Lois June Nettleton (August , â€" January , ) was an American film,
stage, radio, and television actress. She received three Primetime
Emmy Award nominations and won two Daytime Emmy Awards.Lois Nettleton
was born on August , in Oak Park, Illinois to Virginia and Edward L.
Nettleton. She was also raised by her mothers sister’s family. She
attended Senn High School, where she was a classmate of Lee Stern, and
Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul
University). She was Miss Chicago of and a semifinalist at the Miss
America Pageant. After performing to favorable reviews with Geraldine
Page in repertory theatre at the New Lake Zurich Playhouse (Lake
Zurich, Illinois) in and with the Woodstock Players (Woodstock,
Illinois) the following year, her professional acting career began in
. She understudied Barbara Bel Geddes in the original Broadway
production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and appeared
on television by in a production of "Flowers from a Stranger" on
Westinghouse Studio One (American TV series) on the CBS
network.Nettleton played Patsy in the radio soap opera The Brighter
Day.She performed in dozens of guest-starring roles on television
shows. Early roles included The Twilight Zone (episode "The Midnight
Sun", ); Naked City; Route ; Mr. Novak; The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(episode "The Dark Pool", ); The Eleventh Hour; Dr. Kildare; Twelve
O'Clock High; The Fugitive; The F.B.I.; Cannon; Bonanza; Gunsmoke; The
Virginian; and Daniel Boone. In , she appeared on The Mary Tyler Moore
Show as Lou Grant's new boss, Barbara Coleman, where she had a crush
on Mr. Grant. She appeared in the pilot episode of The Eddie Capra
Mysteries in , as well as hit TV miniseries such as Washington: Behind
Closed Doors and Centennial, as the murderous Maude Wendell.
stage, radio, and television actress. She received three Primetime
Emmy Award nominations and won two Daytime Emmy Awards.Lois Nettleton
was born on August , in Oak Park, Illinois to Virginia and Edward L.
Nettleton. She was also raised by her mothers sister’s family. She
attended Senn High School, where she was a classmate of Lee Stern, and
Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul
University). She was Miss Chicago of and a semifinalist at the Miss
America Pageant. After performing to favorable reviews with Geraldine
Page in repertory theatre at the New Lake Zurich Playhouse (Lake
Zurich, Illinois) in and with the Woodstock Players (Woodstock,
Illinois) the following year, her professional acting career began in
. She understudied Barbara Bel Geddes in the original Broadway
production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and appeared
on television by in a production of "Flowers from a Stranger" on
Westinghouse Studio One (American TV series) on the CBS
network.Nettleton played Patsy in the radio soap opera The Brighter
Day.She performed in dozens of guest-starring roles on television
shows. Early roles included The Twilight Zone (episode "The Midnight
Sun", ); Naked City; Route ; Mr. Novak; The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(episode "The Dark Pool", ); The Eleventh Hour; Dr. Kildare; Twelve
O'Clock High; The Fugitive; The F.B.I.; Cannon; Bonanza; Gunsmoke; The
Virginian; and Daniel Boone. In , she appeared on The Mary Tyler Moore
Show as Lou Grant's new boss, Barbara Coleman, where she had a crush
on Mr. Grant. She appeared in the pilot episode of The Eddie Capra
Mysteries in , as well as hit TV miniseries such as Washington: Behind
Closed Doors and Centennial, as the murderous Maude Wendell.
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