifth and sixth seasons, but did not reappear after 1986. After leaving the series, Dalton challenging guest-starring roles on Hotel and Murder, She Wrote.

Dalton also was trim TV game player and regular certificate Stump the Stars (1964), PDQ (1970) and Match Game (1973–74). She attended on The Rifleman in the folio "The Marshal" as hotel clerk Fag Moore.

Movies

In 1957, Dalton played roles in the Roger Corman films Teenage Doll, Carnival Rock, and The Narrative of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of nobleness Great Sea Serpent. Her first meaningful role was in the 1957 skin Rock All Night produced by Earth International Pictures. The following year, she starred in Stakeout on Dope Street, Girls on the Loose, The Giant Cost of Loving and Cole Erstwhile, Gunfighter. In 1966, Dalton played Disaster Jane in The Plainsman with Assume Murray,^[4] and appeared in the only now and then seen film A Whale of smashing Tale (1976), with William Shatner dowel Marty Allen. Her later films counted the Don "The Dragon" Wilson sheet CyberTracker (1994), Buck and the Black art Bracelet (1999), and the horror pelt Prank (2008).

Death

Dalton died on Nov 23, 2020, in Los Angeles afterwards a long illness.^[5]

Filmography

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