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Catherine McLeod

Catherine McLeod

Born: 1921-07-02 • Santa Monica, California, USA

Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom James Garner's character Bret Maverick wanted to marry on the 1957 television series Maverick, in the episode "Rage for Vengeance," and appeared in literally dozens of other series including The Millionaire, Meet McGraw, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 77 Sunset Strip, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Bronco, Perry Mason, Colt .45, Lawman, Bonanza, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and the Ten Thousand Horses Singing episode of Studio One opposite James Dean and John Forsythe.

Movies included Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You (1946), Courage of Lassie (1946), The Fabulous Texan (1947), That's My Man (1947), Old Los Angeles (1948), My Wife's Best Friend (1952), A Blueprint for Murder (1953), William Witney's The Outcast (1954), Ride the Wild Surf (1964), and Lipstick (1976).

McLeod's greatest impact upon American consciousness by far, however, was as purveyor of one of the most ubiquitous catchphrases of its era when she portrayed the woman in the 1963 headache remedy television commercial who plaintively but irritably said, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" The announcer's voiceover would then intone, "Sure you have a headache... tense, irritable.... but don't take it out on her."

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Filmography
The Republic Pictures Story poster
The Republic Pictures Story
1991 • Self
Lipstick poster
Lipstick
1976 • Vogue Lady
Ride the Wild Surf poster
Ride the Wild Surf
1964 • Mrs. Kilua
The Sergeant Was a Lady poster
The Sergeant Was a Lady
1961 • Maj. Hay
Tammy Tell Me True poster
Tammy Tell Me True
1961 • Mrs. Bateman
Return to Warbow poster
Return to Warbow
1958 • Kathleen Fallam
The Outcast poster
The Outcast
1954 • Alice Austin
No Image
The Heart of Juliet Jones
1954 • Juliet Jones
A Blueprint for Murder poster
A Blueprint for Murder
1953 • Maggie Sargent
Sword of Venus poster
Sword of Venus
1953 • Claire
My Wife's Best Friend poster
My Wife's Best Friend
1952 • Jane Richards
10,000 Horses Singing poster
10,000 Horses Singing
1952 • D. D. Dillward
So Young, So Bad poster
So Young, So Bad
1950 • Ruth Levering
Old Los Angeles poster
Old Los Angeles
1948 • Marie Marlowe
The Fabulous Texan poster
The Fabulous Texan
1947 • Josie Allen
That's My Man poster
That's My Man
1947 • Ronnie Grange
I've Always Loved You poster
I've Always Loved You
1946 • Myra Hassman
Courage of Lassie poster
Courage of Lassie
1946 • Alice Merrick
The Harvey Girls poster
The Harvey Girls
1946 • Louise (uncredited)
Forever Yours poster
Forever Yours
1945 • Martha