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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Myrna Fahey (12 March 1933 - 6 May 1973) was an American actress best known for her role as Maria Crespo in Walt Disney's Zorro, and as Madeline Usher in the film version of Edgar Allan Poe's, The Fall of the House of Usher. She appeared in episodes of 37 television series from the 1950s into the 1970s, including Bonanza, The Time Tunnel, Maverick, Perry Mason, and Batman . Fahey also became the subject of death threats while dating Joe DiMaggio in 1964. The FBI determined the threats came from a patient at the Agnew Mental Hospital in San Francisco, who could not bear to see DiMaggio with anyone other than Marilyn Monroe, who died in 1962. Fahey complained in a 1960 interview that she was being typecast in 'good girl' roles because of what directors called her 'moral overtones' and wanted to play darker and more complicated characters. She'd...
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Perry MasonSeries • 1957
BonanzaSeries • 1959
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
BatmanSeries • 1966
MaverickSeries • 1957
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
Marcus Welby, M.D.Series • 1969
ZorroSeries • 1957
Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries • 1963
Hawaiian EyeSeries • 1959
ThrillerSeries • 1960
The Adventures of Ozzie and HarrietSeries • 1952
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
77 Sunset StripSeries • 1958
LaramieSeries • 1959
Surfside 6Series • 1960
The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowSeries • 1950
Adventures of SupermanSeries • 1952
LaredoSeries • 1965
The Time TunnelSeries • 1966
CheckmateSeries • 1960
The AmericansSeries • 1961
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries • 1952
The AlaskansSeries • 1959