Chanin Hale

Chanin Hale, married name Chanin Hale Bradshaw (October 3, 1928 – 30 January 2020), was an American actress on stage, film, and television, perhaps best known for more than forty appearances on The Red Skelton Hour.

Early life Chanin Hale was born Marilyn Victoria Chanine Hale Haney in Dayton, Ohio. As a creative, athletic girl, she won art awards and excelled in sports. Being "bit" by the performing bug in school, Hale pursued acting and acquired roles in student and community theater, taking lessons in dancing and singing. She dyed her red hair platinum blonde, and joined the Dayton Y Players, learning Greek tragedy and low comedy. She attained some success in the title role of Annie Get Your Gun, which helped to land a role in Little Mary Sunshine, playing a flirtatious character named Twinkle. Hale took to her mother's family name, retaining it into her professional career.

Career Hale moved to New York in 1955 and became a stage actress. She toured with the revue "High Time" performing in plays such as Bus Stop (1955), The Gazebo (1958) with William Bendix, Little Mary Sunshine (1959), and Come Blow Your Horn (1961).

Hale as Lady Godiva, with Will Hutchins in Hey, Landlord, 1966Hale began in television as secretaries, corpses, and other "bit" roles. In a 1963 UCLA comedy production, she met Jack Albertson who introduced her to Red Skelton. With excellent pantomime skills, Hale appeared regularly on the show. Her other television appearances include roles on Adam-12, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, The Danny Kaye Show, Death Valley Days, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Donna Reed Show, Dragnet (she was one of several "stable" actors that Jack Webb used in recurring roles on his shows), Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Green Acres, Hey, Landlord, Hondo, The Jimmy Stewart Show, and Gunsmoke, among others.

Film appearances include Synanon (1965), A Guide for the Married Man (1967), Gunn (1967), The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968), Will Penny (1968), and The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968).

Hale was also a regular supporter of, and toured with, the USO, to Vietnam and other overseas locations, well into the late 1960s. Subsequently, Hale was one of the last successful pinup models. Early in 1969, she was a favorite with the soldiers; thousands of 8x10s were printed and mailed after her photo was published by the New York Daily News posing as Eve in a homemade costume. 1967: Gunn – Scarlotti's Mistress 1968: Will Penny – Girl 1968: The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz – Hilda 1968: The Night They Raided Minsky's – Valerie

Television

+ Year Title Role Notes 1963-1971 The Red Skelton Hour (various) Regular cast 1965 The Beverly Hillbillies Linda Curry Episode: "Luke's Boy" 1965 The Donna Reed Show Myrtle Episode: "How to Handle a Woman" 1965 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Hostess Episode: "Double Date with the Sarge" 1968 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Gloria Episode: "A Star Is Not Born" 1965 The Legend of Jesse James Marie Episode: "The Quest" 1966 The Dick Van Dyke Show Sugar Henderson Episode: "Bad Reception in Albany" 1966 The Double Life of Henry Phyfe Pretty Blonde Episode: "Phyfe and the Code Book: Part 2" 1966 My Favorite Martian Sales Girl Episode: "Martin, the Mannequin" 1966 Hey, Landlord Lady Godiva Episode: "Pursuit of a Dream" 1966 The Wild Wild West Flo Episode: "The Night of the Whirring Death" 1967 Death Valley Days Flora Episode: "Shanghai Kelly's Birthday Party" 1967 The F.B.I. Bobbie Episode: "Rope of Gold" 1967 Hondo Carrot Top Episode: "Hondo and the Gladiators" 1968 Blondie Mrs. Hathaway Episode: "Dagwood the Wheeler Dealer" 1969 Dragnet Helen Zimmerman Episode: "Frauds (DR-36)" 1969 Dragnet Dottie Taylor Episode: "Vice (DR-30)" 1969 I Dream of Jeannie Girl at the Party Episode: "Jeannie and the Bachelor Party" 1969 In Name Only Barbara Television film 1969 Bonanza Laura Mae Mears Episode: "Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds" 1970 Bonanza Lily Episode: "The Trouble with Trouble" 1969 Green Acres Post Office Clerk Episode: "The Special Delivery Letter" 1969 Green Acres Girl Episode: "Beauty Is Skin Deep" 1970 Green Acres Blanche Foster Episode: "Oliver's Double" 1970 Howdy Television film 1971 Gunsmoke Verna Episode: "Lavery" 1972 Gunsmoke Apple Pie Lady Episode: "The River: Part 1" 1972 The Jimmy Stewart Show Candy Jar Episode: "Song of the Jailbird" 1972 The Jimmy Stewart Show Lala Brodu Episode: "Jim's Decision" 1972 Adam-12 Irma Baker Episode: "Lost and Found" 1973 Gunsmoke Sally Episode: "Talbot" 1973 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Waitress Episode: "Hi There, Sports Fans" 1974 Adam-12 Helen Dugan Episode: "North Hollywood Division" 1975 Gunsmoke Woman Episode: "The Sharecroppers" 1976 Laverne & Shirley Nurse Episode: "Angels of Mercy" 1976 Marcus Welby, M.D. Lois Episode: "How Do You Know What Hurts Me?" 1976 Mobile One Carol North Episode: "Libel" 1976 Police Woman Adoption Clerk Episode: "Mother Love" 1977 Chico and the Man Episode: "Uncle Sonny" Annalou Brown 1977 The Love Boat Claire Episode: "Lonely at the Top / Silent Night / Divorce Me, Please" 1977 Welcome Back, Kotter Orshack's Secretary Episode: "There Goes Number 5" 1981 No Man's Valley Nipponia (voice) Animated special