Helen Kleeb

Helen Kleeb
Kleeb on Bewitched, 1966
Born	(1907-01-06)January 6, 1907 South Bend, Washington, U.S.
Died	December 28, 2003(2003-12-28) (aged 96) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress of film and television
Years active	1952–1997
Spouse(s)	John Gerald Prendergast (1937–1950; his death) Elmer Garrison (1959–2003; her death)

Helen Kleeb (January 6, 1907 – December 28, 2003)^[1] was an American film and television actress. In a career covering nearly 50 years, she may be best known for her role from 1972 to 1981 as Miss Mamie Baldwin on the family drama The Waltons.^[2][3][4]

Early life and career[]

Kleeb began acting on stage in Portland, Oregon, late in the 1920s, where she attended the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music.^[5] She also gained her first radio experience in Portland.^[1]

From 1949 to 1951, she performed voices for the radio program Candy Matson. In 1956–1957, Kleeb guest-starred on Hey, Jeannie!, starring Jeannie Carson. In the 1960–1961 television season, Kleeb appeared as Miss Claridge, a legal secretary, on the sitcom Harrigan and Son.

She appeared in episodes of Dennis the Menace, I Love Lucy, Pete and Gladys, Hennesey, Death Valley Days, Get Smart, The Andy Griffith Show, Green Acres, Bewitched, Gunsmoke, Little House: A New Beginning, Highway to Heaven, Room 222, and The Golden Girls as well as in small film roles in The Manchurian Candidate, and Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. She also appeared in a number of episodes of Dragnet, starring Jack Webb, during the 1950s as well as Helen appeared on many radio drama shows, some now playing on XM Satellite Radio.

Personal life[]

Kleeb married twice, the first time in 1937 to John Gerald Prendergast. They remained together until John's death in 1950. Then, in 1959, she wed Elmer L. Garrison, a union that lasted over four decades, until Helen died in Los Angeles in December 2003, just nine days before her 97th birthday. She reportedly left no known survivors other than her second husband, although many sources note that she had a son from her first marriage to Prendergast. According to California birth records, Thomas Arthur Prendergast was born to a mother with the last name Kleeb on 13 May 1940 in San Francisco, California. The child's parental link to Helen and John is further enhanced by the fact that the federal census of 1940 documents the couple residing in San Francisco less than a month before Thomas's birth.^[6]

Filmography[]

References[]

External links[]

• Helen Kleeb at IMDb

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