Elizabeth MacRae

Elizabeth MacRae was born on Feb 22, 1936 in USA. Elizabeth MacRae's big-screen debut came with Route 66 - Season 1 directed by David Lowell Rich in 1960. Elizabeth MacRae is known for The Conversation directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Hackman stars as Harry Caul and John Cazale as Stan. The upcoming new movie Elizabeth MacRae plays is Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! which will be released on Aug 18, 1989.

Actress Elizabeth MacRae appeared in several motion pictures and on many television shows in the course of her acting career. Her movie roles included appearances in Francis Ford Coppola's Conversation secrète (1974), as well as parts in Trois filles à marier (1963), The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), Everything's Ducky (1961) and others. On television, for three seasons, she played Gomer Pyle's girlfriend, "Lou Ann Poovie", on Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964), and, for another three seasons, she played Festus's girlfriend, "April", on Gunsmoke (1955). She had guest-starring or co-starring roles on more than 50 television series, including Barnaby Jones (1973), Kojak (1973), Mannix (1967), Le fugitif (1963), Le Jeune Docteur Kildare (1961), The Andy Griffith Show (1960), Jeannie de mes rêves (1965), 77 Sunset Strip (1958), Surfside 6 (1960) and numerous other shows. MacRae studied acting in New York City, with Uta Hagen, at the Herbert Berghof Studio and at the Art Student's League. MacRae was born in Columbia, S.C., and raised in Fayetteville, N.C. She was educated at the Holton Arms School in Washington, D.C., which houses scripts and audiovisual material documenting the acting career of Elizabeth MacRae. Included are scripts of television programs, movies and plays in which MacRae appeared. In a few cases, related items are filed with the script. The collection also contains two publicity photographs of MacRae; an audiotape of an interview with MacRae in 1967; several videotapes, mostly of episodes of Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964), in which MacRae appeared; and some films, including a copy of Francis Ford Coppola's Conversation secrète (1974).