Gretchen Corbett

Gretchen Hoyt Corbett (born August 13, 1945 in Camp Sherman , Oregon ) is an American film, television and theater actress . She played in films such as Out of It , Horror for Jessica , PSI Factor , King Kobra and Bucksville . She became internationally known, especially in the mid-1970s, through the crime series Detective Rockford - a call is enough , in which she played the lawyer Beth Davenport.

life and career

Corbett was born in 1945 to Henry Ladd, Jr. and Katherine Minahen (Coney) Corbett at Camp Sherman, Oregon. In the late 1960s, Corbett studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University (formerly Pittsburgh Carnegie Tech). She made her acting debut as Desdemona at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland in the play Othello . She then worked in various regional theaters, including the Long Wharf Theater, the Berkshire Theater Festival, the Eugene O'Neill Festival, Seattle Repertory Theater and the Repertory Theater of New Orleans. After moving to New York, she also appeared on Broadway .

She played Corbett's first film role in Paul Williams' comedy Out of It in 1969, alongside actors such as Barry Gordon and Jon Voight . She had other parts on the screen in 1971 in the horror film Horror for Jessica by director John D. Hancock, in 1980 in the science fiction film PSI Factor alongside Peter Mark Richman, in 1981 in Bob Claver's horror film King Kobra alongside Fritz Weaver or 2011 in Chel White's thriller Bucksville .

Since the late 1960s she was also a busy actress in many American television films and series such as Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967), Kojak - Einsatz in Manhattan (1973), The Boss (1974), Smoking Colts (1974) , Hawaii Five-Zero (1975), Emergency Call California (1975-1976), The Twos with a Twist (1976), Barnaby Jones (1978), Magnum (1981-1983), Trapper John, MD (1982), Simon & Simon (1985), Murder Is Her Hobby (1986), 21 Jump Street - Crime Scene Classroom (1987), Hunter (1990) or Portlandia (2013–2015).

She played more complex TV roles as the lawyer Beth Davenport from 1974 to 1978 in 33 episodes of the crime series Detective Rockford - a call is enough at the side of James Garner . In the mid to late 1990s, she also made several guest roles in her part as a lawyer in several individual Rockford television films.

Gretchen Corbett is the mother of actress Winslow Corbett (* 1979).

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

• 1969: Out of It
• 1971: Let's Scare Jessica to Death
• 1978: The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II
• 1980: PSI Factor
• 1981: King Kobra (Jaws of Satan)
• 1995: Without Evidence
• 2011: Bucksville
• 2020: Lorelei

watch TV

• 1967: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1968: Hot Tracks (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1972: NET Playhouse (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1973: Kojak - Mission in Manhattan (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1974: The Boss (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1974: Banacek (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1974: Columbo (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1974: Smoking Colts (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1974: The Cay (TV movie)
• 1974: Sierra (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1974–1976: Dr. med. Marcus Welby (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1974–1978: Detective Rockford - a call is enough (TV series, 33 episodes)
• 1975: Hawaii Five-Zero (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1975: McMillan & Wife (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1975: Knuckle (TV movie)
• 1975: Ellery Queen (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1975: The Crooks' Coast (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1975: Matt Helm (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1975–1976: Emergency Call California (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1976: The two with the shoot (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1976: Farewell to Manzanar (TV movie)
• 1976: The Fatal Weakness (TV movie)
• 1976: The Savage Bees (TV movie)
• 1976: Wonder Woman (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1977: Kingston: Confidential (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1977–1978: An American Family (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1978: Barnaby Jones (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1978: WEB (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1978: Secrets of Three Hungry Wives (TV movie)
• 1978: Lucan (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1979: Mandrake (TV movie)
• 1979: She's Dressed to Kill (TV movie)
• 1980: White Hell (High Ice) (TV movie)
• 1981: Sheriff Lobo (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1981: One Day at a Time (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1981: Time Warp (TV movie)
• 1981–1983: Magnum (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1982: Trapper John, MD (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1982: Million Dollar Infield (TV Movie)
• 1983: Cheers (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1983: The Incredible Stories of Roald Dahl (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1983: The Mississippi (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1984: Things Are Looking Up (TV movie)
• 1985: Otherworld (TV miniseries)
• 1985: Simon & Simon (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1985: North Beach and Rawhide (TV movie)
• 1986: Murder is Her Hobby (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1987: 21 Jump Street - Crime Scene Classroom (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1989: A Peaceable Kingdom (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1990: Hunter (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1991: The Cases of Rosie O'Neill (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1991: Final Verdict - Appeal excluded (Final Verdict) (TV movie)
• 1993: Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? (Movie made for TV)
• 1995: Dead by Sunset (TV miniseries)
• 1996: Detective Rockford - just give us a call ; Devilish Plot (TV Series)
• 1996: Detective Rockford - just give us a call; Fake Friends (TV Show)
• 1998: Change of Heart (TV movie)
• 1999: Detective Rockford - just give us a call; Only Blood Sells Well (TV Show)
• 2013–2017: Portlandia (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2019: Shrill (TV series, 1 episode)

literature

• Gretchen Corbett In: Ed Robertson Thirty Years of THE ROCKFORD FILES: An Inside Look at America's Greatest Detective Series. , iUniverse, 2005, p. 63

Web links

• Gretchen Corbett in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Filmography by Gretchen Corbett in: The New York Times
• Films by Gretchen Corbett with German distribution titles
• Gretchen Corbett in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gretchen Corbett In: Jon Abbott Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots. , McFarland, 2000, p. 58