Sue Randall

Born: 1935-10-08

Born in Philadelphia, Sue Randall was the younger of two children of Marion Burnside (née Heist) and Roland Rodrock Randall, a prominent real-estate consultant.[2][3] She began acting on stage at the age of 10 in a production of the Alden Park Players.[4] In 1953 she completed her early education at the Lankenau School for Girls in the Germantown District of Philadelphia and then moved to New York, where she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating with honors.[4][5] Randall's credited TV debut came in the 1955 episode "Golden Victory" of the series Star Tonight.[citation needed] She was one of the actresses who had the role of Diane Emerson in the television version of Valiant Lady (1953-1957).[6] In 1954, she also portrayed Diane Emerson on the CBS drama Woman with a Past.[6]: 1189  Randall appeared in other television productions before portraying Ruthie Saylor, a reference-desk worker, in the 1957 film Desk Set starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Randall's recurring role as a teacher on Leave It to Beaver spanned the years 1958 to 1962, when the actress was in her twenties. She appeared in 28 episodes of the popular sitcom after replacing Diane Brewster, who played Miss Canfield during the first season and in the 1980s television movies based on the series. Randall's first appearance as Miss Landers was in the Leave It to Beaver episode "Ward's Problem", which originally aired on October 16, 1958.[citation needed] Primarily, Randall's roles on television were as a featured actor or supporting character, often in Westerns. For example, she was cast as Kathy O'Hara, an aspiring concert pianist, in the episode "The Mysterious Stranger" (February 17, 1959) on the ABC/Warner Brothers series Sugarfoot. She was cast in "Judgment Day" (October 11, 1959) on the ABC series The Rebel as Elaine, the daughter of a man sentenced to hang.[citation needed] In the late 1950s, producers cast Randall as a co-star with actress Theodora Davitt in a proposed weekly sitcom titled Up on Cloud Nine.[7] A pilot for this comedy was completed, but no potential sponsors opted to buy or underwrite the series about "the daffy misadventures" of two airline stewardesses.[8] In the pilot episode's storyline,


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Desk Set

as Ruthie Saylor
Released: 1957-08-02

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's...

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Perry Mason

as Betty Wilkins
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Perry Mason

as Amy Scott
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Bonanza

as Sue Watson
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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Bonanza

as Ann Davis
First aired: 1959-09-12

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...

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The Rifleman

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-30

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas...

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The Fugitive

as Nurse Thompson
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Fugitive

as Ruth Fisher
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Fugitive

as Jen
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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The Virginian

as Sarah Bentley
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Twilight Zone

as Millie
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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The Twilight Zone

as Nurse
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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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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Have Gun, Will Travel

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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Bat Masterson

as Elizabeth
First aired: 1958-10-08

Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of...

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Dr. Kildare

as Emily Gunderson
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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Leave It to Beaver

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-04

Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often...

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Leave It to Beaver

as Miss Landers
First aired: 1957-10-04

Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often...

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The F.B.I.

as FBI Clerk
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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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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Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Anne Crane
First aired: 1963-10-10

Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on...

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Thriller

as Kay Salisbury
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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Sea Hunt

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-01-04

Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961...

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The Rebel

as Elaine Randall
First aired: 1959-10-04

The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on...

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Surfside 6

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-06

Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a...

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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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Sugarfoot

as Kathy O'Hara
First aired: 1957-09-17

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...

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M Squad

as Mrs. Jim Wilson (uncredited)
First aired: 1957-09-20

Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The...

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The Millionaire

as Kathy Taylor Johnson
First aired: 1955-01-19

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

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Lock-Up

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-28

Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and...

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Gunsmoke

as Effie
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Gunsmoke

as Laura
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Bronco

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-23

Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United...

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Pete and Gladys

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-19

Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara...

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The Roaring 20's

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-15

The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.

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The Dakotas

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-01-07

The Dakotas is an ABC/Warner Brothers western television series starring Larry Ward and...

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Ellen Monroe
First aired: 1959-09-21

The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...

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Saints and Sinners

as Ann
First aired: 1962-09-17

Saints and Sinners is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1962-63 television...

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The Aquanauts

as Mimi Newell
First aired: 1960-09-14

The Aquanauts is an American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS in the 1960-1961 season....

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Wendy and Me

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-14

Wendy and Me is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964–1965 television season,...

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The Bill Dana Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-22

The Bill Dana Show is a United States comedy series .The plot follows the daily lifestyle of...

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