Mary Adams

Mary Marguerite Adams also known as June Mary Adams (1910–1973) was an American actress. She is best known as a television character actor from the 1950s. She was a regular, usually cast as a dowdy nurse or wife, and is best remembered as the day nurse in The Twilight Zone: "Twenty Two".

Life She was born on June 27, 1910, in Ogden, Utah.

She began acting late in life (38) but was a popular choice in supporting roles throughout the 1950s to the degree that she could be called a "familiar face". Her career faded in the early 1960s.

She died on November 30, 1973, in Los Angeles. She is buried in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.

Career Television

Stars Over Hollywood: "The Ageless" (1951) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (three episodes, 1952) various roles Life With Father (pilot episode 1953) I Led 3 Lives (1953) as Mrs Ives Big Town (1955) The Father Who Had No Sons (TV movie, 1955) Front Row Center (1955) as Miss Jenny Medic (two episodes, 1955) as Sister Benedict Captain Midnight (1955) as Mrs Harper Matinee Theatre: "Statute of Limitations" (1956) as Mom Gunsmoke (1956) as Nettie The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956) as Mrs Mack Crusader (1956) as Vera Nelson Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1956) as Alice Burns Father Knows Best (2 episodes 1956) Lux Video Theatre (4 episodes, 1955–1957) The O. Henry Playhouse: "Christmas By Injunction" (1957) Have Gun - Will Travel (1957) as Maggie Decision: "Man on a Raft" (1958) as Sara Radford The Donna Reed Show (1958) as nurse M Squad (2 episodes 1958–59) Playhouse 90 (1959) as Mrs Haywood Adventure Showcase: "Doctor Mike" (1959) as Mary Barker Hawaiian Eye (1959) as Esther Riverboat (1959) as Mrs Wilkins Dennis the Menace (1960) as Helen Forbes The Twilight Zone: "Twenty Two" (1961) as nurse The Loretta Young Show (two episodes 1959–61) as mother Wagon Train (1961) as Julia Whispering Smith (1961) as Mrs Landers Window on Main Street (5 episodes, 1961) as Lavinia Webster It's a Man's World (1962) as Mrs Meredith The Untouchables (1962) as Kate Brannon The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) (Season 1 Episode 23: "The Lonely Hours") as Nurse My Three Sons (2 episodes, 1961 and 1964) The File on Devlin (1969) as the maid

Film Hazard (1948) as Matron Sergeant Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948) as Miss Hendricks For the Love of Mary (1948) as Marge Starlift (1951) as Sue Wayne (uncredited) Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) (uncredited) Executive Suite (1954) as Sara Asenith Grimm Her Twelve Men (1954) as Martha the school nurse (uncredited) Rebel in Town (1956) as Grandma Ackstadt Blood of Dracula Blood is My Heritage (1957) as Mrs Thorndyke Diary of a Madman (1963) as Louise the Cook (with Vincent Price) The Day They Gave Babies Away (1957) as Mrs Roscoe (uncredited) The Clown and the Kid (1961) as Mother Superior (uncredited) Doctors' Wives (1971) as nurse (uncredited)