Maggie Blye

• Name — Maggie Blye • Birth Name — Margaret Jane Blye • Born — 24 October 1942 • Birthplace — Houston, Texas, U.S. • Died — 24 March 2016 • Place of death — West Hollywood, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1961–2010 • Relatives — Judy Blye Wilson (sister)

Her sister was casting director Judy Blye Wilson. After studying business at the University of Texas, she went to UCLA, where she became involved in acting. Her performance in a production of West Side Story there was seen by a talent scout for 20th Century Fox studios.

Blye was a regular on the ABC-TV program Kodiak in the role of police radio dispatcher Maggie. She appeared in a number of popular television series. Among her first roles was that of defendant Betty Kaster in the 1965 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Lover's Gamble." She also appeared on Hazel, Ben Casey and twice on Gunsmoke (credited as Margaret Bly playing the simply named character “Girl” in the 1964 episode “Journey For Three” - S9E36 and the following year in a much larger role as a conniving gold digger named “Karen” in S10E22’s “Winner Take All”). Her later television roles included Hart to Hart, The Rockford Files, and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. She appeared in four episodes of the series In the Heat of the Night, including the pilot episode.

Blye died on March 24, 2016, from cancer at her home in West Hollywood, California, aged 73.

• Summer and Smoke (1961) as Dusty (uncredited) • Hombre (1967) as Doris • Waterhole No. 3 (1967) as Billee Copperud • Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) as Honey • The Italian Job (1969) as Lorna • The Sporting Club (1971) as Janey • Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972) as Stella Ganucci • Ash Wednesday (1973) as Kate Sawyer • Hard Times (1975) as Gayleen Schoonover • Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976) as Susan Mackenzie • Walking Tall: Final Chapter (1977) as Luan Paxton • Little Darlings (1980) as Ms. Bright • Hart to Hart (1981) as Brenda • Liar's Moon (1982) as Ellen 'Babs' Duncan • The Entity (1982) as Cindy Nash • Kidco (1984) as Joan Cessna • Mischief (1985) as Claire Miller • Soft Toilet Seats (1999) as Margaret Lennox • The Gingerdead Man (2005) as Betty Leigh