Betsy Jones-Moreland

• Name — Betsy Jones-Moreland • Born — 1 April 1930 • Died — 1 May 2006 • Place of death — El Monte, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1956–1993

Jones-Moreland worked in secretarial jobs before she became an entertainer.

Jones-Moreland acted on stage, including as a member of the newly formed Valley Playhouse in Woodland Hills, California, in 1958 and the Players Ring Theater in Los Angeles in 1960. She also appeared in The Solid Gold Cadillac on Broadway and in the touring company that presented that play across the United States. • Illustration — Betsy Jones-Moreland in Last Woman on Earth (1960) She began her film career in small roles in the mid-1950s, appearing in several Roger Corman films, including a lead role in Last Woman on Earth (1960). Subsequently, she appeared mostly on television through 1975. Jones-Moreland guest-starred in an episode of the television series Ironside starring Raymond Burr, and in the early 1990s appeared in a recurring role as a judge in a series of his Perry Mason television films. Her first Perry Mason appearance was in 1959 as Lorrie Garvin in "The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom." In Have Gun - Will Travel, Jones-Moreland guest-starred as Topaz, a saloon hostess who befriended Paladin in the episode "Brother's Keeper" that aired May 6, 1961. In 1962, she appeared as Nurse Brown in McHale's Navy.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1958 — Studio One — Kitty O'Donoghue — Episode: "Birthday Present" • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Lucy Parney — Episode: "To Sit in Judgment" • 1959 — M Squad — Carla Kinross — Episode: "The Harpies" • Markham — Diana Rogers — Episode: "A Princely Sum" • Perry Mason — Lorrie Garvin — Episode: "The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom" • Alcoa Theatre — Harriet MacLore — Episode: "Small Bouquet" • General Electric Theater — Woman Taking Off Ring Rita — Episode: "Night Club" Episode: "Platinum on the Rocks" • 1959, 1960 — The Danny Thomas Show — Gloria Doris Henshaw — Episode: "Kathy Crashes TV" Episode: "Kathy, the Matchmaker" • 1960 — Philip Marlowe — Marian — Episode: "Murder Is a Grave Affair" • Bachelor Father — Melanie Bannister — Episode: "Kelly: The Career Woman" • The Man from Blackhawk — Mrs. Thornton — Episode: "Incident at Tupelo" • Michael Shayne — Ellen — Episode: "The Poison Pen Club" • 1960, 1961 — Have Gun – Will Travel — Mrs. Neal Topaz — Episode: "The Poker Fiend" Episode: "Brother's Keeper" • 1960–1962 — The Donna Reed Show — Mrs. Pratt Janet Palmer Geri — Episode: "Someone Is Watching" Episode: "Aloha, Kimi" Episode: "Big Star" • 1961 — My Three Sons — Flo Afton — Episode: "The Horseless Saddle" • 1961, 1962 — Route 66 — Bea Webster Lila Bain — Episode: "The Quick and the Dead" Episode: "Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing" • 1962 — The New Breed — Claire Arnet — Episode: "The Deadlier Sex" • McHale's Navy — Lt. Casey Brown — Episode: "McHale and His Seven Cupids" • It's a Man's World — Miss Dugan — Episode: "Chicago Gains a Number" • 1963 — Dr. Kildare — Ruth Jonah — Episode: "A Trip to Niagra" • Bonanza — Nora Whitley — Episode: "Five into the Wind" • Gunsmoke — Tess — Episode: "Kate Heller" • My Favorite Martian — Miss Weaver — Episode: "MAn or Amoeba" • 1963–1965 — Ben Casey — Dr. Doris Kane Claire Elly Galanos — Episode: "Justice to a Microbe Episode: "The Lonely Ones" Episode: "Run for Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices Here" • 1964 — The Outer Limits — Julie Griffith — Episode: "The Mutant" • The Greatest Show on Earth — Louella Grant — Episode: "You're All Right, Ivy" • R. B. & Myrnalene — Cara — Sitcom pilot, filmed in 1961 • My Three Sons — Congresswoman Barbara Maitland — Episode: "Lady President" • Profiles in Courage — Sally — Episode: "Governor John M. Slaton" • 1965 — Flipper — Lynn Borden — Episode: "Lifeguard" • The Donna Reed Show — Dorothy Evans — Episode: "Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth" • 1966 — Morning Star — Dana Manning — Episode: "#1.118" • 1967, 1969 — Judd for the Defense — Miss Davis Mrs. Tiffin — Episode: "Shadow of a Killer" Episode: "Epitaph on a Computer Card" • 1969 — Ironside — Karen Martin — Episode: "A Drug on the Market" • The Ghost & Mrs. Muir — Mrs. Post — Episode: "The Great Power Failure" • 1970 — Bright Promise — Elizabeth Walker — Episodes: "#1.127" and "#1.129" • The Young Lawyers — Mrs. Harris — Episode: "A Simple Thing Called Justice" • 1971 — The Bold Ones: The Lawyers — Hazel Abbott — Episode: "The Search for Leslie Grey" • 1972 — The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Miss Walker — Episode: "A Substitute Womb" • 1972, 1975, 1977 — Days of Our Lives — Mrs. Collins Mrs. Chambers Mrs. Abbott — 8 episodes 1 episode 11 episodes • 1973 — Bridget Loves Bernie — Mrs. O'Shay — Episode: "To Teach or Not to Teach" • Toma — Woman Manager — Episode: "Blockhouse Breakdown" • 1974 — Police Story — Motel Owner #2 — Episode: "Wyatt Earp Syndrome" • 1976 — Gibbsville — (unknown) — Episode: "Afternoon Waltz" • 1977 — The Feather & Father Gang — Secretary — Episode: "The Golden Fleece" • 1978 — Police Woman — Karen — Episode: "Murder with Pretty People" • 1990–1993 — Perry Mason — Judge Elinor Harrelson — 7 television films