The daughter of a copper expert (William Stanley Eckert) and an actress and museum curator (May Davenport), character actress Anne Seymour was born on September 11, 1909 in New York City. She was the seventh generation of a theatrical family that could be tracked back to Ireland in 1740. Her great-uncle was the popular character actor Harry ...
Portrayed one of radio's noblest heroines from 1934 through 1945 the extremely popular soap drama "The Story of Mary Marlin." The show's theme was Debussy's "Clair de Lune." Anne was on radio from 1932 and also performed on such radio programs as "Grand Hotel" and "A Woman of America."
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Co-starred as Lily Montague on NBC Radio's "The Magnificent Montague" (1950-1951).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Practice
1986
TV Series
Mrs. Tinsley
Remington Steele
1986
TV Series
Mrs. Underwood
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
TV Series
Esther
Chiller
1985
TV Movie
Mrs. Bunch
Family Ties
1985
TV Series
May Keaton
T.J. Hooker
1984
TV Series
Mildred 'Millie' Jensen
Trancers
1984
Chairman Ashe
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
1983
Elk Woman
Close Ties
1983
TV Movie
Josephine
Cagney & Lacey
1982
TV Series
Ethel
Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1982
TV Movie
Mrs. Cunningham
Mr. Merlin
1981-1982
TV Series
Ann Wardell / Miss Wardell
ABC Afterschool Specials
1977-1981
TV Series
Dr. Bancroft / Miss Pemberthy
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
1981
TV Movie
Mrs. Lawson
Never Never Land
1980
Zena
Angel on My Shoulder
1980
TV Movie
Mrs. Martin
The Miracle Worker
1979
TV Movie
Aunt Ev
One Day at a Time
1979
TV Series
Estelle Cooper
Studs Lonigan
1979
TV Mini-Series
Nurse
Police Woman
1974-1978
TV Series
Mrs. Goddard
James at 16
1977
TV Series
Miss Moger
Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway
1976
TV Movie
Counterwoman
Police Story
1976
TV Series
Beatrice
Emergency!
1974-1976
TV Series
Former Head Nurse Mille Eastman / Mrs. Zimmerman
Hearts of the West
1975
Nietz' Housekeeper (uncredited)
Gemini Affair
1975
Agnes Wilson
Kung Fu
1975
TV Series
Mrs. Wright
The Last Survivors
1975
TV Movie
Susie Mansham
Planet of the Apes
1974
TV Series
Ann
Ironside
1972-1974
TV Series
Carrie Stephens / Lily / Mother Carrie
Harry O
1974
TV Series
Librarian
Lincoln
1974
TV Mini-Series
Mrs. Livingston
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
TV Movie
Miss Tilford
A Cry in the Wilderness
1974
TV Movie
Sam's Grandmother
Medical Center
1970-1974
TV Series
Judge / Dr. Bardman
The Wide World of Mystery
1974
TV Series
Lydia Baxter
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1973
TV Series
Judge Micklin
So Long, Blue Boy
1973
Martha
Adam's Rib
1973
TV Series
Judge
The F.B.I.
