Jean Engstrom

{{Infobox person | name = Jean Engstrom | image = Jean Engstrom in One Step Beyond.jpg | caption = Jean Engstorm in ''One Step Beyond'' 1961 | birth_name = Flora Jean Bovie | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|7|25}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|3|20|1920|7|25}} | death_place = Hemet, California, U.S. | resting_place = Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery | occupation = | years_active = 1954–1966 | spouse = Richard H. Moon (1940 - ?) (divorced) (1 child)<br>Elliott Engstrom (1947-1997) (her death) | children = Jena Engstrom | website = }}

'''Jean Engstrom''' (born '''Flora Jean Bovie''';<ref name=Jean>{{cite web |title=Flora Jean Engstrom: California Death Index, 1940-1997 |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VP3J-JBP |publisher=FamilySearch.org |accessdate=20 April 2013}} </ref> July 25, 1920 – March 20, 1997) was an American actress active in regional theater, movies, and television in the 1950s and 1960s.

==Background== Engstrom was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 25, 1920,<ref name=Jean /><ref name=JeanDeathCertificate /> the elder of two children <ref name=1930census>{{cite web |title=Michigan, 1930 United States Federal Census |url=http://interactive.ancestry.com/6224/4608254_00292/14786588?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26MS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3d1930usfedcen%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsfn%3dFlora%26gsfn_x%3d1%26gsln%3dBovie%26gsln_x%3d1%26msrpn__ftp%3dMichigan%252c%2bUSA%26msrpn%3d25%26msrpn_PInfo%3d5-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3247%257c25%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c%26msrpn_x%3dXO%26msrpn__ftp_x%3d1%26dbOnly%3d_83004006%257c_83004006_x%252c_83004005%257c_83004005_x%26uidh%3dfk1%26pcat%3d35%26fh%3d0%26h%3d14786588%26recoff%3d%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord |publisher=Ancestry.com |accessdate=24 October 2013}} </ref> born to Clarence Augustus Bovie, <ref name=JeanDeathCertificate /> <ref name=Clarence> {{cite web |title=Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 |url= https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-21277-45587-48?cc=1307272&wc=M9SV-PP6:1123413517 |publisher=FamilySearch.org |accessdate=8 October 2013}} </ref> an artist<ref name=Clarence /> and commercial illustrator,<ref name=WWIDraft> {{cite web |title=United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 |url= https://familysearch.org/image/download?uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Fpal%3A%2FMM9.3.1%2FTH-1971-26465-59179-12%3Fcc%3D1968530%26wc%3DM9W1-HPX%3A2087396929 |publisher=FamilySearch.org |accessdate=8 October 2013}} </ref> and Nona Iola Cochrun.<ref name=JeanDeathCertificate /> <ref name=Nona> {{cite web |title=Nona I. Segers: California, Death Index, 1940-1997 |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VPHY-FZ6 |publisher=FamilySearch.org |accessdate=8 October 2013}} </ref> After her father's death,<ref name=Clarence /> 1930 census records show that she and her mother and younger brother were living with her father's mother (paternal grandmother) in Augusta, Michigan.<ref name=1930census /> In 1935, they were living in Battle Creek, Michigan.<ref name=1940censusBovie> {{cite web |title=California, 1940 United States Federal Census |url=http://interactive.ancestry.com/2442/m-t0627-00227-00339/70872847?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26MS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3d1940usfedcen%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsfn%3dNona%26gsfn_x%3d1%26gsln%3dBovie%26gsln_x%3d1%26msrpn__ftp%3dCalifornia%252c%2bUSA%26msrpn%3d7%26msrpn_PInfo%3d5-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3249%257c7%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c%26msrpn_x%3dXO%26msrpn__ftp_x%3d1%26dbOnly%3d_83004006-n%257c_83004006-n_x%252c_83004005-n%257c_83004005-n_x%252c_F0006AB0%257c_F0006AB0_x%252c_F000686E%257c_F000686E_x%252c_F0007256%257c_F0007256_x%252c_F0007257%257c_F0007257_x%252c_F0007258%257c_F0007258_x%26uidh%3dfk1%26pcat%3d35%26fh%3d0%26h%3d70872847%26recoff%3d%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord |publisher=Ancestry.com |accessdate=24 October 2013}} </ref> <ref name=1940censusMoon> {{cite web |title=California, 1940 United States Federal Census |url=http://interactive.ancestry.com/2442/m-t0627-00228-00293/72105292?