Amzie Strickland

Radio

Strickland began as a radio actress during the old time radio era and her various radio roles included those shown in the table below.

Television

Strickland appeared (sometimes on a recurring basis) on such programs as Adam-12, Dragnet, with Jack Webb, Gunsmoke, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, Make Room for Daddy, The Twilight Zone, Mission: Impossible, Alias Smith & Jones, Happy Days, Carter Country, Bonanza, The Golden Girls, The Facts of Life, The Jeffersons, Three's Company, ER, 7th Heaven, Ellen, Wings, ALF, Dragnet, Father Dowling Mysteries, Full House, Ned and Stacey, Perry Mason and Knight Rider. Her TV movies include Tower of Terror, and Inherit the Wind.

In 1966, Strickland played the widow Laticia Daigle in the episode "The Lady and the Sourdough" of the syndicated western series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor. Paul Brinegar was cast as Rupert Johnson, who entered a partnership to cook for a feisty miner, Tom Despo (Stanley Adams) in return for half of the gold that Despo finds. Johnson then meets Miss Daigle, a baker, and soon develops other plans. That same year, she appeared as Martha Hall, wife of chicken farmer Alfred Hall (Strother Martin) in the comedy episode "The Four Dollar Law Suit". In the story line, Hall sues an insurance company for underpayment of $4 after Hall's chicken coop burns to the ground. J. Pat O'Malley portrays attorney Wilson.

Films

Her film credits include roles in Captain Newman, M.D., Penelope, Kotch, Harper Valley PTA, Pretty Woman, Doc Hollywood, Shiloh, and Krippendorf's Tribe.

Personal life and death

Strickland was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was married to radio and television actor Frank Behrens from 1946 until his death in 1986. They had a son, Tim Behrens. She died of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 87 in 2006.