{{Short description|American actress (born 1940)}} {{Distinguish|Marilyn Manson|Marilyn Mason|Marilyn Masson|||text=|selfref=}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Marlyn Mason | image = Marlyn Mason 1976.JPG | image_size = | caption = Mason in 1976 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|08|07}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|San Fernando, California, U.S.<ref name="ddg">{{cite book|last1=Lisanti|first1=Tom|title=Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties|date=January 2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786415755|page=178|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hwFbcgV_LDgC&q=%22Marlyn+Mason%22&pg=PA117|access-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref>}} | death_date = | death_place = | years_active = 1960–present | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|producer}} | spouse = J. Raymond Henderson (1960–1962)<br />{{marriage|Lee Harman|1972}} }}
'''Marlyn Mason''' (born August 7, 1940) is an American actress and producer.
==Early life== Mason was born in San Fernando, California, and was named after a friend of a friend of her mother. Mason moved to Hollywood after she finished high school.<ref>{{cite news |title=she likes 'older men' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70323215/marlyn-mason/ |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=The Shreveport Journal |date=March 3, 1967 |page=45|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Career== Mason played the role of Nikki Bell, a Braille teacher who became the title character's business partner,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mahan |first1=Bill |title=Career of Marilyn [sic] Mason Traced |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/70314110/marlyn-mason/ |access-date=February 13, 2021 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |agency=Register and Tribune Syndicate, Inc. |date=October 13, 1971 |page=7 F|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> in the television series ''Longstreet'' (1971–1972), which starred James Franciscus.<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of television shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=621|edition=2nd}}</ref>
Her other acting credits include roles in ''Hogan's Heroes'' (two episodes as underground operative "Lily Frankel", a Marlene Dietrich-style nightclub singer}, ''My Three Sons'', ''Burke's Law'', ''The New Phil Silvers Show'', ''Kentucky Jones'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Big Valley'', ''Ben Casey'', ''Dr. Kildare'' (in a recurring role), ''Laredo'', ''Occasional Wife'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''I Spy'', ''The F.B.I.'', ''Mission Impossible'', ''The Fugitive'', ''Mannix'', ''Vega$'',''The Invaders'', ''The Odd Couple'', ''Love, American Style'', ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', ''Cannon'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'', ''Wonder Woman'', ''The Bronx Zoo'', ''Charles in Charge'', ''Ironside'', ''Jake and the Fatman'', and in the episode "The Mask of Adonis" from the 1977 series ''Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected'' (known in the United Kingdom as ''Twist in the Tale''). She guest-starred on the final ''Perry Mason'' episode, "The Case of the Final Fadeout," portraying Erna Landry, a 'nice-girl' actress of a television show. She played Sgt. Margo Demarest in ''Twelve O'Clock High'' Season 3, Episode 9 "The Fighter Pilot".{{Citation needed |date=February 2021}}
Mason played a principal role in the original 1967–68 Broadway production of ''How Now, Dow Jones'', opposite Tony Roberts.<ref>{{cite web|title=("Marlyn Mason" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?shows=on&people=on&theatres=on&q=Marlyn+Mason&qasset=00000150-ac81-d16d-a550-ecbf00d90004|website=Playbill Vault|access-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref>
She appeared in the motion picture films ''Because They're Young'' (her film debut, in an uncredited role), ''The Trouble with Girls'', and ''Making It''. In 2019, she starred in the feature film ''Senior Love Triangle'' as the character Jeanie.<ref>{{Citation |title=Senior Love Triangle |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/senior_love_triangle |language=en |access-date=2022-08-13}}</ref> She appeared in such television movies as ''That Certain Summer'', ''Outrage'', ''Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan'', ''Last of the Good Guys'', ''The New Adventures of Heidi'', ''My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn'', and ''Fifteen and Pregnant''.
==Personal life== Mason was married to musician J. Raymond Henderson from 1960 to 1962. She married Lee Harman in 1972.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}}
==See also== {{Portal|California|Los Angeles|Film|Television}}
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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{IMDb name|id=0556848|name=Marlyn Mason}} * {{IBDB name|101839}} * {{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Nick|title=Marlyn Mason is more than an 'Elvis Girl'|url=http://newsok.com/marlyn-mason-is-more-than-an-elvis-girl/article/5585265/|access-date=March 10, 2018|work=The Oklahoman|date=March 4, 2018|language=en}}
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