Betsy Jones-Moreland

Betsy Jones-Moreland (April 1, 1930 – May 1, 2006) was an American actress.

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

Career 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.

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.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1956 The Eddy Duchin Story Minor Role Uncredited The Best Things in Life Are Free Secretary Full of Life Bit Role1957 The Garment Jungle Secretary Operation Mad Ball Lt. Bushey The Brothers Rico Additional Character (voice) The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent Thyra 1958 The True Story of Lynn Stuart Ginger - Carhop Uncredited Screaming Mimi Jan - Raoul's Assistant1959 Day of the Outlaw Mrs. Preston 1960 Strangers When We Meet Mrs. Gerandi Uncredited Last Woman on Earth Evelyn Gern 1961 Creature from the Haunted Sea Mary-Belle Monahan 1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Poolside Interviewer Uncredited1975 The Hindenburg Stewardess Imhoff 1976 Gable and Lombard Party Guest The Last Tycoon Lady Writer 1979 Joni Mrs. Barber

Television Year Title Role Notes1958 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 RingRita 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 episodes1973 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