Biography.guide
Home › People › Actress › Mercedes Shirley
Portrait of Mercedes Shirley

Mercedes Shirley

1926 – 1999

American actress

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Mercedes Shirley

Lived 1926 – 1999 (aged 73). Mercedes Shirley was an actress.

Mary Mercedes Shirley (January 6, 1926 – January 29, 1999) was an American actress. She appeared in television programs including The Twilight Zone, 77 Sunset Strip, The Invaders, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Gunsmoke. Shirley died in January 1999 of natural causes at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, at the age of 73.

Television Year Title Role Notes 1955 I Led 3 Lives Comrade Rose Episode "Central American" 1956 Lux Video Theater Max Episode "Witness to a Murder" 1956 Matinee Theatre Mary Lincoln (younger) Episode "The Heart of Mary Lincoln" 1956 Highway Patrol Kay Denson Episode "Plant Robbery" 1956 The Lineup Episode "The Adams Case" 1956 This Is the Life Carol Episode "Pardon for the Penitent" 1956 I Led 3 Lives Comrade Louise Crown Episode "Dynamite" 1956 Climax! Episode "Savage Portrait" 1957 The Lone Ranger Martha Barrett Episode "The Tarnished Star" 1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mrs. Davidson Season 3 Episode 5: "Silent Witness" 1957 Have Gun – Will Travel Mazie Episode "The Colonel and the Lady" 1957 Climax! Episode "To Walk the Night" 1959 The Millionaire Edna Crane Episode "Millioinaire Marcia Forrest" 1959 Philip Marlowe Julia Fransen Episode "The Hunger" 1961 Cain's Hundred Katherine Strode Episode "The Penitant: Louis Strode" 1962 Gunsmoke Mary Pickett Episode "The Do-Badder" 1962 Target: The Corruptors! Rose Episode "Fortress of Despair" 1962 Thriller Jill Naylor Episode "Man of Mystery" 1962 Route 66 Woman Guest Episode "From and Enchantress Fleeing" 1963 The Eleventh Hour Joan's Sister Episode "Like a Diamond in the Sky" 1963 77 Sunset Strip Queenie Magee Episode "Target Island" 1963 The Twilight Zone Joan Episode "On Thursday We Leave for Home" 1963 My Three Sons Mrs. Riley Episode "Chip's World" 1963 My Three Sons Mrs. Kaye Episode "Big Chief Bub" 1963 Breaking PointEmma Episode "Don't Cry, Baby, Don't Cry" 1963 The Richard Boone Show Episode "Where's the Million Dollars?" 1964 Ben Casey Laura Smith Episode "One Nation Indivisible" 1967 The Invaders Woman Attendant Episode "Panic" 1973 Human Experiments Warden Weber 1979 Young Love, First Love Miss HolmesTV movie 1991 Defenseless Receptionist in Dubbing Studio 1995 The ClinicNurse Delmore Episode #1.1

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Also known as
Mary Mercedes Shirley

People in Mercedes Shirley's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Mercedes Shirley's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Mercedes Shirley?

American actress (1926-1999)

When was Mercedes Shirley born?

Mercedes Shirley was born on 6 January 1926 in Billings, Montana.

When did Mercedes Shirley die?

Mercedes Shirley died on 29 January 1999 in Sherman Oaks, California.

What was Mercedes Shirley's occupation?

Mercedes Shirley was an actress.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mercedes Shirley

· Wikidata: Q107445221

· DBpedia: Mercedes Shirley

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Mercedes Shirley. https://biography.guide/mercedes-shirley/

MLA: "Mercedes Shirley." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/mercedes-shirley/.

Chicago: "Mercedes Shirley." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/mercedes-shirley/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-22 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 04:59 UTC