Haila Stoddard (November 14, 1913 – February 21, 2011) was an American actress, producer, writer and director.During her career as an actress, Stoddard appeared in a number of plays, movies, and television series, including sixteen years as Pauline Rysdale in The Secret Storm from 1954 to 1970. Stoddard also worked as a producer, both independently and with her production company, Bonard Productions Incorporated, which Stoddard created with Helen Bonfils in 1960. In addition to adapting plays such as Come Play with Me and Men, Women, and Less Alarming Creatures, Stoddard also wrote plays, such as A Round With Ring (1969) and Zellerman, Arthur (1979).
(a few weeks before her death): I was never bored in bed. Until now.
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After playing Martha in the play, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1963: After that stint, there was nothing more I could do onstage as an actress so I turned to my greater fondness for writing, adapting, and producing.
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She was born in a train station in Great Falls, Montana, while her parents were traveling from Canada to Salt Lake City.
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She is survived by her son, Christopher Kirkland of Denver, Colorado; a daughter Robin Kirkland Macdonald of New York City; a stepdaughter, Erin O'Connor of Los Angeles, California; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
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She lived in Salt Lake City, Utah until she was eight years old when her family moved to Los Angeles, California.
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She graduated from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles with a Bachelor's Degree.