1973
TV Series
Mrs. Benson
Tenafly
1973
TV Series
Mrs. Windsor
Banyon
1973
TV Series
Consuelo
The Man
1972
Ma Blore
Bonanza
1972
TV Series
Miss Frost
Cade's County
1972
TV Series
Judge Tanner
Insight
1966-1972
TV Series
Grandmother / Mother
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1971
TV Series
Mrs. Walker
Bewitched
1966-1970
TV Series
Mirabelle / Adelaide Cosgrove
Gunsmoke
1959-1970
TV Series
Sarah / Mrs. Boggs / Cora
The Tim Conway Show
1970
TV Series
K.J. Crawford
Land of the Giants
1969
TV Series
Martha Cass
Daniel Boone
1969
TV Series
Corn Woman
How to Commit Marriage
1969
Molly - Baby's Nurse (uncredited)
Stay Away, Joe
1968
Mrs. Hawkins
Fitzwilly
1967
Grimsby
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
Gertrude Biggley (uncredited)
Love on a Rooftop
1966
TV Series
The Big Valley
1966
TV Series
Hannah Mathews
Waco
1966
Ma Jenner
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1966
TV Series
Sister Superior
Hazel
1965-1966
TV Series
Miss Kirkland / Miss Laura Kirkland / Laura Kirkland
Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine
1966
TV Series
Mrs. Lawrence
Blindfold
1965
Smitty
Run for Your Life
1965
TV Series
Mrs. Fielding
Dr. Kildare
1965
TV Series
Mrs. Canford
Mirage
1965
Mrs. Frances Calvin
Perry Mason
1963-1964
TV Series
Bonnie Mae Wilmet / Hetty Randall
Where Love Has Gone
1964
Dr. Sally Jennings
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
Irene
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
Myra Parker
Another World
1964
TV Series
Cornelia Exiter (1978)
The Defenders
1961-1964
TV Series
Julianna Tripp / Mrs. Schmidt
Mr. Novak
1963
TV Series
Mrs. Vreeland
The Doctors and the Nurses
1963
TV Series
Mrs. Webb
The Eleventh Hour
1963
TV Series
Jane Green
Empire
1962-1963
TV Series
Lucia Garrett / Lucia Garret
General Hospital
1963
TV Series
Beatrice Hewitt (1978-1979)
Checkmate
1962
TV Series
Mrs. Creighton
Death Valley Days
1962
TV Series
Naked City
1962
TV Series
Mrs. Beatrice Shaw
Rawhide
1961
TV Series
Mag
Cain's Hundred
1961
TV Series
Viola Ashlow
Ben Casey
1961
TV Series
Nancy Farrell
Adventures in Paradise
1961
TV Series
Mrs. Alice Webster
Bus Stop
1961
TV Series
Mrs. Grimes
Hawaiian Eye
1960-1961
TV Series
Mama Mahina / Mona Harmon Kane
Misty
1961
Grandma Beebe
My Three Sons
1961
TV Series
Mrs. Barr
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1960
TV Series
Indian Queen
The Detectives
1960
TV Series
Mrs. Martin
Thriller
1960
TV Series
Aunt Hortense Stafford
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
Mrs. Bixby
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
TV Series
Hazel / Emily Bell
The Subterraneans
1960
Charlotte Percepied
Pollyanna
1960
Mrs. Amelia Tarbell
Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
TV Series
Home from the Hill
1960
Sarah Halstead
Peter Gunn
1959
TV Series
Dean Norse
Handle with Care
1958
Matilda Iler
The Frank Sinatra Show
1958
TV Series
Mrs. Schulte
Desire Under the Elms
1958
Eben's Mother
The Gift of Love
1958
Miss McMasters
The Court of Last Resort
1957
TV Series
Martha
Man on Fire
1957
Judge Randolph
Lux Video Theatre
1952-1957
TV Series
Madame / Helen / Hannah
Four Boys and a Gun
1957
Mrs. Richards
The Alcoa Hour
1956
TV Series
Mary Elder
Studio One in Hollywood
1951-1956
TV Series
Carol Trasker / Martha / Mrs. Bailey / ...
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1952-1956
TV Series
Mrs. Muir
The Honeymooners
1955-1956
TV Series
Mrs. Stevens
Robert Montgomery Presents
1951-1956
TV Series
Sara / Linda Evans / Meta Logan / ...
Mr. Citizen
1955
TV Series
The Jackie Gleason Show
1954-1955
TV Series
Mrs. Fallon / Miss Lawrence / Madame Zelda - Fortune Teller
The United States Steel Hour
1953-1954
TV Series
Agnes Jardine / Mother
The Elgin Hour
1954
TV Series
Miss Summers
Ponds Theater
1954
TV Series
Mrs. Peabody
The Motorola Television Hour
1954
TV Series
Follow Your Heart
1953
TV Series
Mrs. MacDonald
Man Against Crime
1953
TV Series
Ma
Schlitz Playhouse
1953
TV Series
Party Guest
Martin Kane
1953
TV Series
Mrs. Fairchild
Mrs. Thanksgiving
1952
TV Movie
The Web
1952
TV Series
The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951
Mary London
All the King's Men
1949
Mrs. Lucy Stark
Raduga
1944
English Voice
Field of Dreams
1989
Chisolm Newspaper Publisher
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
Pearl
Ohara
1987
TV Series
Ivanovna
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1970-1986
TV Series
Maggie Hargrove / Aunt Winifred
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
This Is Your Life
1973
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Honeymooners Anniversary Celebration
1985
TV Movie
Miss Lawrence
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes