Indus Arthur (born Indus Jo Saugstad; April 28, 1941 â€" December 29,
1984) was a 1960s film and television actress.Arthur was from Los
Angeles County. Both she and her grandmother were named for the Indus
River in Tibet. Her grandmother once visited the river, and Arthur
wished to do so. Her father, Mac Julian was a still cameraman for
Hollywood studios. He opposed the fact that Arthur and her two sisters
were becoming involved in films. Arthur attended Hollywood High School
and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. She also acted with the Dublin
Players.Arthur signed as the leading lady for the mystery play, Uncle
Marston, in April 1963. The production was staged at the Stage Society
Theater in Los Angeles, California. A reviewer referred to her acting
prowess in the role of an agitated Derbyshire heiress, commenting
"Arthur is a lovely, polished performer."[citation needed] Previously
she had appeared in theater in London, England and at the Dublin
Playhouse in Dublin, Ireland.Arthur appeared in Sydney Pollack's
directing debut The Slender Thread (1965) as an employee of a crisis
clinic which counsels potential suicide victims. She was assigned a
role in Alvarez Kelly (1966), a western that was set during the era of
the American Civil War. It featured a Mexican cattleman played by
William Holden and a military colonel depicted by Richard Widmark.
Arthur's other film roles were in Angel's Flight (1965), M*A*S*H
(1970), and The Christian Licorice Store (1971).
1984) was a 1960s film and television actress.Arthur was from Los
Angeles County. Both she and her grandmother were named for the Indus
River in Tibet. Her grandmother once visited the river, and Arthur
wished to do so. Her father, Mac Julian was a still cameraman for
Hollywood studios. He opposed the fact that Arthur and her two sisters
were becoming involved in films. Arthur attended Hollywood High School
and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. She also acted with the Dublin
Players.Arthur signed as the leading lady for the mystery play, Uncle
Marston, in April 1963. The production was staged at the Stage Society
Theater in Los Angeles, California. A reviewer referred to her acting
prowess in the role of an agitated Derbyshire heiress, commenting
"Arthur is a lovely, polished performer."[citation needed] Previously
she had appeared in theater in London, England and at the Dublin
Playhouse in Dublin, Ireland.Arthur appeared in Sydney Pollack's
directing debut The Slender Thread (1965) as an employee of a crisis
clinic which counsels potential suicide victims. She was assigned a
role in Alvarez Kelly (1966), a western that was set during the era of
the American Civil War. It featured a Mexican cattleman played by
William Holden and a military colonel depicted by Richard Widmark.
Arthur's other film roles were in Angel's Flight (1965), M*A*S*H
(1970), and The Christian Licorice Store (1971).
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