Madlyn Rhue | |
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Rhue in 1961.
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Born |
Madeleine Roche October 3, 1935 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Died | December 16, 2003 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
(aged 68)
Cause of death | Pneumonia |
Occupation | Film, television actress |
Years active | 1958–1996 |
Spouse(s) | Tony Young (1962–1970) (divorced) |
Madlyn Soloman Rhue (née Madeleine Roche, October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003) was an American actress in film and television roles.
Rhue was born in Washington, D.C. Rhue graduated from Los Angeles High School and studied drama at Los Angeles City College. From the 1950s to the 1990s, Rhue appeared in some twenty films, including Operation Petticoat (1959), The Ladies Man (1961), A Majority of One (1961), Escape from Zahrain (1962), Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), He Rides Tall (1964), Kenner (1969), and Stand Up and Be Counted (1972). She also was a guest star in dozens of television series, including a 1967 appearance as Khan Noonien Singh's love interest (Lieutenant Marla McGivers) in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed". In 1960, Rhue had played the spouse of another Ricardo Montalbán character in an episode of NBC's Bonanza. That year, she also played the title role of Marian Ames in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Wayward Wife".
Other guest appearances included Cheyenne (1955); Have Gun – Will Travel, Gunsmoke, Riverboat, The Rebel, "Laramie", and Rawhide (1959); Pony Express, Sugarfoot, Checkmate, The Alaskans, Bourbon Street Beat, The Roaring 20s, and The Westerner (1960); Route 66 (1962); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964, 1967), Daniel Boone (1965); The Fugitive (1964, 1966); Ironside (1967); The Wild Wild West (1967); Star Trek (1967); Mannix (1968); Bracken's World (1969–70); Hawaii Five-O (1970, 1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Banacek (1972); Starsky & Hutch (1975); Fantasy Island (1978); and Charlie's Angels (1979). She also appeared in the TV movie Goldie and the Boxer (1979), and made appearances on the quiz show, The Match Game (1974–76).