Actress. She is best remembered for her reoccurring portrayal of the delightful Sister Jacqueline on the sitcom "The Flying Nun." Born Marjorie Redmond, she was raised within a traditional working-class family, the only daughter of fire chief J.V. Redmond and housewife Margaret Redmond. After working as a bank typist, she began her career as a leading lady on the stage in local theatre and was introduced to director Gertrude Berg while attending a luncheon at the prestigious Beverly Hills Hotel. Impressed by her reddish good looks, slim physique, and unique voice, she took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the television industry beginning with her appearing opposite her on an episode of "The Goldbergs." From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress appearing in over 70 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, relatives, grandmothers, old maids, busybodies, snobs, curmudgeons, landladies, eccentrics, neighbors, clergywomen, educators, retail clerks, saleswomen, nurses, secretaries, beauticians, housekeepers, nannies, judges, doctors, authority figures, dowagers, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "Sanctuary" (1961), "The Disorderly Nurse" (1964), "The Trouble with Angels" (1966), "The Fortune Cookie" (1966), "Banning" (1967), "Adam at 6 A.M." (1970), "Johnny Got His Gun" (1971), "Family Plot" (1976), "Hear No Evil" (1993), and "Manhattan Murder Mystery" (1993). On television, she appeared in various guest spots on such syndicated shows as "The Ann Sothern Show," "Studio One," "Hennesey," "Pete and Gladys," "Peter Loves Mary," "My Three Sons," "The Donna Reed Show," "The Untouchables," "The Twilight Zone," "Slattery's People," "Dr. Kildare," "The Munsters," "Perry Mason," "I Spy," "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre," "Insight," "Nichols," "The Six Sense," "The Sandy Duncan Show," "McCloud," "The Streets of San Francsico," "Family," "Ryan's Hope," "Quincy M.E.," "Goodnight, Beantown," "The Rockford Files," "All the World's a Stage," "Columbo," "Heart and Soul," "Murphy Brown," "Mama's Family," "Married...with Children," "Hooperman," "Matlock," "The Cosby Show," and "Law & Order." During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Temple Israel of Hollywood following her conversion to Judaism from Catholicism, presided on her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, had been the celebrity spokeswoman for Cool Whip, sat on the board of directors for the California division of the Homemakers of America, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, and she was married to character actor Jack Weston from 1950 to 1980 (their union ended in divorce and produced no children). Following her 2008 retirement, she spent the remainder of her life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, as well as being involved in charitable and religious causes until her death.
Actress. She is best remembered for her reoccurring portrayal of the delightful Sister Jacqueline on the sitcom "The Flying Nun." Born Marjorie Redmond, she was raised within a traditional working-class family, the only daughter of fire chief J.V. Redmond and housewife Margaret Redmond. After working as a bank typist, she began her career as a leading lady on the stage in local theatre and was introduced to director Gertrude Berg while attending a luncheon at the prestigious Beverly Hills Hotel. Impressed by her reddish good looks, slim physique, and unique voice, she took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the television industry beginning with her appearing opposite her on an episode of "The Goldbergs." From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress appearing in over 70 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, relatives, grandmothers, old maids, busybodies, snobs, curmudgeons, landladies, eccentrics, neighbors, clergywomen, educators, retail clerks, saleswomen, nurses, secretaries, beauticians, housekeepers, nannies, judges, doctors, authority figures, dowagers, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "Sanctuary" (1961), "The Disorderly Nurse" (1964), "The Trouble with Angels" (1966), "The Fortune Cookie" (1966), "Banning" (1967), "Adam at 6 A.M." (1970), "Johnny Got His Gun" (1971), "Family Plot" (1976), "Hear No Evil" (1993), and "Manhattan Murder Mystery" (1993). On television, she appeared in various guest spots on such syndicated shows as "The Ann Sothern Show," "Studio One," "Hennesey," "Pete and Gladys," "Peter Loves Mary," "My Three Sons," "The Donna Reed Show," "The Untouchables," "The Twilight Zone," "Slattery's People," "Dr. Kildare," "The Munsters," "Perry Mason," "I Spy," "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre," "Insight," "Nichols," "The Six Sense," "The Sandy Duncan Show," "McCloud," "The Streets of San Francsico," "Family," "Ryan's Hope," "Quincy M.E.," "Goodnight, Beantown," "The Rockford Files," "All the World's a Stage," "Columbo," "Heart and Soul," "Murphy Brown," "Mama's Family," "Married...with Children," "Hooperman," "Matlock," "The Cosby Show," and "Law & Order." During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Temple Israel of Hollywood following her conversion to Judaism from Catholicism, presided on her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, had been the celebrity spokeswoman for Cool Whip, sat on the board of directors for the California division of the Homemakers of America, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, and she was married to character actor Jack Weston from 1950 to 1980 (their union ended in divorce and produced no children). Following her 2008 retirement, she spent the remainder of her life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, as well as being involved in charitable and religious causes until her death.
Bio by: Lowell Thurgood
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