Kathie Browne

Katherine Jacqueline Browne[1] was born on September 19, 1930 in San Luis Obispo, California.[2] At age six, she acted in a school play. As a teenager, she moved to Hollywood, where she acted in small theaters and attended Los Angeles City College.[1]

In 1955, Browne's acting career began with her appearance in one episode of Big Town. She appeared in many films and television series, including four roles on Perry Mason: as title character and defendant Donna Loring Ross in the 1960 episode "The Case of the Provocative Protégée", as defendant Susan Fisher in the 1962 episode "The Case of the Mystified Miner", as murderer Carla Eden in the 1963 episode "The Case of the Festive Felon" and as defendant Lona Upton in the 1965 episode "The Case of the Thermal Thief." In 1962, Browne appeared as Laurie Kemper on the TV western Lawman in the episode titled "Heritage of Hate". Other television series on which she appeared include Coronado 9, Hazel, My Favorite Martian, Get Smart, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Wild Wild West, Wanted Dead or Alive, Ironside, The Rockford Files, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Sea Hunt, Ripcord, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip, Have Gun – Will Travel, The Real McCoys, Banacek, Mannix, The Big Valley, The Gray Ghost, The Sheriff of Cochise, The Virginian, Laramie, Hondo, Whispering Smith, Redigo, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Man from Blackhawk, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Tombstone Territory, Rawhide and as Deela in the Star Trek episode "Wink of an Eye" (1968).

In 1975 Browne co-starred in the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode "Sentry", in which her husband, Darren McGavin, starred. She played Chicago P.D. Lieutenant Irene Lamont.

On December 31, 1969, Browne married actor Darren McGavin and was his third wife.

Browne was a breast cancer survivor.

On April 8, 2003, Browne died of natural causes in Beverly Hills, California. She was 72.[3] She is buried as Kathie Browne-McGavin at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles County, California.[1] McGavin, to whom she was married for 34 years, died on February 26, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. He was 83.[4]

• Kathie Browne's Official Website

• Kathie Browne at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Kathie Browne at IMDb
• Kathie Browne at AllMovie
• Kathie Browne at Find a Grave