Elizabeth Baur
Elizabeth Baur | |
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Baur in Lancer, 1968 | |
Born |
Los Angeles, California | December 1, 1947
Died |
September 30, 2017 69) Los Angeles, California | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1968–1993 |
Elizabeth Baur (December 1, 1947 – September 30, 2017) was an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Teresa O'Brien on the CBS western series, Lancer, with Andrew Duggan, James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, and Paul Brinegar, and as Officer Fran Belding on NBC's crime drama series Ironside.
Personal life
Elizabeth Baur was born in Los Angeles, California. Juanita Gless, her great-grandmother, was an early settler of California who came from the Basque region of France.[1] Actress Sharon Gless is Baur's first cousin.[2]
Her father, Jack Baur, was a veteran casting director at 20th Century Fox,[3] and did not want his daughter in the industry.[4]
She attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles and was a student at Los Angeles Valley College "for a year and three-quarters."[3] She left college to join a 20th Century Fox program for training actors.[5]
Ironside
Baur succeeded Barbara Anderson in portraying a female detective on NBC television's Ironside, as her character of Fran Belding replaced Anderson's Eve Whitfield. In 1972, she told a reporter: "They interviewed 100 girls for this role. Then they had 14 of us come in and read for the part. Finally they gave seven of us screen tests. I was really surprised they chose me."[6] Two years later, she said, "Officer Fran Belding is the hardest part I've ever had to play, because she's so straight, so normal."[7]
Baur would work with Anderson in the 1993 TV reunion movie The Return of Ironside, reprising her role as Fran Belding alongside her former co-stars Raymond Burr, Don Galloway and Don Mitchell.[8]
Death
Baur died on September 30, 2017, after a lengthy illness at age 69. She was survived by her husband and her daughter.[9]
Filmography
Film | |||
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Year | Film | Role | |
1968 | The Boston Strangler | Harriet Fordin | |
1993 | The Return of Ironside | Fran Belding | |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1968 | Batman | Fourth Policewoman | One episode: "Nora Clavicle and the Ladies' Crime Club" |
1968–1970 | Lancer | Teresa O'Brien | 51 episodes |
1970 | Daniel Boone | Virginia | One episode: "Noblesse Oblige" |
The Young Rebels | Rachel | One episode: "The Infiltrator" | |
1971 | Room 222 | Meaghan | One episode: "Cheating" |
Nanny and the Professor | Susan Baxter | One episode: "The Communication Gap" | |
1971–1975 | Ironside | Fran Belding | 89 episodes |
1972 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Fran Bleding | One episode: "Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown: Part II" (crossover appearance) |
Emergency! | Sister Barbara | One episode: "Saddled" | |
1975 | S.W.A.T. | Dr. Ellen Benton | One episode: "Silent Night, Deadly Night" |
1977 | ABC Weekend Specials | Annabel | One episode: "Valentine's Second Chance" |
1978 | Police Woman | Joslyn Westmore | One episode: "Flip of a Coin" |
1981 | Fantasy Island | Lucy Carson | One episode: "The Man from Yesterday/World's Most Desirable Woman" |
1984 | Remington Steele | Margie Kelsey | One episode: "Second Base Steele" |
References
- ↑ "Elizabeth Baur Seeks Greater Challenges". The Logansport Press. September 11, 1969. p. 2. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Scott, Vernon (January 28, 1976). "Days Long for Actress". News-Journal. p. 16. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Martin, Bob (February 18, 1973). "Elizabeth Baur's a pistol-packin' cutie shooting for stardom". Independent Press-Telegram. p. 98. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Laurent, Lawrence (July 22, 1973). "Toledo Blade". Toledo Blade. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ↑ Laurent, Lawrence (August 6, 1973). "All that pulchritude and Burr too!". Tucson Daily Citizen. p. 20. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Elizabeth Baur Takes Over Role In Ironsides Series". The Times Recorder. February 13, 1972. p. 19. Retrieved September 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kleiner, Dick (August 11, 1974). "Elizabeth Baur Has Tough Role As Police Officer". California, Oxnard. Oxnard Press Courier. p. 94. Retrieved January 5, 2016 – via Newspaperarchive.com.
- ↑ The Return of Ironside. on IMDb . Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ↑ Barnes, Mike (October 11, 2017). "Elizabeth Baur, Actress on 'Ironside,' Dies at 69". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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