Full Name Sara Seegar Spouse Ezra Stone (m. 1942–1990) Role Actress | Name Sara Seegar Occupation Actress | |
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Born July 1, 1914 ( 1914-07-01 ) Greentown, Indiana Family Helen Seegar Stone (sister)Dorothy Seegar (sister)Mildred Seegar (sister)Miriam Seegar (sister) Died August 12, 1990, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, United States Children Francine Stone, Josef Stone Siblings Miriam Seegar, Helen Seegar Stone, Dorothy Seegar, Mildred Seegar Movies and TV shows Dennis the Menace, The Music Man, Occasional Wife, The Last Curtain Similar People Miriam Seegar, Ezra Stone, Sylvia Field, Mary Wickes | ||
Sara Seegar Stone (July 1, 1914 – August 12, 1990) was an American actress. A performer on stage, film, radio, and television, she may best be remembered for her role as "Mrs. Wilson" in the 1962–1963 season of Dennis the Menace.
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Early life
Seegar was born to Frank and Carrie (née Wall) Seegar in Greentown, Indiana, the youngest of five daughters. She was schooled in London and Paris but ultimately graduated from Hollywood High School. She received a degree in drama from Los Angeles City College. Her older sisters were Dr. Helen Seegar Stone (1895–1976), an educator; Dorothy Seegar (1897–1999), actress and singer; Mildred (1905–1913), and Miriam Seegar (1907–2011), also an actress. Following school, Seegar performed on stage in London, starting her career with Three Men on a Horse. She continued performing in London until the start of World War II, at which point she returned to the United States.
Career
Starting in 1940, Seegar performed in Broadway plays, in film, on radio and on television. She was a regular character actor on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s, with roles on Suspense, Perry Mason, and The Donna Reed Show. Also she played ten different small roles on Bewitched over the course of that same series. In the 1962–63 season of Dennis the Menace, Seegar played Eloise Wilson, the wife of John Wilson. She effectively replaced Sylvia Field, who portrayed Martha Wilson—the original "Mrs. Wilson"—from 1959 to 1962. Field left the series after the death of Joseph Kearns (George Wilson), due to George and Martha Wilson being written out of the series. John Wilson (Gale Gordon) began playing John Wilson, George's brother, after Kearns' death.
Personal life
Sara Seegar met Ezra Stone while the two were performing in Horse Fever on Broadway in 1940. They were married on October 5, 1942. They had two children: a son, Josef Seegar Stone (1944–2010) and a daughter, Francine Lida Stone.
Sara Seegar Stone died on August 12, 1990, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Her ashes were scattered on Stone Meadows Farm in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.