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Lisa Seagram

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Lisa Seagram
Seagram in 1964
Born
Ruth Browser

(1936-07-07)July 7, 1936
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 1, 2019(2019-02-01) (aged 82)
OccupationActress
Years active1958–1976
SpouseMarc Fiorini[1]
Children2[2]

Lisa Seagram (born Ruth Browser; July 7, 1936 – February 1, 2019)[3] was an American actress.[4] She was best known for her roles in The Carpetbaggers (1964), Caprice (1967) and 2000 Years Later (1969). After appearing in several Italian films, she retired from acting during the 1970s.

Life

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Born in Brooklyn, New York, Seagram was the daughter of Harry Brower, a New York City police detective. She worked as a graphic artist after graduating from college. Acting on a friend's suggestion, she began working as a model. After someone suggested that she "looked like an actor", she studied drama for three years, which led to a small role in Shadows (1959).[4] During the 1960s, she played numerous supporting roles, including appearances on television shows such as McHale's Navy, The Beverly Hillbillies, Perry Mason and Batman. She appeared in season 1, episode 11, of Bewitched as Sarah, a fellow witch Endora gets to test the fidelity of Darrin. She played the lead female role in the comedy film 2000 Years Later. She relocated for a time to Italy where she appeared in several local productions,[4] most notably playing the lead role in the thriller film Yellow - Le Cugine (1969).[1] The majority of the films she made in Italy were geared to Italian audiences and were never released in the United States.[5] It was while working in Italy that she met her husband, expatriate Canadian actor Marc Fiorini.[1]

After retiring from acting, Seagram first sold commercial real estate. In the 1980s, she created Actors 2000, teaching acting in Hawaii. She later moved the school to Los Angeles.[4]

Seagram died of dementia in Burbank, California on February 1, 2019, at the age of 82.[6]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1958 Shadows Woman Uncredited
1961 Love in a Goldfish Bowl Uncredited
1961 Man-Trap Yolande Thaw Uncredited
1961 Bachelor in Paradise Niles' Secretary Uncredited
1963 Come Blow Your Horn Party Guest Uncredited
1963 My Three Sons Maria Season 3 Episode 30 "The Rug"
1963 Wagon Train Esther Season 6 Episode 32 "The Clarence Mullins Story"
1963 McHale's Navy Rita Howard Season 2 Episode 4 "Is There a Doctor in the Hut?"
1963 Gunsmoke Saloon Girl Season 9 Episode 6 "My Sister's Keeper"
1963 Gunsmoke Girl Season 9 Episode 10 "Extradition: Part 1"
1964 Bewitched Janine Season 1 Episode 11 "It Takes One to Know One"
1964 The Carpetbaggers Moroni's Secretary
1964 A House Is Not a Home Madge
1964 Where Love Has Gone Edna - Bar Girl Uncredited
1964 Burke's Law Diana Season 1 Episode 27 "Who Killed WHO IV?"
1964 Burke's Law Mila Season 1 Episode 30 "Who Killed the Eleventh Best Dressed Woman in the World?"
1964 Burke's Law Ventura Jones Season 2 Episode 12 "Who Killed 711?"
1964 Burke's Law Pandora Shriner Season 2 Episode 15 "Who Killed Davidian Jonas?"
1965 Burke's Law Mathilde Season 2 Episode 19 "Who Killed Rosie Sunset?"
1965 Burke's Law Princess Season 3 Episode 10 "Deadlier Than the Male"
1965 The Beverly Hillbillies Edythe Brewster Season 3 Episode 24 "Brewster's Honeymoon"
1965 The Beverly Hillbillies Edythe Brewster Season 3 Episode 32 "The Brewsters Return"
1965 My Favorite Martian Felicia Fratoli Season 2 Episode 38 "Portrait in Brown"
1966 The Double Life of Henry Phyfe Beautiful Girl - Equestrienne Season 1 Episode 1 "Phyfe and a Filly"
1966 The Beverly Hillbillies Edythe Brewster Season 4 Episode 22 "Brewster's Baby"
1966 Perry Mason Robin Spring Season 9 Episode 21 "The Case of the Twice-Told Twist"
1966 My Brother the Angel Marcella Season 1 Episode 26 "Her Number Is 36-22-35"
1966 Honey West Connie Phillips Season 1 Episode 30 "An Eerie, Airy, Thing"
1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Miss. Karum Season 1 Episode 8 "The Garden of Evil Affair"
1967 Caprice Mandy
1967 Batman Lila Season 3 Episode 7 "Louie, the Lilac"
1969 2000 Years Later Cindy
1969 Yellow: The Cousins Marta Garbini
1969 The Reward's Yours... The Man's Mine Bar owner
1973 Canterbury n° 2 - Nuove storie d'amore del '300 Greek warrior Uncredited
1974 The Cousin Murderess Uncredited
1976 La studentessa (final film role)

Television

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Seagram guest starred on American television sitcom McHale's Navy as the fictional movie star, singer, and dancer Rita Howard entertaining troops in the Pacific theater of WWII. She also guest starred on the sit-coms The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched Season 1 episode 11 "It Takes One to Know One" playing Sarah Baker, a rival witch trying to lure Darrin from Samantha as the gorgeous "Jasmine Girl," a seductive model for a perfume advertising campaign;[citation needed] as Robin Springer in Perry Mason season 9, episode 21, "The Case Of The Twice Told Twist", notable as being the only episode of the series filmed in color; Burke's Law S01E27 "Who Killed Who IV" and several other TV series in the 1960s such as Batman.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lisa Seagram e Yellow". Nocturno (in Italian). 13 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Lisa Seagram, Actress on 'Batman' and 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' Dies at 82". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Lisa Seagram, 82". Classic Images (528): 48. June 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d Lisanti, Tom (2007). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. McFarland. pp. 193–198. ISBN 9781476612416. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  5. ^ Tom Lisani, Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles, McFarland, 2015, page 195
  6. ^ "Lisa Seagram, Actress on 'Batman' and 'The Beverly Hillbillies,' Dies at 82". The Hollywood Reporter. February 26, 2019.
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