American character actress Madlyn Rhue was one of television's most prolific actresses and has starred in everything from sitcoms to soap operas to drama series and films for nearly 40 years. Her beautiful looks, black/dark brown hair and hazel eyes got her the attention of television producers and she found herself guest starring on such series ...
The last television series Rhue appeared on was Murder, She Wrote (1984), in which she played the recurring character of a librarian. Series star Angela Lansbury reportedly had heard that Rhue was in danger of losing her Screen Actors Guild medical coverage because she was short of meeting the annual earnings requirement. Landsbury created the librarian character for Rhue and brought her in every three or four episodes so she could meet the requirements.
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After landing the role in Houston Knights (1987), she placed a full-page ad in Variety headlined, "See the new Madlyn Rhue".
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After going public with her MS, she was asked to participate in a National Multiple Sclerosis Society ad campaign. She initially turned it down, telling the Los Angeles Times that she had thought that the organization wanted her to do what she called "poor me" ads. She changed her mind after learning that the campaign would feature people with MS doing everything from scuba diving to skydiving. The 1988 ad showing Rhue in her wheelchair noted that she "can't walk so well anymore, but she can still perform." It was headlined, "Even with MS, Madlyn Rhue Is On a Roll."
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Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1977.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Baretta
1975
TV Series
Sharon Fowler
Police Story
1975
TV Series
Sue Ellen
Mannix
1969-1975
TV Series
Nedda Kordic / Marcia Inman / Laura Giles
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
TV Series
Maria
Ironside
1967-1974
TV Series
Amy Frost / Kate Dunhill / Betty Julian / ...
The Sex Symbol
1974
TV Movie
Joy Hudson
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1973
TV Series
Neva Boland
Barnaby Jones
1973
TV Series
Myra Stayley
Poor Devil
1973
TV Movie
Frances Emerson
Hawaii Five-O
1970-1973
TV Series
June Fleming / Madge
Circle of Fear
1972
TV Series
Georgia Strauss
Mission: Impossible
1972
TV Series
Adele Cooper
Banacek
1972
TV Series
Holly Allencamp
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972
Gloria Seagar
The Manhunter
1972
TV Movie
Teresa Taylor
Longstreet
1971
TV Series
Kim Anderson
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1971
TV Series
Dolores Carew
The Virginian
1963-1971
TV Series
Frankie Grace / Marie Valonne
Bracken's World
1969-1970
TV Series
Marjorie Grant
Land of the Giants
1970
TV Series
Bertha Fry
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1968
TV Series
Marion Hagger
It Takes a Thief
1968
TV Series
Melinda Garcia
Kenner
1968
Anasuya
Cowboy in Africa
1968
TV Series
Christie Blaine
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964-1967
TV Series
Angela Abaca / Clara Valder
Stranger on the Run
1967
TV Movie
Alma Britten
The Wild Wild West
1967
TV Series
Carlotta Waters
Captain Nice
1967
TV Series
Amanda Woolf
Star Trek
1967
TV Series
Marla
Iron Horse
1966
TV Series
Angela Burnett
The Fugitive
1964-1966
TV Series
Liz Roland / Sophie
Laredo
1966
TV Series
Dona Dolores
A Man Called Shenandoah
1965
TV Series
Ann Clayton
I Spy
1965
TV Series
Jean
Burke's Law
1965
TV Series
Manicurist
Slattery's People
1965
TV Series
Lupe Leon
Daniel Boone
1965
TV Series
Ester Moncour
The Defenders
1965
TV Series
Christine Knox
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964
TV Series
Lillian
He Rides Tall
1964
Ellie Daniels
Espionage
1964
TV Series
Susan Wilder
The Lieutenant
1963
TV Series
Jackie Madian
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
1963
Secretary Schwartz
Arrest and Trial
1963
TV Series
Christina Ortega
Kraft Mystery Theater
1963
TV Series
Girl
Rawhide
1963
TV Series
Inez Maldenado
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1963
TV Series
Consuela Sandino
77 Sunset Strip
1963
TV Series
Mrs. Knight
The Doctors and the Nurses
1963
TV Series
Rhoda Green
Route 66
1962
TV Series
Ara Rados
Escape from Zahrain
1962
Laila
Cain's Hundred
1962
TV Series
Margarita Safa
Bus Stop
1961
TV Series
Gloria White
A Majority of One
1961
Alice Black
Adventures in Paradise
1961
TV Series
Sherry Drake
The Ladies Man
1961
Miss Intellect
Stagecoach West
1961
TV Series
Maria Lorenz
The Westerner
1960
TV Series
Carla
The Untouchables
1960
TV Series
Sally Karpeles / Chickie Bernstein
General Electric Theater
1960
TV Series
Deborah
Checkmate
1960
TV Series
Irene Thorne
Hong Kong
1960
TV Series
Lola
Sugarfoot
1960
TV Series
Nora Sutton
Bonanza
1960
TV Series
Hatoya
The Roaring 20's
1960
TV Series
Julie Fiore
Outlaws
1960
TV Series
Rose Dabney
Bourbon Street Beat
1959-1960
TV Series
Nita Roulas / Lenore Lamartine
Pony Express
1960
TV Series
Ellen Fairchild
The Alaskans
1960
TV Series
Fay Loomis
Troubleshooters
1960
TV Series
Rhoda Spencer
Perry Mason
1960
TV Series
Marian Ames
Hotel de Paree
1960
TV Series
Sarah Carter
Laramie
1959
TV Series
Eve
Gunsmoke
1959
TV Series
Rusty
Tales of Wells Fargo
1959
TV Series
Linda
The Rebel
1959
TV Series
Beth Lassiter
Operation Petticoat
1959
Lt. Reid RN
Tightrope
1959
TV Series
Judy Brannen
The Miracle
1959
Nun Who Warns Teresa About Her Singing Love Songs (uncredited)