Catherine McLeod
Acting • Born 1921-07-02 – Died 1997-05-11
Biography
Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom James Garner's character Bret Maverick wanted to marry on the 1957 television series Maverick, in the episode "Rage for Vengeance," and appeared in literally dozens of other series including The Millionaire, Meet McGraw, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 77 Sunset Strip, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Bronco, Perry Mason, Colt .45, Lawman, Bonanza, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and the Ten Thousand Horses Singing episode of Studio One opposite James Dean and John Forsythe. Movies included Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You (1946), Courage of Lassie (1946), The Fabulous Texan (1947), That's My Man (1947), Old Los Angeles (1948), My Wife's Best Friend (1952), A Blueprint for Murder (1953), William Witney's The Outcast (1954), Ride the Wild Surf (1964), and Lipstick (1976). McLeod's greatest impact upon American consciousness by far, however, was as purveyor of one of the most ubiquitous catchphrases of its era when she portrayed the woman in the 1963 headache remedy television commercial who plaintively but irritably said, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" The announcer's voiceover would then intone, "Sure you have a headache... tense, irritable.... but don't take it out on her." Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine McLeod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
60 credits
A Blueprint for Murder
Movie • 1953
Maggie Sargent
Ride the Wild Surf
Movie • 1964
Mrs. Kilua
Courage of Lassie
Movie • 1946
Alice Merrick
Tammy Tell Me True
Movie • 1961
Mrs. Bateman
So Young, So Bad
Movie • 1950
Ruth Levering
The Sergeant Was a Lady
Movie • 1961
Maj. Hay
I've Always Loved You
Movie • 1946
Myra Hassman
The Republic Pictures Story
Movie • 1991
Self
Return to Warbow
Movie • 1958
Kathleen Fallam
The Outcast
Movie • 1954
Alice Austin
The Fabulous Texan
Movie • 1947
Josie Allen
My Wife's Best Friend
Movie • 1952
Jane Richards
Forever Yours
Movie • 1945
Martha
That's My Man
Movie • 1947
Ronnie Grange
Old Los Angeles
Movie • 1948
Marie Marlowe
Sword of Venus
Movie • 1953
Claire
Lipstick
Movie • 1976
Vogue Lady
10,000 Horses Singing
Movie • 1952
D. D. Dillward
The Heart of Juliet Jones
Movie • 1954
Juliet Jones
The Harvey Girls
Movie • 1946
Louise (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Secretary
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Lorraine Fryes
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Mrs. Pate
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Letty Rickers
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Lorraine Ferrell
Studio One
TV • 1948
Sgt. Shirley Marsh
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Isabel Harris
Angel
TV • 1960
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Amy Sturgis
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Grace
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Bess Maguire
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Mary Dermott
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Mildred Tyler
Bronco
TV • 1958
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Suspense
TV • 1949
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Effie Fallon
State Trooper
TV • 1956
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Edie
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Martha Patton
Maverick
TV • 1957
Margaret Ross
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Mary Mallory
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Lizzie
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Sandra
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Abby Kagan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Myra Hanscom
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Leila
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Nora
Studio One
TV • 1948
Monica Dixon
Studio One
TV • 1948
D. D. Dillward
Studio One
TV • 1948
Bessie
Coronado 9
TV • 1960
Martha Travis
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Nora Huxley
Stagecoach West
TV • 1960
Emily Walker