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26MS_AdvCB%3d1%26db%3d1940usfedcen%26rank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d2%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-d%26gsfn%3dJean%26gsfn_x%3d1%26gsln%3dMoon%26gsln_x%3d1%26msrpn__ftp%3dCalifornia%252c%2bUSA%26msrpn%3d7%26msrpn_PInfo%3d5-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3249%257c7%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c0%257c%26msrpn_x%3dXO%26msrpn__ftp_x%3d1%26dbOnly%3d_83004006-n%257c_83004006-n_x%252c_83004005-n%257c_83004005-n_x%252c_F0006AB0%257c_F0006AB0_x%252c_F000686E%257c_F000686E_x%252c_F0007256%257c_F0007256_x%252c_F0007257%257c_F0007257_x%252c_F0007258%257c_F0007258_x%26uidh%3dfk1%26pcat%3d35%26fh%3d1%26h%3d72105292%26recoff%3d%26ml_rpos%3d2&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord |publisher=Ancestry.com |accessdate=24 October 2013}} </ref> When Engstrom was 16, the family moved to Southern California<ref name = stardom> {{cite news |last = |first = |title = Jean Engstrom: No Time for Stardom |newspaper = TV Guide |location = |date = September 6–12, 1958 |pages = 28–29 |url = }} </ref> and lived for a while with her maternal grandmother,<ref name=1940censusBovie /> and there she completed high school.<ref name=1940censusMoon /> On February 14, 1940, Flora Jean Bovie married Richard Harold Moon in Baldwin Park, California. <ref name=MoonBovieMarriage> {{cite web |title=California County Marriages, 1850-1952 |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29950-38603-92?cc=1804002&wc=M9MJ-745:n250636112 |publisher=FamilySearch.org |accessdate=24 October 2013}} </ref> On June 30, 1942, their only child, daughter Liana Jeanne Moon (later to be actress Jena Engstrom) was born.<ref name=LianaBirth> {{cite web |title=California Birth Index, 1905-1995 |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V27M-Y8T |publisher=FamilySearch.org |accessdate=25 October 2013}} </ref> Flora Jean and Richard Moon divorced, and in about 1947 she married her second husband,<ref name = stardom /> Elliott E. Engstrom,<ref name=JeanDeathCertificate /> who later adopted her daughter. They remained married until her death. In the mid-1980s she developed breast cancer,<ref name=JeanDeathCertificate> {{cite journal |title=State of California, Certificate of Death |id=Flora Jean Engstrom, State File Number 3 051997 037076, Local Registration Number 3199733002702 |publisher=State of California, Department of Public Health }} </ref> had a mastectomy in July 1985,<ref name=JeanDeathCertificate /> and died of breast cancer on March 20, 1997, in a convalescent hospital in Hemet, California.<ref name=JeanDeathCertificate /> Her body is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California.{{Citation needed |date=April 2021}}

==Career== Engstrom originally wanted to become a singer, but a crushed breast plate suffered in an automobile accident affected her vocal cords and she turned to modeling.<ref name = stardom /> A 1958 ''TV Guide'' article states that she began acting in 1940,<ref name = stardom /> while a 1962 syndicated news articles states that she began acting in 1951. Whenever her acting career started, she began acting with little theater groups in and around the Hollywood area.<ref name = stardom /> She later moved to work in movies and in television and during this time studied with Francis Lederer's improvisation group.<ref name = stardom /> She used the name Jean Engstrom professionally and during her career she appeared in over 50 plays, in at least eight movies, and in about 40 television programs before leaving acting.

