Elizabeth MacRae is dead. The US actress made a name for herself primarily through television roles.
Mourning for Elizabeth MacRae: The actress died on May 27 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, at the age of 88. .
Growing up in Fayetteville, MacRae aspired to be an actress after graduating from high school. She auditioned for the first time in Atlanta in 1956, but didn’t get a role. The film’s director encouraged her to go to New York City, where Elizabeth MacRae worked on her acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio. After gaining experience in off-Broadway productions, she landed her first television role in “The Verdict Is Yours.” Numerous other series roles followed, including in “Bonanza,” “Gunsmoke” and “Route 66.”
Appearances in sitcoms and soaps
One of her best known roles was in the sitcom “Gomer Pyle, USMC” (1966 to 1969), in which she played Gomer’s girlfriend Lou-Ann Poovie. MacRae also played in soaps such as “General Hospital” (1969 to 1973) and “Days of Our Lives” (1977). Her films include “Live in a Goldfish Bowl”, “Everything’s Ducky”, “The Wild Westerners” and Francis Ford Coppola’s (85) “The Conversation”. For “For Love or Money” she appeared in front of the camera with Kirk Douglas (1916-2020).
Source: Stern
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