Mary Beth Hughes

AKA: Mary Elizabeth Hughes

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1919-11-13

Alton, Illinois, USA

Biography

Mary Beth Hughes (November 13, 1919) – August 27, 1995) was an American film, television, and stage actress best known for her roles in B movies.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {73}

Rose Mapen/Rose Swanson

1943-03-11 7.7

The Ox-Bow Incident

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot. ...

Genre :Western, Drama

Miss Trimmerback

1939-09-01 7.1

The Women

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Kitty Reed

1944-10-27 2.7

I Accuse My Parents

Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Betty Higgins

1939-11-10 0

The Covered Trailer

The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance repres ...

Genre :Comedy

Vera

1954-03-28 6.6

Loophole

Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft, Donovan is fired from his job. He is then prevente ...

Genre :Crime

Silky

1949-09-15 6

The Devil's Henchmen

Insurance agent Jesse Arno is posing as a sailor while on the trail of a gang of waterfront thieves, supposedly headed by Tip Banning. Arno is aware that a gang member has been murdered by Rhino, Bann ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Marge Martin

1950-03-01 6.324

Young Man with a Horn

Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempes ...

Genre :Drama, Music, Romance

Connie Wallace

1945-01-13 6.2

The Great Flamarion

A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Joanne La Marre

1941-08-08 6.3

Dressed to Kill

A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby. ...

Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Caroline Steele

1942-09-04 6.292

Orchestra Wives

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an ...

Genre :Drama, Music, Romance

Joan Reynolds

1941-09-05 6.2

Charlie Chan in Rio

In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder. ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Terry Smith - Bar Girl

1954-01-20 5.8

Highway Dragnet

An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the m ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jean Maxwell

1948-10-15 5

Inner Sanctum

A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house. ...

Genre :Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Vicki McGuire

1945-05-16 4.4

The Lady Confesses

An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance -- thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her. ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Lola Tremaine

1948-03-05 4

Caged Fury

Big cats are killing people... after being trained by a twisted lion tamer. ...

Genre :Action, Adventure

Ethel Novack

1948-06-25 4

Waterfront at Midnight

Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined Barstow's gang. Things get worse after a bloody s ...

Genre :Crime

Helen Carlson

1941-03-14 6.3

Sleepers West

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness. ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery

Anna

1940-06-14 7

Four Sons

Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name. ...

Genre :Drama, History, War

Jeanette, the waitress

1955-12-25 2.7

Dig That Uranium

The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much worthless. However, the local badmen are distrustful of these new strangers, and when they mistakenly get ...

Genre :Comedy

Mabel Dooley

1955-05-15 5.2

Las Vegas Shakedown

A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Polly

1949-03-25 4.5

Rimfire

An undercover Army captain links missing gold and murder to a gambler's ghost. ...

Genre :Western

Sylvia Manners

1940-08-30 6.3

The Great Profile

An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne, Lionel Atwill and Edward Brophy. ...

Genre :Comedy

Merle Garland

1942-01-06 6.3

Blue, White, and Perfect

In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industria ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery, Romance

Lola

1940-06-28 5.6

Lucky Cisco Kid

Cisco and Gordito arrive to find there is an outlaw operating in the area who is assumed to be the Cisco Kid. When a reward is offered for his capture and a large shipment of money goes out, Cisco is ...

Genre :Western

Jerry Lawrence

1939-10-06 5.1

Fast and Furious

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their b ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Terry Williams

1948-12-27 2.6

Last of the Wild Horses

A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit. ...

Genre :Western

June McGuire

1945-04-17 5.6

Rockin' in the Rockies

Rancher Rusty Williams is away at agricultural college and leaves his spread in the hands of his older cousin Shorty. Shorty wants to do more than run a ranch, however -- he wants to prospect for gold ...

Genre :Western, Comedy

Anne O'Rourke

1943-08-27 0

Melody Parade

The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing. ...

Genre :Romance, Music, Drama

Ann

1939-08-18 5.5

These Glamour Girls

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she sta ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Cleo

1957-10-27 4.6

Gun Battle at Monterey

An outlaw saved by a Mexican girl hunts the holdup partner who shot him in the back. ...

Genre :Romance, Western

Stagecoach Nellie

1949-03-22 5.719

El Paso

Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas to get the signa ...

Genre :Western

Sally Slocum

1941-04-18 4.2

Ride on Vaquero

The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army regiment, to help break up a kidnap ring. On his way to Las ...

Genre :Western

Julie Stewart

1949-11-29 5.2

Riders in the Sky

When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle business with his pal Chuckawal ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Music, Western

Arlene

1951-10-01 6.5

Close to My Heart

A journalist's wife insists on adopting an abandoned child. ...

Genre :Drama

Crystal Wayne

1941-05-16 0

The Cowboy and the Blonde

A western rodeo rider is cast in a starring role in a new Hollywood film, but his temperamental and spoiled leading lady proves difficult to tame. ...