===Theatrical career (regional theater)=== It is not clear when Engstrom began acting in regional theater, but she spent a lot of time working in theater. By the time of the 1962 syndicated news article she told the interviewer that she had appeared in 52 plays.<ref name=TeleVues> {{cite news |last=Vernon|first=Terry |title=Mother-Daughter Team On TV |newspaper=Long Beach (California) Independent |page=C-12 |date=16 January 1962}} </ref> Her most notable stage appearance may have come in January 1961 when she appeared in the title role of George Bernard Shaw's ''Candida'', co-starring Jeff Morrow and directed by John Newland. The play was produced by the Los Angeles-based acting, writing and directing group Projects '58 and televised by KNXT television in Los Angeles and shown by television stations across the country.<ref name=Candida>{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Fred H.|title=Shaw's 'Candida' To Be Feature On Sunday|newspaper=The Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post|page=54|date=12 April 1961}}</ref>

===Movie career=== A theatrical appearance with a stock company in Tucson, Arizona, led to a short-lived contract with Paramount Pictures.<ref name=TVGuide />

Most of Engstrom's movie appearances were in bit parts, and her first recorded appearances began in 1954 with roles as party guests in ''Drive a Crooked Road''<ref name=CrookedRoadTCM> {{cite web | title=Drive a Crooked Road | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/27616/drive-a-crooked-road | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906095541/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/27616/Drive-a-Crooked-Road/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 6, 2011 | work=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=October 25, 2013 }} </ref> starring Mickey Rooney and in ''A Star Is Born''<ref name= "Star2"> {{cite web |last= |first= |title=Movie – A Star Is Born (1954) |publisher=Turner Classic Movies (TCM) |url= https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/12836/a-star-is-born |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110926150146/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/12836/A-Star-Is-Born/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= September 26, 2011 |access-date=November 9, 2013 }} </ref> (1954) starring Judy Garland and James Mason. In 1956, she used the name Flora Jean Engstrom for the only time when she appeared in a small role in ''The Search for Bridey Murphy'',<ref name= "Search">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Movie – The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956) |publisher=Turner Classic Movies (TCM) |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/89347/the-search-for-bridey-murphy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917191451/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/89347/The-Search-for-Bridey-Murphy/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |access-date=November 9, 2013 }} </ref> starring Teresa Wright. Her larger roles came in more modest productions, receiving featured billing in the 1957 production ''Voodoo Island''<ref name= "Voodoo"> {{cite web |last= |first= |title=Movie – Voodoo Island (1957) |publisher=Turner Classic Movies (TCM) |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17376/voodoo-island |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927031933/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17376/Voodoo-Island/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=November 9, 2013 }} </ref> and the 1958 production ''The Space Children'', which are now cult classics. Her character Claire Winter in ''Voodoo Island'' is presented as a lesbian. She also appeared as a party guest in the 1958 film ''The Party Crashers''.<ref name="Party"> {{cite web |last= |first= |title=Movie – The Party Crashers (1958) |publisher=Turner Classic Movies (TCM) |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86304/the-party-crashers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126133820/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86304/The-Party-Crashers/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=November 9, 2013 }} </ref>

Her final movie appearance was a starring role in the 1965 Billy Graham-produced ''The Restless Ones''{{Citation needed |date=December 2020}} in which she played Mrs. Harris, the alcoholic mother of April, played by Kim Darby.

===Television career=== Engstrom began appearing in television in 1953<ref name = stardom /> although her earliest TV appearances have not been confirmed. Her first TV appearances recorded in current databases are in three 1955 episodes of ''Medic''<ref name=BreathofLife /><ref name=AlltheLonelyNights /><ref name= WhenMamaSaysJump /> starring Richard Boone. Between 1953 and 1965 she appeared in about 40 TV programs, mostly in supporting roles. She appeared in westerns, crime dramas, comedies, and contemporary dramas in which she often played mothers (including an unwed mother who gives birth during an episode of ''Have Gun, Will Travel''), but she also played wives and widows, a school psychologist, a social secretary, and even a deputy sheriff and a psychotic killer. In addition to her three appearances on ''Medic''<ref name=BreathofLife /><ref name=AlltheLonelyNights /><ref name=WhenMamaSaysJump /> she appeared twice more with Richard Boone in episodes of ''Have Gun, Will Travel''.{{Citation needed |date=December 2020}} She also made multiple appearances on other shows, including three appearances on ''Perry Mason''{{Citation needed |date=December 2020}} starring Raymond Burr and two appearances each on ''Peter Gunn''{{Citation needed |date=December 2020}} starring Craig Stevens, an electrifying turn as a diner keeper turned cold blooded killer on ''Highway Patrol'' (1957 U.S. TV series), two on ''Thriller''{{Citation needed |date=December 2020}} starring Boris Karloff, and two on ''Hazel''{{Citation needed |date=December 2020}} starring Shirley Booth. She appeared as Lonny Chapman's wife in "Dead Man's Tale", series 3 episode 17 of ''One Step Beyond'' in 1961.

===Mother and daughter=== Engstrom's daughter Liana was also an actress and appeared as Jena Engstrom in at least 37 television episodes between 1960 and 1964 (when it appears that she left acting for health reasons). Most on-line databases and this article have listed only two of the three TV shows in which they appeared together.

The first of the two shows listed is the April 1961 episode of the CBS program ''Rawhide'' titled "Incident of the Lost Idol" in which they appeared as mother and daughter. They had only one brief scene together as the story was not about their relationship. The second show listed is the January 1962 episode "To Sell Another Human Being" of ABC's ''The New Breed'', starring Leslie Nielsen,<ref name=Mother-Daughter>{{cite news|last=Vernon|first=Terry|title=Tele]Vues: Mother-Daughter Team On TV|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51539&iid=News-CA-IN.1962_01_16-0028&rc=588,342,745,380;2258,300,2410,338;650,625,714,658;1156,1242,1220,1275;1413,1242,1477,1275;1494,1242,1623,1275;1091,1383,1170,1416;974,1421,1040,1454;1056,1421,1204,1454;294,2600,382,2633;461,4458,523,4491;350,5300,417,5333;1138,1846,1255,1879;1431,1412,1561,1445;1553,1483,1630,1516;1441,1621,1581,1654;1358,1725,1430,1758;1329,2104,1467,2137;731,4892,793,4925;809,4892,948,4925;592,4925,656,4958;672,4925,816,4958;1729,3900,1858,3971&pid=504414236&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=The Long Beach (California) Independent, Page C-12|date=16 January 1963}}</ref> in which mother Jean played a wealthy woman who with her husband (played by Richard Arlen) adopt a baby through an adoption mill. The police get involved when the baby's natural mother, played by daughter Jena, tries to get her baby back. The third television show in with they appeared together is an unidentified 30-minute religious program presented in 1961 in which they played mother and daughter. In this story a girl (Jena) has trouble relating to her parents until a session with teenagers at a church is recorded and the recording made available to the parents to listen to. Appearing in this show with Jean and Jena Engstrom are Robert Stevenson as Jena’s father and Richard Evans as her boyfriend. This film, minus the opening and closing credits, has been posted on-line.<ref name=religious>{{cite web|title=F-9483|url=http://www.historicfilms.com/tapes/10790|date=1961|accessdate=4 August 2014}}</ref>

===Confused credits=== The acting credits of mother Jean and daughter Jena were confused at the time they were active together in the business resulting in mixed credits in newspapers and problems with pay checks.<ref name=Name>{{cite news|title=The Name's Almost the Same for Jean and Jena Engstrom|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51411&iid=News-TE-EX.1963_01_13-0079&rc=622,75,686,100;388,696,446,717;1974,2946,2148,3025;2192,2946,2540,3025;851,3125,913,3150;571,3379,631,3404;1106,3296,1191,3321;1101,3388,1171,3413;1514,3246,1571,3271;1533,3275,1655,3300;1556,3309,1616,3334;1846,3284,1902,3309&pid=504935503&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=San Antonio (Texas) Express and News, Page 10|date=13 January 1963}}</ref> The mixed credits appear in some Internet databases, but the situation is improving as site managers are posting corrections as the errors are discovered.

===DVDs=== Several of the television series listed below have been released by their studios on DVD that are available for sale or for rent. Those marked "Yes" include sets with the episodes featuring Jean Engstrom.

===Television roles===

Note: "Episode" column: 2.9 indicates Season 2, Episode 9, etc.

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! AIR DATE<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite web|title=Jean Engstrom |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jean-engstrom/credits/243182 |work=TV Guide |accessdate=21 April 2013}}</ref> !! SHOW !! EPISODE !! EPISODE TITLE !! CHARACTER !! NOTES !! DVD

| 1953-1955 || ''My Favorite Husband''<ref name = stardom /> || || || || No other information available about this appearance. ||

|-11-25-1961 GUNSMOKE Season 7, Episode 9 "MILLY" Milly

| Jan. 24, 1955 || ''Medic'' || 1.15 || "Breath of Life"<ref name=BreathofLife> {{cite AV media | people= Breath of Life | title= Medic: Disc 2 | medium= DVD (Disc 2) | publisher=Timeless Media Group | location = | year=2011 | url = }} </ref> || Nurse Blakeny || 1st of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes

| Sep. 15, 1955 || ''Medic'' || 2.1 || "All the Lonely Nights"<ref name=AlltheLonelyNights> {{cite AV media | people= All the Lonely Nights | title= Medic: Disc 3 | medium= DVD (Disc 3) | publisher=Timeless Media Group | location = | year=2011 | url = }} </ref>

|| Marian Castle || 2nd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes

|Oct. 31, 1955 || ''Medic'' || 2.7 || "When Mama Says Jump"<ref name=WhenMamaSaysJump> {{cite AV media | people= When Mama Says Jump | title= Medic: Disc 4 | medium= DVD (Disc 4) | publisher=Timeless Media Group | location = | year=2011 | url = }} </ref> || Mrs. Dixon || 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Nov. 15, 1955 || ''Big Town'' || 6.6 || "Prison Riot" || || || |- | May 1, 1957 || ''State Trooper'' || 1.32 || "Diamonds Come High"<ref name=DiamondsComeHigh> {{cite AV media | people= Diamonds Come High | title= State Trooper: Disc 3 | medium= DVD (Disc 3) | publisher=Timeless Media Group | location = | year=2010 | url = }} </ref> || Deputy Sheriff Lili Haskell || || Yes |- |May 3, 1957|| ''The West Point Story''<ref name = stardom /> || 1.32 || "Flareup"<ref name = Flareup> {{cite AV media | people= Flareup | title= West Point: Disc 3 | medium= DVD (Disc 3) | publisher= Timeless Media Group | location= | year= 2013 | url= }} </ref> || Colonel’s Wife || || Yes |- | Dec. 24, 1957 || ''Telephone Time'' || 3.16 || "A Picture of the Magi"<ref name=PictureoftheMagiNewspaper>{{cite news|title=Picture of the Magi – Telephone Time (TV series) |url=http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/doc/v2:136E6A0F0DF56B38@GBNEWS-13C0C8FFF33C299F@2436195-13C0C6080830D4E3@62/?&s_dlid=DL0113102921283102616&s_ecproduct=SUB-Y-4895-R&s_ecprodtype=RENEW-A-R&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2011%2F20%2F2013&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=11%2F20%2F2013&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=apo288nyny@aol.com&s_accountid=AC0109111902193331802&s_upgradeable=no |newspaper=The San Diego Union|date=December 22, 1957|page=Section e, Page 63 |accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Magi> {{cite AV media | people= A Picture of the Magi | title= Two Holiday Classics: A Picture of the Magi and The Christmas Carol | medium= DVD | publisher=Westlake Entertainment Group | location = | year=2005 | url = }} </ref> || Elga || || Yes |- | Jan. 6, 1958 || ''Highway Patrol'' || 3.14 || "Hideout""<ref name=Hideout> {{cite AV media | people= Hideout | title= Highway Patrol Complete Season 3 | medium= DVD (Disc 2) | publisher=TGG Direct, LLC | location = | year=2013 | url = }} </ref> || Flo Durfee || || Yes |-

