Terry Burnham

Elizabeth Teresa "Terry" Burnham (August 8, 1949 – October 7, 2013(citation needed) is an American actress, best known for her performance in the Twilight Zone episode, "Nightmare as a Child."[5]

Terry Burnham
Born
Elizabeth Teresa Burnham

(1949-08-08)August 8, 1949
Los Angeles, California, US
DiedOctober 7, 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 64) needs citation
Long Beach, California, US[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1955–1969[2][3][4]

Life and career

Elizabeth Teresa Burnham was born on August 8, 1949, in Los Angeles, the younger of two children born to Guy Calvin Burnham, an aeronautics engineer at Douglas Aircraft Company, and Elizabeth Teresa Buelna Symons.[2][6][7] She attended St. Maria Goretti Catholic School,[8] St. Cornelius School,[2] Mark Twain Middle School,[9][10] and Bancroft Junior High School.[11]

On December 22, 1955, Burnham made her television debut at age six alongside Brandon De Wilde in the series Climax!, in an episode entitled "The Day They Gave the Babies Away" (based on the 1946 novel of the same title that was also the basis for the 1957 film All Mine to Give). More prominent roles soon followed, most notably in 1957 with "Let There Be Light", an episode of the series M Squad co-starring Burnham and series regular Lee Marvin, whom Terry later singled out as her favorite actor.[2] Also that year, Burnham was set to star in a new child-centered series, Turquoise, Inc., whose writer/producers Dick Chevillat and Ray Singer touted her as "TV's first Shirley Temple".[12] Although that projected series never materialized, Burnham did appear, almost exactly one year later, on an episode of Temple's own series entitled "The Magic Fishbone", adapted by Margaret Fitts from the Charles Dickens short story.[13][14]

Burnham first attracted national attention as the daughter of Lana Turner's character in Imitation of Life (1959).[15]

Death

On October 7, 2013,(citation needed)Terry Burnham died of a cardiac arrest(citation needed). With no surviving next of kin, her unclaimed cremated remains were stored at Los Angeles County Crematorium. On August 8, 2018, which would have been her 69th birthday, Burnham's ashes were buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach.[8]

Filmography
YearTitleDirectorRoleNotesRef.
1955Climax!Allen ReisnerNA"The Day They Gave Babies Away"[9]
1957WhirlybirdsAllen H. MinerJosie Fisher"Rampage"[2][16]
1957I Love LucyJames V. KernGirl at birthday party (uncredited)"Lucy and Superman"[16]
1958, 1960M SquadJohn Brahm, Paul StewartLaurie Grayson, Patti Blocker"Let There Be Light," "Hideout"[17][18]
1958Hi, Grandma!Arch ObolerNA[19]
1958Shirley Temple's StorybookOscar RudolphPrincess"The Magic Fishbone"[20]
1959The Danny Thomas ShowSheldon LeonardGirl in Play"Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors"[16]
1959, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964Wagon TrainAllen H. Miner, David Butler, Mitchell Leisen, Jerry Hopper, Joseph PevneyMarguerite Lindstrom (uncredited), Mary Belle MacAbee, Prudence, Marie Lefton, Charlotte Endicott"The Ella Lindstrom Story," "The Jess MacAbee Story," "The Patience Miller Story," "The Martin Gatsby Story," "The Melanie Craig Story"[2][16]
1959Tales of Wells FargoEarl BellamyJosie Brown"The Branding Iron"[2][21]
1959Cimarron CityJerry HopperCynthia Barton"The Unaccepted"[2][16]
1959Imitation of Life Douglas SirkSusie (6)[22]
1959Colt .45William J. Hole Jr.Emily Bass"The Saga of Sam Bass"[16]
1959The Rough RidersFranklin AdreonMolly"The Wagon Raiders" (aka "Ambush")[22]
1959, 1961, 1962General Electric TheaterDavid Butler, John Rich, Charles F. HaasCissy Owens, Lily, Penny"The Day of the Hanging," "Labor of Love," "Go Fight City Hall"[16]
1960The Twilight ZoneAlvin GanzerMarkie"Nightmare as a Child"[23]
1960MarkhamR. Hamer NorrisJudy Frost"The Cruelest Thief"[16]
1960Hawaiian EyeAlvin GanzerPatty Seldon"With This Ring"[24]
1960Key WitnessPhil KarlsonGloria Morrow[23]
1960Shotgun SladeNALinda"Ghost of Yucca Flats"[16]
1960, 1962ThrillerPaul Henreid, Jules BrickenTessa Kilburn, Joan Wilson (uncredited)"The Mark of the Hand," "The Fingers of Fear"[16]
196187th PrecinctJohn BrahmJane Mencken"Killer's Payoff"[25][22]
1962I Love My DoctorDavid ButlerLiz BarkleyTV pilot[26]
1962, 1963Leave It to BeaverDavid Butler, Hugh BeaumontVirginia, Beaver's Date (uncredited)"Beaver's Autobiography," "Lumpy's Scholarship"[16]
1964The Magical World of DisneyByron PaulWilladean Wills"For the Love of Willadean: A Treasure in the Haunted House," "For the Love of Willadean: A Taste of Melon"[27]
1966Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!George MarshallDoris Meade[22]
1966My Three SonsJames V. Kern"Call Her Max," "Grandma's Girl"Georgie, Gail McGee[28][29][16]
1967, 1969Family AffairCharles BartonIngrid, Rita Stone"Best of Breed," "Cissy's Apartment"[16]
1967InsightPaul StanleyEllen Harriman"Seeds of Dissent"[30]

