Madlyn Rhue

Madlyn Soloman Rhue (née Madeline Roche, October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003) was an American film and television actress. Early life and education Rhue was born in Washington, D.C., graduated from Los Angeles High School, and studied drama at Los Angeles City College. Entertainment career Rhue debuted in show business at age 17 as a dancer at the Copacabana night club in New York City. At that time she decided to create a stage name for herself by adapting the title of the film 13 Rue Madeleine (1947). From the 1950s to the 1990s, she appeared in some 20 films, including Operation Petticoat; The Ladies Man; A Majority of One; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963); Kenner (1969); and Stand Up and Be Counted (1972). Rhue guest-starred in dozens of television series, beginning with Cheyenne (1955). She played the spouse of the character portrayed by Ricardo Montalbán in a 1960 episode of Bonanza, "Day of Reckoning". That year, she also played the title role of Marian Ames in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Wayward Wife" and appeared in Route 66 Season 3 Episode 9.