Helen Kleeb

Helen Kleeb
Helen Kleeb
	Kleeb in Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Born	January 6, 1907; South Bend, Washington
Died	December 28, 2003 (aged 96); Los Angeles, California
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1952–1997
Spouse(s)	John Gerald Prendergast (m. 1937⁠–⁠1950) (his death); Elmer Garrison (m. 1959⁠–⁠2003) (her death)
Children	1

Helen Kleeb (January 6, 1907 – December 28, 2003)^[3] was an American film and television actress. In a career covering nearly 50 years, she may be best known for her role from 1972 to 1981 as Miss Mamie Baldwin on the family drama The Waltons.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Early life and career

Kleeb began acting on stage in Portland, Oregon, late in the 1920s, where she attended the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music.^[7] She also gained her first radio experience in Portland.^[3]

From 1949 to 1951, she performed voices for the radio program Candy Matson. In 1956–1957, Kleeb guest-starred on Hey, Jeannie!, starring Jeannie Carson. In the 1960–1961 television season, Kleeb appeared as Miss Claridge, a legal secretary, on the sitcom Harrigan and Son.

She appeared in episodes of Dennis the Menace, I Love Lucy, Pete and Gladys, Hennesey, Death Valley Days, Get Smart, The Andy Griffith Show, Green Acres, Bewitched, Gunsmoke (as “Mrs. Randolph” in S1E38’s “Unknown Grave” - 1956), Little House: A New Beginning, Highway to Heaven, Room 222, and The Golden Girls as well as in small film roles in The Manchurian Candidate, and Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. She also appeared in a number of episodes of The Waltons, as well as Dragnet, starring Jack Webb, during the 1950s. Kleeb also appeared on many radio drama shows, some now playing on XM Satellite Radio.

Personal life

Kleeb's first marriage and the birth of a son, Tom Pendergast, caused a hiatus in her career. After her first husband's death in 1950, she taught drama at a college before she returned to acting.^[8] She is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.^[9]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	Kansas City Confidential	Mrs. Crane	Uncredited
1953	99 River Street	Miss Henderson	Uncredited
1953	Half a Hero	Desk Nurse	Uncredited
1954	Witness to Murder	Nurse in Mental Ward	Uncredited
1954	Magnificent Obsession	Mrs. Eden
1955	There's Always Tomorrow	Miss Walker
1955	The Desperate Hours	Miss Wells	Uncredited
1956	A Day of Fury	Mrs. McLean
1956	Friendly Persuasion	Old Lady	Uncredited
1957	Hot Summer Night	Scrub Woman	Uncredited
1957	The Invisible Boy	Miss Vandergrift	Uncredited
1958	High School Confidential	Miss Dodge	Uncredited
	Summer Love	Bit Role	Uncredited
	I Want to Live!	Prison Matron	Uncredited
1959	Curse of the Undead	Dora
1959	The Gazebo	Miss Spence	Uncredited
1960	Cage of Evil	Mrs. Melton, Cherry's Motel
1961	The Young Savages	Mrs. Patton	Uncredited
1961	Ada	Mrs. Smith	Uncredited
1962	The Manchurian Candidate	Mrs. Henry Whittaker - Chairlady	Uncredited
1962	40 Pounds of Trouble	Child Welfare Worker	Uncredited
1963	Toys in the Attic	Warkins' Secretary	Uncredited
1964	Seven Days in May	Esther Townsend
	Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte	Town Gossip
	Sex and the Single Girl	Hilda
1965	The Hallelujah Trail	Henrietta
1965	Get Smart	Frieda	Season 1, episode 4: Our Man in Toyland
1966	Munster, Go Home!	Emily	Uncredited
1966	The Fortune Cookie	The Lawyers' Receptionist
1967	Eight on the Lam	Bit Role	Uncredited
1967	Fitzwilly	Mrs. Mortimer
1968	The Party	Secretary
1968	Blue	Elizabeth Parker
1968	The Virginian (TV series)	Mrs. Mauder	saison 7 episode 13 (Big Tiny)
1969-1971	Room 222	Mrs. Tandy	recurring character
1970	Halls of Anger	Rita Monahan
1971	Star Spangled Girl	YWCA Receptionist
1972-1981	The Waltons	Mamie Baldwin	recurring character
1982	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Dora
1985	Who's the Boss?	Mrs. Randolf	Season 1, episode 16: Angela’s Ex part 2
1988	The Golden Girls	Elizabeth Ann Hollingsworth	Season 3, episode 25: Mother's Day
1997	A Walton Easter	Miss Mamie Baldwin	TV movie

References

^ "LIVES OF NOTE: [2 Edition]". Dominion Post (New Zealand). January 15, 2004. p. B9. ProQuest 337939993. Kleeb's many feature-film appearances included parts in The Manchurian Candidate (alongside Frank Sinatra, 1962) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, 1982). -- B South Bend, Washington January 6, 1907; d December 28, 2003
^ Hayward, Anthony (January 12, 2004). "Obituary: Helen Kleeb ; Eccentric Miss Mamie in `The Waltons': [FOREIGN Edition]". The Independent. p. 18. ProQuest 10641041. Helen Kleeb, actress: born South Bend, Washington 6 January 1907; married first 1937 John Prendergast (died 1950; one son), secondly Elmer Garrison (died 2004); died Los Angeles 28 December 2003.
^ ^a ^b Lentz, Harris M. III (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786452088. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
^ "Helen Kleeb". BFI. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012.
^ "Helen Kleeb movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ "The Waltons: The Baldwin Sisters". the-waltons.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
^ Johnson, Jimmy (August 18, 1977). "Two Sisters Have 'The Recipe'". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. Gannett News Service. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Smith, Carol (November 11, 1973). "Actress Helen Kleep Happy Over Success Of 'Waltons'". Longview News-Journal. p. 9E. Retrieved December 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

External links

Helen Kleeb at IMDb

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[1] "LIVES OF NOTE: [2 Edition]". Dominion Post (New Zealand). January 15, 2004. p. B9. ProQuest 337939993. Kleeb's many feature-film appearances included parts in The Manchurian Candidate (alongside Frank Sinatra, 1962) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton, 1982). -- B South Bend, Washington January 6, 1907; d December 28, 2003

[2] Hayward, Anthony (January 12, 2004). "Obituary: Helen Kleeb ; Eccentric Miss Mamie in `The Waltons': [FOREIGN Edition]". The Independent. p. 18. ProQuest 10641041. Helen Kleeb, actress: born South Bend, Washington 6 January 1907; married first 1937 John Prendergast (died 1950; one son), secondly Elmer Garrison (died 2004); died Los Angeles 28 December 2003.

[opa-3] Lentz, Harris M. III (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786452088. Retrieved August 31, 2019.

[4] "Helen Kleeb". BFI. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012.

[5] "Helen Kleeb movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie". AllMovie.

[6] "The Waltons: The Baldwin Sisters". the-waltons.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.

[7] Johnson, Jimmy (August 18, 1977). "Two Sisters Have 'The Recipe'". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. Gannett News Service. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.

[lnj-8] Smith, Carol (November 11, 1973). "Actress Helen Kleep Happy Over Success Of 'Waltons'". Longview News-Journal. p. 9E. Retrieved December 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[9] Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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