Randy Stuart

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Randy Stuart with Alan Hale junior

Randy Stuart (* 24. October 1924 as Elizabeth Shaubell in Iola , Allen County , Kansas ; † 20th July 1996 in Bakersfield , California ) was an American actress .

life and career

Elizabeth Shaubell was born to a married couple who appeared as musicians and singers in vaudeville shows. She first appeared on stage at the age of three and toured with her parents across the United States for years before the couple settled in Compton , California . After graduating from school there, Randy Stuart also became an actress and appeared in plays and regularly on the Jack Carson radio show . Stuart eventually signed a studio contract with 20th Century Fox , where she made her film debut in 1947 with an uncredited role as mother of the title character in the opening scene of One World at Your Feet . In 1950 she had a brief role in the Oscar-winning classic All About Eva as a Young Woman on the Phone with Anne Baxter's character. In I Was a Male War Bride (1949) by Howard Hawks , Cary Grant flirts with Stuart's role as a soldier at the beginning of the film, and three years later Stuart and Grant stood in front of the camera again for Norman Taurog's comedy Becoming a Father Is Not Hard (1952) .

Compared to the cinema, television in the 1950s offered Randy Stuart greater tasks in the 1950s, where she was seen more often in leading roles. For example, between 1952 and 1954 she was the wife of a secret agent played by Alan Hale junior in the series Biff Baker, USA . She had a recurring role as Nellie Cashman in the western series Wyatt Earp intervenes with Hugh O'Brian in the late 1950s .

After 1952, she mainly worked for television, but she played her best-known role in the cinema in 1957: In the science fiction film The Unbelievable Story of Mister C. by Jack Arnold , which over the decades has earned a reputation as a great genre classic , Stuart played the lead female role as the loving and desperate wife of a man who is beginning to shrink from radiation. The following year she played the leading lady in the western Men Who Die in Boots at the side of George Montgomery , this film was her last cinema appearance. In the 1960s, she still starred in popular series such as 77 Sunset Strip and Bonanza , but her television appearances became more irregular. She stood for the last time in 1975 after a long break for the Dr. med. Marcus Welby can be seen in a guest role in front of the camera.

Randy Stuart was divorced three times and had four children who were her first priority, which is why she says she never aspired to a great career as a star. Her last marriage to Ernest Wallis lasted from 1971 until his death in 1982. She died of lung cancer in 1996 at the age of 71 .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Randy Stuart  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clipped From Tucson Daily Citizen . In: Tucson Daily Citizen . Tucson, Arizona May 13, 1950, p. 2 ( newspapers.com [accessed January 12, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Clipped From Globe-Gazette . In: Globe-Gazette . Mason City, Iowa February 20, 1946, p. 2 ( newspapers.com [accessed January 12, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Tom Weaver: Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks: Conversations with 24 Actors, Writers, Producers and Directors from the Golden Age . McFarland, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7864-2070-4 ( google.de [accessed January 12, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Tom Weaver: Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks: Conversations with 24 Actors, Writers, Producers and Directors from the Golden Age . McFarland, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7864-2070-4 ( google.de [accessed January 12, 2020]).
  5. ^ Everett Aaker: Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary . McFarland, 2017, ISBN 978-1-4766-6250-3 ( google.de [accessed January 12, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Stuart, Randy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shaubell, Elizabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Iola , Kansas
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1996
Place of death Bakersfield , California