Name Indus Arthur | Role Film actress | |
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Full Name Indus Jo Saugstad Occupation Actress, singer, harpist Movies MASH, The Slender Thread, Alvarez Kelly Similar People Robert Altman, Sydney Pollack, Edward Dmytryk | ||
Years active 1963–1984, her death | ||
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Indus Arthur (April 28, 1941 – December 29, 1984) was a 1960s film and television actress.
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Background
Born Indus Jo Saugstad, she was from Los Angeles County. Both she and her grandmother were named for the Indus River in Tibet. Her grandmother once visited the river, and Arthur possessed a desire to do so. Her father was a still cameraman for a number of Hollywood studios. He opposed the fact that Arthur and her two sisters were becoming involved in films.
Stage
Arthur signed as the leading lady for the mystery play, Uncle Marston, in April 1963. The production was staged at the Stage Society Theater in Los Angeles, California. A reviewer referred to her acting prowess in the role of an agitated Derbyshire heiress, commenting Arthur is a lovely, polished performer. Previously she had appeared in theater in London, England and at the Dublin Playhouse in Dublin, Ireland.
Film
Arthur appeared in Sydney Pollack's directing debut The Slender Thread (1965) as an employee of a crisis clinic which counsels potential suicide victims. She was assigned a role in Alvarez Kelly (1966), a western that was set during the era of the American Civil War. It featured a Mexican cattleman played by William Holden and a military colonel depicted by Richard Widmark. Arthur's other film roles were in Angel's Flight (1965), M* A* S* H (1970), and The Christian Licorice Store (1971).
Television
Arthur was a prolific actress on television. Among her many appearances are episodes of the Kraft Suspense Theater (1964–1965), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965), Ben Casey (1965), T.H.E. Cat (1966), The Virginian (1966), The Wild Wild West (1966), Dragnet (1967), and General Hospital (1963, 1970–1973). She made two guest appearances on Perry Mason (1965–1966) including the part of Barbara Kramer in the 1966 episode "The Case of the Dead Ringer".
Death
Indus Arthur died in Los Angeles County in 1984 of complications from skin cancer at age 43.