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Size | 5.0 linear feet feet of linear shelf space (approximately About 100 items items) |
Abstract | Actress Elizabeth MacRae appeared in several motion pictures and on many television shows in the course of her acting career. Her film roles include appearances in Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, as well as parts in For Love or Money, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Everything's Ducky, and others. On television, for three seasons, she played Gomer Pyle's girlfriend, Lou Ann Poovie, on Gomer Pyle, USMC, and, for another three seasons, she played Festus's girlfriend April on Gunsmoke. She had guest starring or co-starring roles on more than 50 television series, including Barnaby Jones, Kojak, Mannix, The Fugitive, Dr. Kildare, Andy Griffith, I Dream of Jeannie, 77 Sunset Strip, SurfSide 6, and numerous other shows. MacRae studied acting in New York City with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio and at the Art Student's League. MacRae was born in Columbia, S.C., and raised in Fayetteville, N.C. She was educated at the Holton Arms School in Washington, D.C. The collection includes materials relating to Elizabeth MacRae's acting career. Included are scripts of television programs, films, and plays in which she appeared. In a few cases, related items are filed with the script. There are also two publicity photographs of MacRae; an audiotape of an interview with MacRae in 1967; several videotapes, mostly of episodes of Gomer Pyle, USMC, in which MacRae appeared; and some films, including a copy of Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation. The addition of June 1999 contains scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and photographs relating to Elizabeth MacRae's career. The addition of April 2002 contains a playbill and newspaper clippings from a production of Picnic that featured MacRae. |
Creator | MacRae, Elizabeth. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Linda Sellars, 1999
Encoded by: Linda Sellars, January 1999
Updated by Benjamin Bromley in May 2009
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Elizabeth MacRae was born in Columbia, S.C., and raised in Fayetteville, N.C., where her father served as a Superior Court judge. Following completion of her studies at Fayetteville High and the Holton Arms School in Washington, D.C., she moved to New York City, where she studied acting with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio and took courses at the Art Student's League.
MacRae appeared in several motion pictures and on many television shows in the course of her acting career. She played guest starring or co-starring roles in more than 50 television series, including Rhoda, Barnaby Jones, Kojak, Mannix, The Fugitive, Dr. Kildare, Andy Griffith, I Dream of Jeannie, 77 Sunset Strip, SurfSide 6, and numerous other shows. She appeared for one year on Days of Our Lives and for three years on General Hospital. For three seasons, she played Gomer's girlfriend, Lou Ann Poovie, on Gomer Pyle, USMC, and, for another three seasons, she played Festus's girlfriend April on Gunsmoke. Her film roles include appearances in Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation, as well as parts in For Love or Money, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Everything's Ducky, and others.
MacRae passed away in May 2024, at the age of 88.
Back to TopThe collection includes materials relating to Elizabeth MacRae's acting career. Included are scripts of television programs, films, and plays in which she appeared. In a few cases, related items are filed with the script. There are also two publicity photographs of MacRae; an audiotape of an interview with MacRae in 1967; several videotapes, mostly of episodes of Gomer Pyle, USMC, in which MacRae appeared; and some films, including a copy of Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation. The addition of June 1999 contains scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and photographs relating to Elizabeth MacRae's career. The addition of April 2002 contains a playbill and newspaper clippings from a production of Picnic that featured MacRae.
Back to TopArrangement: by title and then by date.
Scripts of television programs, films, and plays in which actress Elizabeth MacRae had a role. In a very few cases, related items are included.
Arrangement: by format.
Three scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings, playbills, photographs, and other materials about the life and career of Elizabeth MacRae. The first scrapbook contains materials related to her early career, primarily on the stage; the second contains materials related to her time on Gomer Pyle, USMC, General Hospital, and in the film The Conversation; the third primarily contains photographs from the sets of various films and television shows.
Photograph Album PA-4952/1-3
PA-4952/1PA-4952/2PA-4952/3 |
Scrapbooks |
A playbill and two newspaper articles about the Cape Fear Regional Theatre's production of Picnic, in which Elizabeth MacRae appeared.
Box 7 |
Playbill and clippings |