References
  1. Dulaney, Josh. (February 2, 2016). "Twilight Zone' fans plan marker for child star". Los Angeles Daily News. pp. 1, 8. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  2. "Pig-Tailed Blonde Has Role as Lana Turner's Daughter". Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram. March 1, 1959. p. A11. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  3. "Cissy Finds Apartment". The Ithaca Journal. October 11, 1969. p. 51. "Cissy feels the way to handle a crisis in her teen-age life is to move in with her young friend Rita Stone (Terry Burnham), but she finds that Rita's lifestyle is not necessarily her own." Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  4. Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4.
  5. Rubin, Steven Jay (2018). Twilight Zone Encyclopedia. Chicago, Ill: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61373-888-7.
  6. "Course to Start in Aircraft Engineering". Long Beach Press-Telegram. p. 7. "Guy C. Burnham and Fred Dow of Douglas Aircraft's engineering department will conduct the lectures and discussions, which include drafting, aircraft materials and specifications, A. N. standards, commercial and company standards, limits and tolerances, welded assemblies, sheet metal work and jigs, fixtures, die and mold work."
  7. "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLJL-574 : 27 November 2014), Symons in entry for Elizabeth Teresa Burnham, 08 Aug 1949; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
  8. "The Terry Burnham Memorial Project 2016". TwilightZoneMuseum.com.
  9. "Child Actress Played Lana's Daughter; Lakewood Girl Keeps Busy in TV, Film Roles". Long Beach Press-Telegram. October 18, 1960. p. B-1.
  10. Resnik, Bert (March 26, 1961). "Bert's Eye View". Long Beach Press-Telegram.
  11. "'Taste of Melon' for Terry". Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram. March 8, 1964. p. 140. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  12. O'Brian, Jack (August 16, 1957). "Looking and Listening: Record Tycoon Sees End of Rock-Roll; Talent Fugits". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. 16.
  13. "The Magic Fishbone". Tampa Bay Times.
  14. Ross, H. Albert (August 18–24, 1958) [ "Talent Showsheet and Script Report - August 18 - August 24: Thursday August 19"]. Ross Reports — Television Index, p. A.
  15. "Lana in Fulton's No. 1 Film". The Pittsburgh Press. May 3, 1959. p. 3, sec. 6. See also:
  16. "Terry Burnham". IMDb. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  17. "Tuesday April 5 Program Listings". The Washington Star. April 3, 1960. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  18. "TV for Today and Tomorrow". The Hammond Times. March 16, 1965. p. A4. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  19. "'Hi, Grandma!' Overview". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  20. "The Magic Fishbone". St Petersburg Times TV Radio Dial. August 17, 1958. p. 2. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  21. "Tales of Wells Fargo: The Branding Iron". Video Detective.
  22. "Terry Burnham Filmography". BFI. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  23. Dye, David (1988). Child and Youth Actors: Filmographies of Their Entire Careers, 1914–1985. p. 29. ISBN 0-89950-247-4.
  24. "Cricket Blake Pulls a 'Gag' on 'Hawaiian Eye'". The Bedford Times-Mail. p. 13.
  25. "TV Key Preview". The Fresno Bee. June 25, 1961. p. 97. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  26. Terrace, Vincent (2020). Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,740 Films Broadcast 1937–2019, Second Edition. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 111. ISBN 9781476638102.
  27. Cotter Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television : A Complete History. New York: Hyperion. p. 111. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
  28. "TV Topics for Tonight's Viewing". The Buffalo News. p. 4. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  29. "Dance Maestro". Oakland Tribune. December 25, 1966. p. 65. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  30. Villano, Mark (2022). Insight, the Series - A Hollywood Priest’s Groundbreaking Contribution to Television History. Orlando, FL: BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-62933-902-3.

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