Natalie Schafer
A stage-trained actress, Natalie Schafer entered films in 1944 and from the 1950s played numerous supporting roles often as rich, bubbly-headed matrons. She was perhaps best known as Lovey, the stranded wife of millionaire banker Thurston Howell III (played by Jim Backus) on the popular TV comedy "Gilligan's Island" (CBS, 1964-67), Schafer was married to actor Louis Calhern from 1934 to 1942, with whom she co-starred on stage. Natalie Schafer died on April 10, 1991 in Beverly Hills, CA at the age of 90.
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Natalie Schafer
Filmography
Movies
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I'm Dangerous Tonight | Grandmother (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Beverly Hills Brats | Lillian (Character) | - | 1989 |
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The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Lovey Wentworth Howell (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | Lovey Wentworth Howell (Character) | - | 1979 |
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Rescue From Gilligan's Island | Lovey Wentworth Howell (Character) | - | 1978 |
63% |
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The Day of the Locust | Audrey Jennings (Character) | - | 1975 |
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Forty Carats | Mrs. Adams (Character) | - | 1973 |
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Back Street | Mrs. Evans (Character) | - | 1961 |
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Susan Slade | Marion Corbett (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oh, Men! Oh, Women! | Mrs. Day (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bernardine | Mrs. Madge Beaumont (Character) | - | 1957 |
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Forever Darling | Millie Opdyke (Character) | - | 1956 |
93% |
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Anastasia | Lissemskaia (Character) | - | 1956 |
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Female on the Beach | Queenie Sorenson (Character) | - | 1955 |
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Casanova's Big Night | Signora Foressi (Character) | - | 1954 |
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The Girl Next Door | Evelyn (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Law and the Lady | Pamela Pemberson (Character) | - | 1951 |
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Callaway Went Thataway | Martha Lorrison (Character) | - | 1951 |
65% |
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Secret Beyond the Door | Edith Potter (Character) | - | 1948 |
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Dishonored Lady | Ethel Royce (Character) | - | 1947 |
100% |
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Wonder Man | Mrs. Hume (Character) | - | 1945 |
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Molly and Me | Kitty Goode-Burroughs (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masquerade in Mexico | Irene Denny (Character) | - | 1945 |
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Keep Your Powder Dry | Harriet Corwin (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Mrs. Irene Selworth (Character) | - | 1944 |
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The Body Disappears | Mrs. Lunceford (Character) | - | 1941 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gilligan's Planet | "Lovey" Wentworth Howell (Voice) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 1982 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Three's Company | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Adventures of Gilligan | Mrs. Howell (Voice) | 1974-1975 |
78% | No Score Yet | The Brady Bunch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Bunny Mason (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mayberry R.F.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
90% | 74% | Gilligan's Island | Mrs. Lovey Howell (Character) | 1964-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Emily Bridenbaugh (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Aunt Ellie (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Showcase 39 | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 97% | I Love Lucy | Phoebe Emerson (Guest Star) | 1954 |