Catherine McLeod

Known for ActingBorn 1921-07-02Died 1997-05-11Santa Monica, California, USA

Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom James Garner's character Bret Maverick wanted to marry on the 1957 television series Maverick, in the episode "Rage for Vengeance," and appeared in literally dozens of other series including The Millionaire, Meet McGraw, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 77 Sunset Strip, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Bronco, Perry Mason, Colt .45, Lawman, Bonanza, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and the Ten Thousand Horses Singing episode of Studio One opposite James Dean and John Forsythe. Movies included Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You (1946), Courage of Lassie (1946), The Fabulous Texan (1947), That's My Man (1947), Old Los Angeles (1948), My Wife's Best Friend (1952), A Blueprint for Murder (1953), William Witney's The Outcast (1954), Ride the Wild Surf (1964), and Lipstick (1976). McLeod's greatest impact upon American consciousness by far, however, was as purveyor of one of the most ubiquitous catchphrases of its era when she portrayed the woman in the 1963 headache remedy television commercial who plaintively but irritably said, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" The announcer's voiceover would then intone, "Sure you have a headache... tense, irritable.... but don't take it out on her." Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine McLeod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

The Outer Limits

87th Precinct

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Have Gun, Will Travel

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

77 Sunset Strip

The Sergeant Was a Lady

Alcoa Theatre

Maverick

Forever Yours

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

General Electric Theater

Four Star Playhouse

Coronado 9

Stagecoach West

Marcus Welby, M.D.

The Outcast

Gunsmoke

Lux Video Theatre

That's My Man

The Virginian

The Philco Television Playhouse

Letter to Loretta

The Harvey Girls

The Fabulous Texan

I've Always Loved You

Tammy Tell Me True

Public Defender

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

A Blueprint for Murder

Bronco

Sword of Venus

My Wife's Best Friend

Old Los Angeles

Return to Warbow

Courage of Lassie

State Trooper

One Step Beyond

The F.B.I.

Hawaiian Eye

Lipstick

Ride the Wild Surf

Studio One

Cain's Hundred

Matinee Theater

So Young, So Bad

Suspense