Mercedes Shirley

Mary Mercedes Shirley (January 6, 1926 - January 29, 1999) was an American actress. She appeared in television programs including The Twilight Zone, 77 Sunset Strip, The Invaders, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Gunsmoke.[2] Shirley died in January 1999 of natural causes at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, at the age of 73.[3][4]

Mercedes Shirley
Mercedes Shirley in Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1957
Born(1926-01-06)January 6, 1926
DiedJanuary 29, 1999(1999-01-29) (aged 73)[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1955–2018
Spouse
Robert Pender
(m. 1959; died 1969)
Childrenunknown

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1955 I Led 3 Lives Comrade Rose Episode "Central American"
1956 Lux Video Theater Max Episode "Witness to a Murder"
1956 Matinee Theatre Mary Lincoln (younger) Episode "The Heart of Mary Lincoln"
1956 Highway Patrol Kay Denson Episode "Plant Robbery"
1956 The Lineup Episode "The Adams Case"
1956 This Is the Life Carol Episode "Pardon for the Penitent"
1956 I Led 3 Lives Comrade Louise Crown Episode "Dynamite"
1956 Climax! Episode "Savage Portrait"
1957 The Lone Ranger Martha Barrett Episode "The Tarnished Star"
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mrs. Davidson Season 3 Episode 5: "Silent Witness"
1957 Have Gun – Will Travel Mazie Episode "The Colonel and the Lady"
1957 Climax! Episode "To Walk the Night"
1959 The Millionaire Edna Crane Episode "Millioinaire Marcia Forrest"
1959 Philip Marlowe Julia Fransen Episode "The Hunger"
1961 Cain's Hundred Katherine Strode Episode "The Penitant: Louis Strode"
1962 Gunsmoke Mary Pickett Episode "The Do-Badder"
1962 Target: The Corruptors! Rose Episode "Fortress of Despair"
1962 Thriller Jill Naylor Episode "Man of Mystery"
1962 Route 66 Woman Guest Episode "From and Enchantress Fleeing"
1963 The Eleventh Hour Joan's Sister Episode "Like a Diamond in the Sky"
1963 77 Sunset Strip Queenie Magee Episode "Target Island"
1963 The Twilight Zone Joan Episode "On Thursday We Leave for Home"
1963 My Three Sons Mrs. Riley Episode "Chip's World"
1963 My Three Sons Mrs. Kaye Episode "Big Chief Bub"
1963 Breaking Point Emma Episode "Don't Cry, Baby, Don't Cry"
1963 The Richard Boone Show Episode "Where's the Million Dollars?"
1964 Ben Casey Laura Smith Episode "One Nation Indivisible"
1967 The Invaders Woman Attendant Episode "Panic"
1973 Human Experiments Warden Weber
1979 Young Love, First Love Miss Holmes TV movie
1991 Defenseless Receptionist in Dubbing Studio
1995 The Clinic Nurse Delmore Episode #1.1

References

  1. Jones, Kenneth (February 12, 1999). "Stage and TV Actress Mercedes Shirley is Dead at 71". Playbill. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. Lentz, Harris (July 1999). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999. McFarland. p. 201-202. ISBN 9780786409198 via Google Books.
  3. Galloway, Doug (February 9, 1999). "Mercedes Shirley". Variety. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. Willis, John (June 1, 2002). Theatre World 1998-1999. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 265. ISBN 1557834326 via Google Books.


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