Actress. She was best known for playing the character roles of nurses, female deputies, old ladies, scrub women, prison matrons, switchboard operators, maids, married women, single women, reporters, child welfare workers, secretaries, receptionists, aunts, clerks, mothers, wives, homeowners, mothers, and customers, usually in dramatic films, comedy films, crime films, horror films, and classic western films and classic western television series. She will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Rita Monahan' in the film drama, "Halls Of Anger" (1970). The film which was directed by Paul Bogart, which was written for the screen by John Herman Shaner and Al Ramrus, and which also starred Calvin Lockhart, Janet MacLachlan, Jeff Bridges, and Davis Roberts, tells the story of an all-black inner city school that has to become an integrated school. A few dozen white kids are transferred there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help. She is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Mamie Baldwin' in 66 episodes of the classic romance family television series drama, "The Waltons," which originally aired from 1972 to 1981, and which also starred Richard Thomas, Michael Learned, Will Geer, Joe Conley, Jon Walmsley, and Mary Beth McDonough, tells the story of the life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II. She also reprised her role of playing 'Mamie Baldwin' in the television films based on the series, "A Wedding On Walton's Mountain" (1982), "A Day For Thanks On Walton's Mountain" (1982), "A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion" (1993), "A Walton Wedding" (1995), and "A Walton Easter" (1997). She was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Arthur William Kleeb (1880-), and his wife Ethel M. Hopper Kleeb (1888-1966), on January 6, 1907. She was educated locally and attended the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music in Portland, Oregon, appeared on the radio, and pursued an acting career on the stage during the 1920s. She would eventually make the transition to appearing in films and on television. She made her actual television debut playing in the episode entitled, "The Prize," of the mystery television series drama, "Rebound," which originally aired on March 7, 1952, and which also starred Harris Brown, John Dutra, Roberta Haynes, George Macready, and John Ridgely, tells the story of a fugitive who offers a failing lawyer five hundred dollars a day to hide him from the police. Besides, playing the role of 'Rita Monahan' in the film drama, "Halls Of Anger" (1970), and playing 'Mamie Baldwin' in the films based on the "The Waltons," television series, "A Wedding On Walton's Mountain" (1982), "A Day For Thanks On Walton's Mountain" (1982), "A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion" (1993), "A Walton Wedding" (1995), and "A Walton Easter" (1997), her many other film credits include, "Kansas City Confidential" (1952), "99 River Street" (1953), "Half A Hero" (1953), "Witness To Murder" (1954), "Magnificent Obsession" (1954), "The Desperate Hours" (1955), "There's Always Tomorrow" (1956), "A Day Of Fury" (1956), "Friendly Persuasion" (1956), "Hot Summer Night" (1957), "The Invisible Boy" (1957), "Summer Love" (1957), "High School Confidential" (1958), "I Want To Live!" (1958), "Curse Of The Undead" (1959), "The Gazebo" (1959), "Cage Of Evil" (1960), "The Young Savages" (1961), "Ada" (1961), "I Love My Doctor" (1962), "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), "40 Pounds Of Trouble" (1962), "Toys In The Attic" (1963), "Seven Days In May" (1964), "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964), "Sex And The Single Girl" (1964), "The Hallelujah Trail" (1965), "Munster, Go Home!" (1966), "The Fortune Cookie" (1966), "Eight On The Lam" (1967), "Fitzwilly" (1967), "The Party" (1968), "Blue" (1968), "WUSA" (1970), "A Little Game" (1971), "They Call It Murder" (1971), "Star Spangled Girl" (1971), "The Couple Takes A Wife" (1972), "The Art Of Crime" (1975), "The Adventured Of Huckleberry Finn" (1981), and "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" (1982). Besides, playing in the episode entitled, "The Prize," of the mystery television series drama, "Rebound," which originally aired on March 7, 1952, and which also starred Harris Brown, John Dutra, Roberta Haynes, George Macready, and John Ridgely, tells the story of a fugitive who offers a failing lawyer five hundred dollars a day to hide him from the police, and playing the role of 'Mamie Baldwin' in 66 episodes of the classic romance family television series drama, "The Waltons," which originally aired from 1972 to 1981, and which also starred Richard Thomas, Michael Learned, Will Geer, Joe Conley, Jon Walmsley, and Mary Beth McDonough, tells the story of the life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II, her many other television credits include, "General Electric Theater," "That's My Boy," "I Love Lucy," "The Man Behind The Bridge," "Those Whiting Girls," "Frontier," "Lux Video Theatre," "The Sheriff Of Cochise," "Hey, Jeannie!" "Date With The Angels," "Telephone Time," "The Adventures Of Jim Bowie," "Code 3," "Climax!" "The Walter Winchell File," "The Millionaire," "Dragnet," "The Loretta Young Show," "The Rough Riders," "Alcoa Theatre," "The Ann Sothern Show," "Wanted: Dead Or Alive," "Trackdown," "The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna," "Bold Venture," "Hennessey," "Markham," "The Deputy," "Playhouse 90," "Mr. Lucky," "The Donna Reed Show," "Harrigan And Son," "Pete And Gladys," "Alcoa Premiere," "I Love My Doctor," "Dennis The Menace," "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Untouchables," "Saints And Sinners," "Sam Benedict," "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington," "The Twilight Zone," "The Eleventh Hour," Breaking Point," "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Mister Ed," "Branded," "The Fugitive," "Get Smart," "The Patty Duke Show," "Lost In Space," "Two's Company," "Perry Mason," "Dr. Kildare," "The Munsters," "Death Valley Days," "The Phyllis Diller Show," "Bewitched," "Occasional Wife," "Iron Horse," "The Invaders," "Insight," "The Second Hundred Years," "The Name Of The Game," "The High Chaparral," "The Virginian," "Here Come The Brides," "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town," 'Green Acres," "The Red Skelton Hour," "Adam-12," "Vanished," "Room 222," "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors," "Bonanza," "Gunsmoke," "The Partridge Family," "The Couple Takes A Wife," "The F.B.I." "ABC Afterschool Specials," "Barnaby Jones," 'The Invisible Man," "Eleanor And Franklin," "Code R," "Lou Grant," "The Paper Chase," "One Day At A Time," "CHiPs," "Little House On The Prairie," "Simon & Simon," "Highway To Heaven," "Who's The Boss," 'The Love Boat," "The Golden Girls," and "First Impressions." She continued to act and entertain until retirement. Besides acting, she also taught drama at a college. She passed away from natural causes in Los Angeles, California, on December 28, 2003, at the age of 96, and she was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. She was married twice, first to John Gerald Prendergast (1903-1950), from November 20, 1937, until his death on August 17, 1950. Together the couple had one child, a son named Thomas Arthur Prendergast (1940-2015). She married secondly, to Elmer L. Garrison (1918-2004), from April 18, 1959, until her death on December 28, 2003. Her second husband Elmer L. passed away in Los Angeles, California, on January 5, 2004, at the age of 85, only eight days after her death, and he is buried with her at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.