Occupation Actress Movies Three Husbands Role Film actress | Name Louise Erickson Years active 1942-1951, 1957 | |
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Born February 28, 1928 (age 96) ( 1928-02-28 ) Oakland, California, United States Spouse Ben Gazzara (m. 1951–1957) Similar People Ben Gazzara, Janice Rule, Irving Reis, Elaine Stritch | ||
Louise Erickson (February 28, 1928) is a former American radio and film actress.
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Early life and career
Erickson was born in Oakland, California. She attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.
Stage
In 1957, Erickson played Tina in the Broadway production of A Hole in the Head.
Radio
Erickson began performing on radio at age 6, acting in broadcasts of fairy tales. She also appeared in Drama of Youth and was Emmy Lou on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
As an actress, she was most active on radio series. Erickson is best known for starring in the 1940s radio teenage sitcom A Date with Judy in the title role, and for the role of Marjorie in The Great Gildersleeve. She also played the girl friend, Mildred, in Meet Corliss Archer, another teenage situation comedy.
She was the third actress to play bobby soxer Judy on the long running radio series that debuted in 1941. Erickson had joined the cast in 1942 as Mitzi, Judy's friend. The following year, she took over the title character from Ann Gillis and would remain in the role for the rest of the series run, which ended in 1950.
Erickson also played Babs on The Life of Riley, Betty on The Alan Young Show and Janice on the radio comedy Granby's Green Acres. She made only a handful of motion pictures.
Personal life
She was married to actor Ben Gazzara from 1951 until 1957.