Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 02, 1921
Died
May 11, 1997
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Credits
52 titles
Catherine McLeod
Biography
Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom James Garner's character Bret Maverick wanted to marry on the 1957 television series Maverick, in the episode "Rage for Vengeance," and appeared in literally dozens of other series including The Millionaire, Meet McGraw, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 77 Sunset Strip, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Bronco, Perry Mason, Colt .45, Lawman, Bonanza, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and the Ten Thousand Horses Singing episode of Studio One opposite James Dean and John Forsythe. Movies included Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You (1946), Courage of Lassie (1946), The Fabulous Texan (1947), That's My Man (1947), Old Los Angeles (1948), My Wife's Best Friend (1952), A Blueprint for Murder (1953), William Witney's The Outcast (1954), Ride the Wild Surf (1964), and Lipstick (1976). McLeod's greatest impact upon American consciousness by far, however, was as purveyor of one of the most ubiquitous catchphrases of its era when she portrayed the woman in the 1963 headache remedy television commercial who plaintively but irritably said, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" The announcer's voiceover would then intone, "Sure you have a headache... tense, irritable.... but don't take it out on her." Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine McLeod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Republic Pictures Story
Self
Lipstick
Vogue Lady
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Mrs. Pate
The F.B.I.
Lorraine Fryes
Ride the Wild Surf
Mrs. Kilua
The Outer Limits
Abby Kagan
The Virginian
Amy Sturgis
The Sergeant Was a Lady
Maj. Hay
87th Precinct
Cain's Hundred
Secretary
Tammy Tell Me True
Mrs. Bateman
Angel
Stagecoach West
Emily Walker
Coronado 9
Martha Travis
Hawaiian Eye
Bonanza
Mrs. McClure
One Step Beyond
Mary Dermott
77 Sunset Strip
Bronco
Return to Warbow
Kathleen Fallam
Alcoa Theatre
Edie
Maverick
Margaret Ross
Perry Mason
Lorraine Ferrell
Have Gun, Will Travel
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Mildred Tyler
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Effie Fallon
State Trooper
Matinee Theater
Gunsmoke
Letty Rickers
The Outcast
Alice Austin
The Heart of Juliet Jones
Juliet Jones
Public Defender
Letter to Loretta
Martha Patton
A Blueprint for Murder
Maggie Sargent
Sword of Venus
Claire
General Electric Theater
Isabel Harris
My Wife's Best Friend
Jane Richards
Four Star Playhouse
Leila
10,000 Horses Singing
D. D. Dillward
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Bess Maguire
Lux Video Theatre
Grace
So Young, So Bad
Ruth Levering
Suspense
Studio One
Sgt. Shirley Marsh
The Philco Television Playhouse
Old Los Angeles
Marie Marlowe
The Fabulous Texan
Josie Allen
That's My Man
Ronnie Grange
I've Always Loved You
Myra Hassman
Courage of Lassie
Alice Merrick