A true sunny delight, actress Jean Byron will be fondly remembered for her three-season-long role as vivacious "Natalie Lane", the grounding mom of "identical cousin" Patty Duke on The Patty Duke Show (1963), the one who was always around to help teenage Patty regroup when "a hot dog made her lose control". Jean was born with the unlikely marquee ...
December 10, 1925, Paducah, Kentucky, United States
Died
February 3, 2006, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Place Of Birth
Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Height
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Spouse
Michael Ansara (m. 1955–1956)
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Quote
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TV was kind of like the old silent days. You hit your marks and said your lines and, boy, if you could print on the first take you would work again. There was no fooling around.
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Fact
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In the 1950s, she was briefly married to actor Michael Ansara.
A friend of Tommy Dorsey, she occasionally sang with the big band while she was filming in New York. She played regional theaters with Shirley Jones and Virginia Mayo, played Mama Rose in "Gypsy" and sang in "Guys And Dolls."
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mike Hammer
1958
TV Series
Miss Lewis
Official Detective
1957
TV Series
Lola Paul
Code 3
1957
TV Series
Marie
Telephone Time
1957
TV Series
Miss Morton
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1957
TV Series
Wilma Standish
Panic!
1957
TV Series
Miss Flanders
Science Fiction Theatre
1955-1956
TV Series
Cathy Parker / Ada March / Laura Gilmore / ...
Soldiers of Fortune
1955-1956
TV Series
Margarita Verde / Jan Forrest
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
TV Series
Katherine Cheney
Johnny Concho
1956
Pearl Lang
My Friend Flicka
1956
TV Series
Barbara Schuyler
TV Reader's Digest
1955-1956
TV Series
Claire / Sally / Head Nurse
Studio 57
1954-1956
TV Series
Mary Kirk / Betty Madden / Mary Carlyle / ...
Celebrity Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Fury
1956
TV Series
Cynthia Landon
Matinee Theatre
1955
TV Series
You Are There
1955
TV Series
Caroline Lucas
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954-1955
TV Series
Irene Larrimore / Mrs. Carver
There's Always Tomorrow
1955
Miss Byron - Saleswoman (uncredited)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953-1955
TV Series
Teacher / Vanessa Vorden
Stage 7
1955
TV Series
Mary
Jungle Moon Men
1955
Ellen Marsten
The Millionaire
1955
TV Series
Betty Jane Ryan / Bea Ryan
Big Town
1955
TV Series
Passport to Danger
1955
TV Series
Belle
It's a Great Life
1954
TV Series
Harriet
Schlitz Playhouse
1954
TV Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1954
TV Series
The Lone Wolf
1954
TV Series
Receptionist
Mr. & Mrs. North
1954
TV Series
Gwen Thurston
City Detective
1954
TV Series
Reesa / Jean
Mayor of the Town
1954
TV Series
Minnie
Serpent of the Nile
1953
Charmian
The Magnetic Monster
1953
Connie Stewart
Voodoo Tiger
1952
Phyllis Bruce
The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights
1999
TV Movie
Natalie Lane
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
1989
Gallery Buyer (as Jeane Byron)
The Perfect Match
1988
Mom (as Jeane Byron)
Hotel
1987
TV Series
Dorothy Anderson
Valet Girls
1987
Edie Smegmite (as Jeane Byron)
Advice to the Lovelorn
1981
TV Movie
Mrs. Crowley (as Jeane Byron)
The Jeffersons
1981
TV Series
Mavis
The Brady Girls Get Married
1981
TV Movie
Mrs. Covington (as Jeane Byron)
Happy Days
1980
TV Series
Mrs. Korrigan
Police Woman
1974-1976
TV Series
Rita / Cora
Jigsaw John
1976
TV Series
Mrs. Murdock
The Rookies
1973-1975
TV Series
Mrs. Mullins / Mrs. Mann / Judge
S.W.A.T.
1975
TV Series
Nurse Marlowe
Maude
1974
TV Series
Housekeeper Applicant
The Death Squad
1974
TV Movie
Commissioner's Wife (as Jeane Byron)
Barnaby Jones
1973
TV Series
Mod Squad
1969-1972
TV Series
Laura Johnson / Maida Staton / Mrs. Stedman
Where Does It Hurt?
1972
Dr. Kincaid (as Jeane Byron)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
Book Store Owner (uncredited)
Mannix
1972
TV Series
Helen
McCloud
1972
TV Series
Evelyn Rhineheart
Ironside
1971
TV Series
Saleslady
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1971
TV Series
Dr. Koerner
Men at Law
1971
TV Series
Judge
Columbo
1971
TV Series
Pat
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971
TV Movie
House Party Guest (uncredited)
Here's Lucy
1971
TV Series
Mrs. McClay
Nancy
1970
TV Series
Mrs. Bell
Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour
1970
TV Series
Anita Nose
Flareup
1969
Jerri Benton (as Jeane Byron)
Batman
1968
TV Series
Mrs. Linseed
The Patty Duke Show
1963-1966
TV Series
Natalie Lane
Best of Patty Duke
1963
TV Movie
Natalie Lane
Wall of Noise
1963
Mrs. Muriel Harrington
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959-1963
TV Series
Dr. Imogene Burkhart
Mrs. Ruth Adams
Laramie
1962
TV Series
Annie Whitaker / Norma Frances
Cheyenne
1957-1962
TV Series
Deborah Morse / Alice Norris / Ruth Francis / ...
The Detectives
1962
TV Series
Livona Hart
Zelda
1962
TV Movie
Daddy-O
1961
TV Movie
Polly
Bus Stop
1961
TV Series
Helen Adamson
Hennesey
1961
TV Series
Gloria Grayson
Tallahassee 7000
1961
TV Series
Mrs. Frazier
Full Circle
1960
TV Series
Kit Aldrich
Tightrope
1960
TV Series
Marla Keel
Hawaiian Eye
1960
TV Series
Karen Ward
Bourbon Street Beat
1959-1960
TV Series
Grace Carvay / Martha Delastone
77 Sunset Strip
1960
TV Series
Claire
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
1959
TV Series
Miss Diffendorf
Invisible Invaders
1959
Phyllis Penner
State Trooper
1956-1959
TV Series
Stella Bender / Millie Marvin / Beverly / ...
Lux Playhouse
1958
TV Series
Yancy Derringer
1958
TV Series
Dorinda Ashton
The Lux Show
1958
TV Series
Lux pitchwoman
Jefferson Drum
1958
TV Series
Angela
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Patty Duke Show
1963
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Horrible Horror
1986
Video
Phyllis Penner, In clips from 'Invisible Invaders'