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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 8, 1935
Died
October 26, 1984
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Marion Burnside Randall
Sue Randall
0.6 Popularity
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Sue Randall was the younger of two children of Marion Burnside (née Heist) and Roland Rodrock Randall, a prominent real-estate consultant.[2][3] She began acting on stage at the age of 10 in a production of the Alden Park Players.[4] In 1953 she completed her early education at the Lankenau School for Girls in the Germantown District of Philadelphia and then moved to New York, where she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating with honors.[4][5] Randall's credited TV debut came in the 1955 episode "Golden Victory" of the series Star Tonight.[citation needed] She was one of the actresses who had the role of Diane Emerson in the television version of Valiant Lady (1953-1957).[6] In 1954, she also portrayed Diane Emerson on the CBS drama Woman with a Past.[6]: 1189 Randall appeared in other television productions before portraying Ruthie Saylor, a reference-desk worker, in the 1957 film Desk Set starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Randall's recurring role as a teacher on Leave It to Beaver spanned the years 1958 to 1962, when the actress was in her twenties. She appeared in 28 episodes of the popular sitcom after replacing Diane Brewster, who played Miss Canfield during the first season and in the 1980s television movies based on the series. Randall's first appearance as Miss Landers was in the Leave It to Beaver episode "Ward's Problem", which originally aired on October 16, 1958.[citation needed] Primarily, Randall's roles on television were as a featured actor or supporting character, often in Westerns. For example, she was cast as Kathy O'Hara, an aspiring concert pianist, in the episode "The Mysterious Stranger" (February 17, 1959) on the ABC/Warner Brothers series Sugarfoot. She was cast in "Judgment Day" (October 11, 1959) on the ABC series The Rebel as Elaine, the daughter of a man sentenced to hang.[citation needed] In the late 1950s, producers cast Randall as a co-star with actress Theodora Davitt in a proposed weekly sitcom titled Up on Cloud Nine.[7] A pilot for this comedy was completed, but no potential sponsors opted to buy or underwrite the series about "the daffy misadventures" of two airline stewardesses.[8] In the pilot episode's storyline,
Known For
Credits
The F.B.I.
as FBI Clerk
1965
5.5
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Joan Owens
1964
5.0
Wendy and Me
1964
0.0
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Anne Crane
1963
5.3
The Bill Dana Show
1963
6.0
The Fugitive
as Nurse Thompson
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Ruth Fisher
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Jen
1963
7.2
The Dakotas
1963
5.7
The Virginian
as Sarah Bentley
1962
6.5
Saints and Sinners
as Ann
1962
6.0
Dr. Kildare
as Emily Gunderson
1961
5.5
The Roaring 20's
1960
0.0
Surfside 6
1960
5.0
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.5
The Aquanauts
as Mimi Newell
1960
5.5
Thriller
as Kay Salisbury
1960
6.4
The Detectives
1959
5.6
The Rebel
as Elaine Randall
1959
5.1
The Twilight Zone
as Millie
1959
8.4
The Twilight Zone
as Nurse
1959
8.4
Lock-Up
1959
6.2
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Ellen Monroe
1959
6.3
Bonanza
as Sue Watson
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Ann Davis
1959
7.5
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Elizabeth
1958
6.1
The Rifleman
1958
7.0
Bronco
1958
5.2
Sea Hunt
1958
6.6
Leave It to Beaver
1957
7.0
Leave It to Beaver
as Miss Landers
1957
7.0
Perry Mason
as Betty Wilkins
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Amy Scott
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Mrs. Jim Wilson (uncredited)
1957
5.2
Sugarfoot
as Kathy O'Hara
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.4
Desk Set
as Ruthie Saylor
1957
7.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Gunsmoke
as Effie
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Laura
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.6
The Millionaire
as Kathy Taylor Johnson
1955
5.0
🎬
Summer Playhouse
1954
0.0
🎬
Valiant Lady
1953
3.0
🎬
A Wonderful Life
1950
0.0