|Apr. 6, 1958|| ''General Electric Theater'' || 6.26 || "No Hiding Place" || Mrs. Lindsay || || |- | Jul. 15, 1958 || ''Shirley Temple Theatre'' || 1.9 || "The Little Lame Prince"<ref name = "lame prince">{{cite news |last= |first= |title=Cold Gift publicity photo of Rex Thompson and Jean Engstrom in the 'Little Lame Prince' episode of The Shirley Temple Theatre. |newspaper=The Daily Review |location=Hayward, California |date=July 11, 1958 |pages=26 |url=http://interactive.ancestry.com/51286/News-CA-DA_RE_2.1958_07_11-0026/502508570?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgst%3d-6&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&rc=1410,3441,1472,3474;1850,3541,1914,3574;1533,4854,1608,4887;3583,2242,3656,2275;3945,2275,4035,2308;3886,2483,3964,2516;3814,5446,3895,5483;3915,5446,4077,5483;3463,5521,3549,5558;3570,5521,3763,5558 |accessdate=November 9, 2013 }} </ref> || Snow Maiden || || |- | Apr. 6, 1959 || ''Peter Gunn'' || 1.28 || "Pay Now, Kill Later" || Lady Customer || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Dec. 6, 1960 || ''Thriller'' || 1.12 || "The Big Blackout" || Nurse Sue || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Jan. 17, 1961 || ''Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'' || 3.17 || "Dead Man's Tale" || Jan Werris || || |- | Feb. 13, 1961 || ''Peter Gunn'' || 3.19 || "I Know It's Murder" || Helene Eustis || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Feb. 16, 1961 || ''Gunslinger'' || 1.2 || "The Hostage Fort" || Mrs. Barnes || || |- | Mar. 18, 1961 || ''Have Gun, Will Travel'' || 4.26 || "The Gold Bar" || Leah ||1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Apr. 16, 1961 || ''Rawhide'' || 3.24 || "Incident of the Lost Idol"<ref name = Idol> {{cite AV media | people = "Incident of the Lost Idol" (1961) | title = Rawhide: The Third Season: Volume 2 | medium = DVD (Disc 3) | publisher = CBS DVD | location = | year = 2008 | url = }} </ref> || Mrs. Manson || Daughter Jean Engstrom also appears in this episode. || Yes |- | Oct. 16, 1961 || ''87th Precinct'' || 1.4 || "The Modus Man" || Mrs. Renfew || || Yes |- | Dec. 7, 1961 || ''The Investigators'' || 1.10 || "Panic Wagon" || Frieda Gregory || || |- |Jan 16,1962 || ''The New Breed'' || 1.16 || "To Sell Another Human Being"<ref name=Mother-Daughter /> || Carol Willets || Daughter Jena Engstrom also appears in this episode. || |- | Feb. 1, 1962 || ''Hazel'' || 1.18 || "Hazel's Secret Wish" || Mrs. Camden || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Feb 9, 1962 || ''Route 66'' || 2.18 || "How Much a Pound Is Albatross?" || Dr. Bell || || Yes |- | Apr. 9, 1962 || ''Thriller'' || 2.28 || "The Innocent Bystanders" || Anne Grant || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Sep. 20, 1962 || ''Hazel'' || 2.1 || "Hazel's Cousin" || June Lowell || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Oct. 4, 1962 || ''Perry Mason'' || 6.2 || "The Case of the Capricious Corpse" || Claudia Demming || 1st of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Oct. 6, 1962 || ''Have Gun, Will Travel'' || 6.4 || "A Place for Abel Hix" || Mrs. Hix ||2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Mar. 24, 1963 || ''This Is the Life'' || || "Side By Side" || Laura Blair || || |- | Apr. 23, 1963 || ''Empire'' || 1.29 || "65 Miles Is a Long, Long Way" || Mrs. Sangster || || |- | Oct. 3, 1963 || ''The Donna Reed Show'' || 6.3 || "Whatever You Wish" || Ellen Farrell || || |- | Nov. 15, 1963 || ''The Farmer's Daughter'' || 1.9 || "Miss Cheese" || Saleslady || || |- | Dec. 20, 1963 || ''The Great Adventure'' || 1.11 || "A Boy at War" || Elizabeth || || |- | Jan 9, 1964 || ''Perry Mason'' || 7.14 || "The Case of the Accosted Accountant" || Vera Hillman || 2nd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Oct. 20, 1964 || ''Mr. Novak'' || 2.4 || "Little Girl Lost" || Mrs. Currie || || |- | Apr. 22, 1965 || ''Dr. Kildare'' || 4.30 || "Believe and Live" || Dr. Larson's Nurse || || |- | Nov. 14, 1965 ||''Bonanza'' || 7.10 || "The Strange One" || Francine || || |- | Dec. 19, 1965 || ''Perry Mason'' || 9.14 || "The Case of the Golden Girls" || Corinne Richland || 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes |- | Dec. 23, 1965 ||''My Three Sons'' || 6.14 || "Douglas a Go-Go" || Mrs. Hargrove || || |- | Feb. 2, 1966 ||''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'' || 3.12 || "When Hell Froze" || Hattie House || || |- | Oct. 5, 1966 || ''Death Valley Days'' || 15.4 || "Brute Angel" || Esther McBain || || |- | Nov 14, 1966 || ''Family Affair'' || 1.9 || "A Matter for Experts" || Edith Morse, Phd. || (final television appearance) || Yes |}

