Jean Byron

Born: 1925-12-10

Jean Byron (born Imogene Audette Burkhart; December 10, 1925 – February 3, 2006, Height 5 feet 9 inches [1.75 meters]) was an American film, television, and stage actress. She was best known for the role of Natalie Lane, Patty Lane's mother in the sitcom The Patty Duke Show. Byron was born in Paducah, Kentucky, and raised in Louisville. She began her career as a singer on radio, and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She made her film debut in 1952's Voodoo Tiger. She appeared in several other films, including The Magnetic Monster (1953), Serpent of the Nile (1953), and The Opposite Sex (1956). Byron's most famous role was as Natalie Lane on The Patty Duke Show. She appeared in all three seasons of the show, from 1963 to 1966. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1964. After The Patty Duke Show, Byron continued to work in television, appearing in shows such as The Wild Wild West, The Love Boat, and Murder, She Wrote. She also appeared in several films, including The Sting (1973) and The Muppet Movie (1979). Byron retired from acting in the early 1990s. She died in Mobile, Alabama, in 2006, at the age of 80. In addition to her acting career, Byron was also a talented singer and dancer. She was a member of the Actors Studio and the Screen Actors Guild. She was also a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.


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as Book Store Owner (uncredited)
Released: 1972-06-29

In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after...

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Flareup

as Jerri Benton
Released: 1969-11-10

A Las Vegas go-go dancer moves to Los Angeles to escape the psycho who has killed her partners.

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The Magnetic Monster

as Connie Stewart
Released: 1953-02-18

The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and...

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Valet Girls

as Edie Smegmite
Released: 1987-01-01

A young girl who aspires to a singing career gets herself and her best friend a job as valet...

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Horrible Horror

as Phyllis Penner in 'Invisible Invaders'
Released: 1986-01-01

A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.

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There's Always Tomorrow

as uncredited
Released: 1956-01-08

When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to...

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The Brady Girls Get Married

as Mrs. Covington (as Jeane Byron)
Released: 1981-02-06

Made-for-tv movie, the pilot for a "Brady Bunch" revival series, "The Brady Brides." Jan and...

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Invisible Invaders

as Phyllis Penner
Released: 1959-05-15

Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty...

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Ransom for a Dead Man

as Pat
Released: 1972-10-09

A brilliant tort attorney gets rid of her boring husband by faking his kidnapping and keeping...

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Serpent of the Nile

as Charmian
Released: 1953-05-08

Cleopatra toys with Mark Antony who wants to merge his Rome with her Egypt.

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Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

as House Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1971-02-16

Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban...

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Wall of Noise

as Mrs. Harrington
Released: 1963-09-04

The lives and loves behind the scenes at the racetrack are detailed in this thoroughbred soap...

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The Perfect Match

as Mom (as Jeane Byron)
Released: 1988-05-01

In this romantic comedy, a lonely man meets a lonely woman after they each post ads in the...

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Advice to the Lovelorn

as Mrs. Crowley
Released: 1981-11-30

A failed pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in...

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The Death Squad

as Commissioner's Wife
Released: 1974-01-08

When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a...

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Jungle Moon Men

as Ellen Marsten
Released: 1955-04-08

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories...

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The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights

as Natalie Lane
Released: 1999-01-01

Original castmembers from the 60's series reunite as Patty fights to stop her longtime nemesis...

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Johnny Concho

as Pearl Lang
Released: 1956-07-01

In Johnny Concho, Frank Sinatra plays a man who goes from the town bully to town coward!

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Voodoo Tiger

as Phyllis Bruce
Released: 1952-11-15

Jungle Jim helps an attractive research writer for the British museum clear up the mystery of a...

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Batman

as Mrs. Millie Linseed
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Columbo

as Pat
First aired: 1971-09-15

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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Here's Lucy

as Mrs. MacClay
First aired: 1968-09-23

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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The Mod Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-24

The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-29

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The...

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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Bourbon Street Beat

as Martha Delastone
First aired: 1959-10-05

"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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The Patty Duke Show

as Natalie Lane
First aired: 1963-09-18

The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27,...

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The Lone Wolf

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-01-01

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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S.W.A.T.

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-02-24

S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And...

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Cheyenne

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-20

Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...

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McCloud

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-02-17

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...

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Hawaiian Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-07

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...

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Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-10-21

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers is a television series broadcast in the United States by NBC...

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The Detectives

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-16

The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...

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State Trooper

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-09-25

State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as...

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Laramie

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-15

Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue...

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The Millionaire

as Betty Jane Ryan / Bea Ryan
First aired: 1955-01-19

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...

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Yancy Derringer

as Dorinda Ashton
First aired: 1958-10-02

Yancy Derringer is an American Western series

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Bus Stop

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-01

Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25,...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-10-05

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The Dennis O'Keefe Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-22

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Studio 57

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-09-21

Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont...

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City Detective

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-09-07

Crime drama starring Rod Cameron as 43-year-old Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police...

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Tightrope

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-08

Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September...

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Mayor of the Town

as Minnie
First aired: 1954-01-01

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Tallahassee 7000

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-01-24

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