BETHUNE, Ivy 1918–

PERSONAL

Born June 1, 1918, in Sevastopol, Russia; daughter of Irving and Sonia (maiden name, Sobol) Vigder; married William Bethune, March 7, 1939 (died 1950); married Stuart Gage Lancaster (an actor), 1971 (died December 29, 2000); children: (first marriage) Zina (an actress). Education: Brooklyn College, B.A., 1940.

Addresses:

Office—Los Angeles Local, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, 5757 Wilshire Blvd., 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Career:

Actress. Private drama coach, Hollywood, CA, 1964–92; Last Chance for Animals, Los Angeles, CA, activist, 1985; Actors and Others for Animals, activist, 1985.

Member:

Actors Equity Association (National Council member, 2002–05, chair of Equal Employment Opportunity committee, chairman), Screen Actors Guild (committee head), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (national board of directors member, ?–2006).

Awards, Honors:

Robby Award, for The Diary of Anne Frank; DramaLogue Award, for Philadelphia, Here I Come.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Elga, Blood Legacy (also known as Legacy of Blood), Ellman Enterprises, 1971.

Mrs. Durand, The Legend of Earl Durand, Howco International Pictures, 1974.

Ruby Kirshner, Goodbye, Norma Jean, Stirling Gold, 1976.

Foreign woman, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Universal, 1978.

Housewife, Wrong Is Right (also known as The Man with the Deadly Lens), Columbia, 1983.

Rachel, Eyes of Fire (also known as Cry Blue Sky), Seymour Borde & Associates, 1983.

Mrs. Johnson, Walking the Edge (also known as The Hard Way), Empire Pictures, 1983.

Ma Peabody, Back to the Future, MCA/Universal, 1985.

Female patient, The Man with One Red Shoe, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1985.

Ruby Kirshner, Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn, 1989.

Female dog walker, Scissors, DDM Film Corp., 1991.

Eunice, Totally Blonde, Panorama Entertainment, 2001.

Television Appearances; Series:

Miss Tuttle, Father Murphy, NBC, 1981–82.

Abigail, General Hospital, ABC, 1987.

Also appeared in The Brownstone Theatre; Matinee Theatre.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Mrs. Schneider, Nowhere to Run (also known as Winner Take All), NBC, 1978.

Miss Bethune, Friendships, Secrets, and Lies, NBC, 1979.

Emily, Haywire, CBS, 1980.

Martha, This House Possessed, ABC, 1981.

Clara Jones, Stand by Your Man, CBS, 1981.

Mrs. Carver, Callie & Son (also known as Rags to Riches), CBS, 1981.

Mrs. Hocker, Dark Night of the Scarecrow, CBS, 1981.

Mrs. Ferguson, the neighbor, News at Eleven, CBS, 1986.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Woman, The Shooting, CBS, 1982.

Counterattack: Crime in America, ABC, 1982.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Mrs. Miller, Turner & Hooch, NBC, 1990.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

The maid, "Harry Reutlinger of the Chicago Herald," The Big Story, NBC, 1949.

Miss Thorsen, "The Duplicate Man," The Outer Limits, ABC, 1964.

Nurse, "Consider Her Ways," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS, 1964.

Mrs. Frye, "The Case of the Twelfth Wildcat," Perry Mason, CBS, 1965.

Woman customer, "Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye," That Girl, 1966.

Maudie, "The Contaminated Cowl," Batman, 1967.

Maudie, "The Mad Hatter Runs a Foul," Batman, 1967.

Nurse, "Return to Summer Grove," Mannix, CBS, 1969.

Alice Harper, "Plague," Little House on the Prairie, NBC, 1975.

Mrs. Wright, "The Last Raid," Kung Fu, ABC, 1975.

May, "Not Available," Emergency!, NBC, 1976.

Waitress, "Henhouse," Lou Grant, CBS, 1977.

Miss Cutler, "Angel Baby," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1977.

Miss Jacobs, "Quo Vadis?," Barney Miller, ABC, 1978.

Maid, "Harts under Glass," Hart to Hart, 1981.

Mrs. Winston, "Hot Date," CHiPs, NBC, 1983.

Obnoxious woman, "I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar," Otherworld, CBS, 1985.

Heddy, "The Avenging Angel," Misfits of Science, NBC, 1986.

Duana, "When the Bough Breaks," Star Trek: The Next Generation, syndicated, 1988.

Old woman, "Tina, Is That You?," The Flash, 1991.

Sister Mary Francis, "Seer of Love," Who's the Boss?, 1991.

Also appeared as Letty Lowell, Days of Our Lives.

Stage Appearances:

Rhinoceros, 1960.

Prisoner of 2nd Ave., 1975.

The Martian Chronicles, The Colony Theatre Company, Burbank, CA, 1976–77, then El Rey Theatre.

Mrs. Van Daan, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Colony Theatre Company, Burbank, CA, 1977–78.

Mrs. Hudson, Fahrenheit 451, The Colony Theatre Company, 1978–79.

The Grapes of Wrath, The Colony Theatre Company, 1979–80.

Grandma, Dandelion Wine, The Colony Theatre Company, 1981.

All the Way Home, 1987.

Cemetery Club, 1990.

Mrs. Boyle, The Mousetrap, The Colony Theatre Company, Second Stage, Burbank, 1993–94.

Aunt Pauline, Home Fire, Theatre West, Los Angeles, 1994.

Grandma, Daughters, The Colony Theatre Company, Second Stage, 1994–95.

The World of Ray Bradbury, The Colony Theatre Company, 1995.

The Matchmaker, The Colony Theatre Company, 1997.

Dandelion Wine, The Colony Theatre Company, 2000–2001.

Also appeared as Madge, Philadelphia, Here I Come, Basehart Theatre; Birdie, Winkleberg, Theatre West.