===Movie roles===

{|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! RELEASE<ref name=TVGuide /> !! TITLE !! CHARACTER !! COMMENTS !! DVD |- | Mar. 10, 1954 || ''Drive a Crooked Road''<ref name=CrookedRoadTCM /> || party guest || Uncredited || |- | Oct. 16, 1954 || ''A Star Is Born''<ref name = "Star2" /> || Malibu party guest || Uncredited || Yes |- | Oct. 1, 1956 || ''The Search for Bridey Murphy''<ref name = "Search" /> || hysterical woman || As Flora Jean Engstrom, Uncredited || |- | Feb. 1957 || ''Voodoo Island''<ref name = "Voodoo" />|| Claire Winter || || Yes |- |Jun. 1958 || ''The Space Children''<ref name= "Space Children"> {{cite web |last= |first= |title=Movie – The Space Children (1958) |publisher=Turner Classic Movies (TCM) |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90979/the-space-children |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917002841/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90979/The-Space-Children/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |access-date=November 9, 2013 }} </ref> || Peg Gamble || || Yes |- | Sep. 1958 || ''The Party Crashers''<ref name = "Party" /> || May || Uncredited || |- | Nov. 28, 1961 || ''The Errand Boy''<ref name="TV Guide-Errand Boy"> {{cite web |title=TV Guide: The Errand Boy |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/the-errand-boy/cast/114006 |work=TV Guide |accessdate=November 11, 2013}} </ref> || bit role || Uncredited || Yes |- | Dec. 2, 1965 || ''The Restless Ones'' || Mrs. Harris (April's Mother) || || Yes |}

== References == {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0257761}} * {{Find a Grave|85240245}}

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