Genre :Western, Comedy

Elaine Graham

1944-01-13 5.7

Timber Queen

Russ Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of his, Elaine Graham. The logging company she inherited is doing poorly, but Elaine gets an order in for a ...

Genre :Drama

June Lawrence

1940-04-06 4.75

Star Dust

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Mrs. Leeds

1958-02-13 0

No Time at All

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people on the ground. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mamie (voice)

1939-03-17 6

Within the Law

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Girl at Party (uncredited)

1939-04-07 6.2

Broadway Serenade

A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without ...

Genre :Romance, Drama, Music

"Toddy" Tobin

1939-09-29 6.2

Dancing Co-Ed

After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Polo Match Spectator

1939-04-14 6.5

The Kid From Texas

A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance, Western

Bride

1939-05-26 5.1

Bridal Suite

A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Music

Linda Roberts

1971-08-13 2

How's Your Love Life?

Jack Romanti runs a theater company that offers sexual therapy as well as a break in the movie business to insecure and inexperienced young new talents. This boils down to them being pimped out to spo ...

Genre :Drama

Jerry Daily

1940-03-28 8

Free, Blonde and 21

Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Dolly O'Brien

1943-04-01 0

Follow the Band

A farmer from Vermont travels to New York and becomes a successful singer in a nightclub. ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

Lily Durrell

1944-02-12 4

Men on Her Mind

A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a singer, as she tries to decide which of her three suitors she will choose. ...

Genre :Music, Drama

Patricia Cordry aka Pat Preston

1942-01-15 0

Over My Dead Body

Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears seve ...

Genre :Mystery, Comedy

Mira Bryon

1943-05-07 0

Good Morning, Judge

A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is the plaintiff's attorney. ...

Genre :Comedy

Flo Parker

1943-11-19 6

Never a Dull Moment

Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers). ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

Gaye Livingston

1944-06-09 0

Take It Big

Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky d ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Music

Lola May

1942-03-06 5

The Night Before the Divorce

Marital comedy with a dash of murder. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

Judy Marlowe

1948-08-13 0

The Return of Wildfire

In this above-average western, a villainous land grabber attempts to force horse ranchers to sell their ranches so he can become king of the horse market. One stubborn rancher refuses to relent and hi ...

Genre :Western

1971-01-01 3.2

The Blue Hour

THE BLUE HOUR tells the story of Tanya, a young woman with a mysterious past who finds herself trapped in a sexual hell in Los Angeles. Punctuated by striking visuals and avant-garde editing, THE BLU ...

Genre :Drama

Barbara Clayton

1949-11-11 4

Square Dance Jubilee

Two talent scouts for a New York-based country music TV show called "Square Dance Jubilee" are sent out West to get authentic western singing acts. They find what they're looking for, but also get mix ...

Genre :Western, Music

Adele Blair

1941-12-01 5.2

Design for Scandal

A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry boss (Edward Arnold) expects him to discredit. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Alice

1950-10-30 0

Holiday Rhythm

A young executive is trying to convince an airline to sponsor a travel show on television, but he's not getting anywhere. When he tells his fiancé that he may have to postpone their honeymoon, she goe ...

Genre :Music

Mrs. Borden

1974-10-05 4.6

The Working Girls

A groupie, an escort, and a strip club dancer get thrown into danger by the illegal activities of the men they love. ...

Genre :Comedy

Millie

1948-09-19 6

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Terry Lee

1949-05-19 0

Grand Canyon

A film company is shooting a western on location when the star breaks his leg. A local mule herder, who had never acted before, is "shanghaied" into taking over the role. Complications ensue. ...

Genre :Comedy, Western, Romance

1951-12-16 6.4

Dragnet

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures f ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Ginger Ferris

1948-11-07 5

Studio One

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the an ...

Genre :Drama

Sarah

1959-01-09 7.1

Rawhide

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama. ...

Genre :Western, Drama

Self

1964-01-04 4.5

The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, ...

Genre :Comedy

1957-09-20 7.1

The Thin Man

Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple, Nick's past frequently caught up with him and got th ...

Genre :Drama

1955-10-31 5

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was prod ...

Genre :Drama

1948-10-03 6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respe ...

Genre :Drama

Dolly King

1958-09-06 6.8

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was ...

Genre :Western, Action & Adventure, Drama

1951-06-07 6

Racket Squad

Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in s ...

Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime

1954-03-11 6

Public Defender

The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 19 ...

Genre :Drama

1954-10-04 5.5

December Bride

December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953. ...

Genre :Comedy

Lola

1959-01-09 7.1

Rawhide

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama. ...

Genre :Western, Drama

Dixie King

1952-12-05 7.2

The Abbott and Costello Show

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns. ...