Amzie Strickland
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Amzie Strickland (b. January 10, 1919, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – d. July 5, 2006, Spokane, Washington) was a character actor who made some 650 television appearances, had roles in some two dozen films, appeared in numerous television movies, and worked on many commercials.
In a career spanning from the 1940s to 2001, she amassed well over 100 credits. She began her work as a radio actress during the old time radio era, and played a number of roles, including that of Cathy Evans, the girlfriend of private eye Brad Runyon (played by J. Scott Smart), in Dashell Hammett's "The Fat Man" which ran from 1947-1951.
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She appeared (sometimes on a recurring basis) on such TV shows as Gunsmoke, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone, Mission: Impossible, Happy Days, Carter Country, Bonanza, The Golden Girls, ER, 7th Heaven, Ellen, Wings, Alf, Father Dowling Mysteries, and Ned and Stacey
Her film credits included small or bit roles in Captain Newman, M.D., Kotch, Harper Valley PTA, Pretty Woman, Doc Hollywood, Krippendorf's Tribe, and the TV movies Tower of Terror and Inherit the Wind (see [1]).
She was married to radio & TV actor Frank Behrens; they had a son, Tim Behrens ([2]).
She died in 2006 in Spokane, Washington of Alzheimer's disease, aged 87.
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