Lieux Dressler (born Louise Aldrich; February 27, 1930 – February 8, 2018) was an American film and television actress.

Life and career

Before becoming known as an actress, Dressler worked as a nightclub singer in Dallas. During this time, she was married to trombonist Morris Repass, with whom she had two sons.[1] In the 1960s, her marriage ended, and she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She operated an acting workshop, the Patio Playhouse,[2] where she developed techniques that continue to be taught at acting classes.

During the 1970s, she appeared on various television series, including Columbo, Gunsmoke, Kolchak: the Night Stalker, and The Rockford Files.[3] She was mostly recognized as Alice Grant, the long-suffering mother of Heather Grant Webber on the long-running daytime drama General Hospital from 1978-1983. She also appeared in feature films, most notably Truck Stop Women (1974), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977),[4] and Point of No Return (1993), after which she retired from acting.

Lieux Dressler Repass died on February 8, 2018, at the age of 87.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1970 That Girl Secretary Season 4 Episode 20: "Stocks & the Single Girl"
1970 The Young Lawyers Maria Morusco Season 1 Episode 7: "The Glass Prison"
1970 Room 222 Waitress / Mrs. Barnaby 2 episodes
1971 The Bold Ones: The Senator Mrs. Ford Season 1 Episode 6: "Some Day, They'll Elect a President"
1971 Columbo Ceil Gentry Season 1 Episode 2: "Death Lends a Hand"
1971 Sarge Wanda Harris Season 1 Episode 5: "A Push Over the Edge"
1971–1973 Gunsmoke Victoria / Susie / Liz 5 episodes
1972 The New Centurions Orville's Wife (uncredited)
1972 Grave of the Vampire Olga
1973 The Red Pony Dearie TV Movie
1973 Love, American Style Ruthie Season 5 Episode 3: "segment: Love and the Golden Memory"
1974 Truck Stop Women Anna
1974 Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love Mrs. Hastings (segment "Epicac") TV Movie
1974–1975 Police Woman Mrs. Kelso / Arlene DeWitt 2 episodes
1975 A Shadow in the Streets Lila TV Movie
1975 A Cry for Help Mae Dowd TV Movie
1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker Minerva Musso Season 1 Episode 18: "The Knightly Murders"
1975 The Blue Knight Waitress Season 1 Episode 0: "Pilot"
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man Elsa Miniseries (episode "Part II: Chapters 3 and 4")
1976 Medical Center Belle Season 7 Episode 20: "A Touch of Sight"
1976 The Return of the World's Greatest Detective Mrs. Slater TV Movie
1976 Hunter Desk Clerk Season 1 Episode 0: "Hunter"
1976 Baretta Minnie Season 3 Episode 3: "Runaway Cowboy"
1976 The Rockford Files Margaret Raucher Season 3 Episode 7: "So Help Me God"
1977 The Bob Newhart Show Lady on Elevator Season 5 Episode 19: "Death Be My Destiny"
1977 Eight Is Enough The Waitress Season 1 Episode 4: "Women, Ducks and the Domino Theory"
1977 Kingdom of the Spiders Emma Washburn
1977 Rafferty Fran Milligan Season 1 Episode 2: "Brothers & Sons"
1977 The Storyteller Housewife TV Movie
1978–1983 General Hospital Alice Grant 191 episodes
1986 Moonlighting Molly's Landlady Season 2 Episode 11: "The Bride of Tupperman"
1988–1989 Days of Our Lives Mabel 5 episodes
1989 TV 101 Secretary Season 1 Episode 7: "The Last Temptation of Checker: Part 1"
1993 Point of No Return Johnny's Mom

References

  1. ^ Waters, Rick (1995). "Music is my mistress". The TCU Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. ^ Rainey, Buck (1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines. Scarecrow Press. p. 427.
  3. ^ Abbott, Jon (2009). Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots. McFarland. p. 63.
  4. ^ Hughes, Howard (2014). Outer Limits: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films. p. 42.
  5. ^ "Remembering Louise Aldrich Dressler Repass (Mama Lieux)". Amy Jacquelyn Miller on Facebook. Retrieved 10 May 2023.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieux_Dressler
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