- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 12, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Carmel, Maine
- Died
- May 6, 1973
Myrna Fahey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Myrna Fahey (12 March 1933 - 6 May 1973) was an American actress best known for her role as Maria Crespo in Walt Disney's Zorro, and as Madeline Usher in the film version of Edgar Allan Poe's, The Fall of the House of Usher. She appeared in episodes of 37 television series from the 1950s into the 1970s, including Bonanza, The Time Tunnel, Maverick, Perry Mason, and Batman . Fahey also became the subject of death threats while dating Joe DiMaggio in 1964. The FBI determined the threats came from a patient at the Agnew Mental Hospital in San Francisco, who could not bear to see DiMaggio with anyone other than Marilyn Monroe, who died in 1962. Fahey complained in a 1960 interview that she was being typecast in 'good girl' roles because of what directors called her 'moral overtones' and wanted to play darker and more complicated characters. She'd worke…
Filmography
movieThe Great American Beauty Contest
1973 · Miss Utah Chaperone
tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Grace Ashley
tvRango
1967
tvThe Time Tunnel
1966 · Rahab
tvBatman
1966 · Princess Mergenberg / Blaze
tvLaredo
1965
tvDaniel Boone
1964 · Sara
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Honora Malone, Mrs. Janet 'Jan' Banning
tvStraightaway
1961
tvFather of the Bride
1961 · Katherine "Kay" Banks Dunston
tvThe Americans
1961
Man on the Beach
movieMan on the Beach
1961
tvSurfside 6
1960 · Ann Trevor, Valerie Grant
tvCheckmate
1960 · Marylu Keyes
tvThriller
1960 · Alice Page
movieHouse of Usher
1960 · Madeline Usher
movieThe Story on Page One
1959 · Alice
tvHawaiian Eye
1959 · Nora Cobinder, Laura Steck, Kay Laniel, Della Kandinsky
tvThe Alaskans
1959
tvLaramie
1959
tvBonanza
1959 · Dolly Kincaid
movieFace of a Fugitive
1959 · Janet Hawthorne
movieImitation of Life
1959 · Iris Dawn
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Janie Maynor Benton, Woman in Ladies' Lounge (uncredited), Helen Charles (uncredited), Dolly Stewart, Lynn Wells
tvThe Ed Wynn Show
1958 · Pauline
movieThe Light in the Forest
1958 · Hannah Moore
tvHarbor Command
1957
tvZorro
1957 · Maria Crespo
tvMaverick
1957 · Susie, Dee Cooper, Carla Marchese
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Lydia Logan, Grace Halley, Myrna Warren, Holly Andrews
tvWagon Train
1957 · Melanie Craig, Jane Hawkins
movieJeanne Eagels
1957 · Girl (uncredited)
movieLoving You
1957 · Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
tvWest Point
1956 · Nora
movieI Died a Thousand Times
1955 · Margie (uncredited)
Kings Row
tvKings Row
1955
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Linda Bell
tvThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952 · 2nd Girl
tvCavalcade of America
1952
tvAdventures of Superman
1952 · Miss Dunn
tvThe George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950 · Barbara Westrope