
Catherine McLeod
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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.448 |
Birthday | 1921-07-02 |
Place of Birth | Santa Monica, California, USA |
Also Known As | Catherine Mc Leod, Catherine McCleod, Catharine McLeod, Catherine Frances McLeod, |

1953

A Blueprint for Murder
6.1/36
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cam...
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1964

Ride the Wild Surf
4.8/10
A group of friends go to Hawaii during the height of surfing season, to compete with other surf bums and find girlfriends along the way.
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1946

Courage of Lassie
5.7/31
Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie. An accident separates him from...
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1961

Tammy Tell Me True
5.7/7
Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin). Sandra Dee replaces Debbie Reynolds...
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Tammy Tell Me True

1950

So Young, So Bad
5.4/12
Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of the...
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So Young, So Bad

1961

The Sergeant Was a Lady
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Service comedy illustrating U.S. Army corporal's brief encounter with WAC unit.
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The Sergeant Was a Lady

1946

I've Always Loved You
6.4/6
A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.
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1991

The Republic Pictures Story
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A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews with stars, director, stuntman, etc.
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The Republic Pictures Story

1958

Return to Warbow
5.8/18
Three escaped prisoners return to the site of a robbery to find the stolen money that was never recovered. Western.
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Return to Warbow

1954

The Outcast
6.6/5
Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave, Jet has been cheated out of his father's property and branded a pariah. He spends the res...
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The Outcast

1947

The Fabulous Texan
4/1
A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up land...
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The Fabulous Texan

1952

My Wife's Best Friend
5.4/5
When a man confesses to his wife that he has been unfaithful, she imagines all the different ways that historical figures such as Cleopatra and Joan o...
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1945

Forever Yours
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A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will herself" to die. A doctor who has been conducting ex...
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Forever Yours

1947

That's My Man
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A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight...
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1948

Old Los Angeles
5.5/2
Also known as California Outpost, Old Los Angeles stars Bill Elliot in one of his expanded-budget Republic "specials." The film is set during the earl...
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1953

Sword of Venus
5/1
An enemy of the Count of Monte Cristo frames his son for a murder in order to exact revenge and steal the family fortune.
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1976

Lipstick
5.3/47
An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But j...
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1952

10,000 Horses Singing
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James Dean and John Forsythe star in this story of a wealthy orphan who meets a shy airline owner aboard a plane and later discovers that a corpse has...
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