Date of Birth
25 January 1929, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Date of Death
19 September 2006, Fishkill, New York, USA (kidney failure)
Birth Name
Elizabeth Ellen Gillease
Spouse
Baron Carl von Virringhoff-Schell (23 October 1952 - 1955) (divorced)
Trivia
Tall, striking actress who retired in 1980, perhaps best remembered as the strange department store saleswoman in "The Twilight Zone" (1959) episode featuring Anne Francis as a mannequin who became a live woman for a month.
Is also remembered for her introductions on "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1966). She was known as "The Away We Go" girl, who every week introduced Jackie's variety skits with that immortal phrase.
Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1962, as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for "The Gay Life," and in 1965 as Best Actress (Musical) for Richard Rodgers' "Do I Hear a Waltz?"
She started out as a fashion model with the Ford Modeling Agency. She was a member of the Helen Hayes Repertory Company for several years. Her first starring role on Broadway was Juliet in David Merrick's 1957 production of "Romanoff and Juliet".
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