Rebecca Welles (Weis)
| Rebecca Welles | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Reba Tassel February 5, 1928 Philadelphia, PA, U.S. |
| Died | February 13, 2017 Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1951-1964 |
| Spouse(s) | Don Weis (m. 1961; his death 2000) |
Rebecca Welles (born Reba Tassell; February 5, 1928 – February 13, 2017) was a former American television and film actress.
Rebecca Welles was born Reba Tassell on February 5, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Lena (née Schiller; 1901-1973) and Samuel Tassell (1896-1963). Her only sibling was fashion designer Gustave Tassell. In 1944, she was the recipient of a $500 tuition award from the Theatre Guild to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She went on to spend two years at the academy and to act in stock theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Welles' first TV appearance was in the episode "A Chill on the Wind" on Studio One in 1951, where she was credited under her birth name, but subsequently worked under the surname "Welles". (A newspaper source in February 1951 says of Welles, "Last November she had a walk-on in the Studio One drama of A Letter to Cairo.)
Active from 1951 to 1964, Welles made appearances on about fifty TV shows, including 77 Sunset Strip, Gunsmoke, Boots and Saddles, Bat Masterson, Alcoa Theatre, and four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. She made five appearances on Perry Mason, including three roles as defendants: in 1959 she played Carol Delaney in "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop", and Carol Taylor in "The Case of the Frantic Flyer." She played Rita Norge in the 1957 episode, "The Case of the Runaway Corpse." In her other two appearances she played the role of murderer Edith Bristol in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Waylaid Wolf," and murderer Leslie Eden in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Illicit Illusion." In addition, Welles appeared in four feature films, including Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955) and Desire Under the Elms (1958). She made her last onscreen appearance in a 1964 episode of Arrest and Trial.
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