Gretchen Corbett is an American actress of film, stage, and television. She began her career as a stage actress, starring in productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival before being cast in Broadway productions of After the Rain (1967) and Forty Carats (1968). She made her feature film debut in the comedy Out of It (1969), and subsequently had supporting roles in the horror films Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) and The Savage Bees (1976), as well as the drama The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978). She also appeared on stage in New York-based productions of Henry IV (1970), The Survival of St. Joan (1970–1971), and The Justice Box (1971).
Between 1974 and 1978, Corbett portrayed attorney Beth Davenport on the primetime series The Rockford Files, opposite James Garner. She subsequently starred as a doctor in the supernatural horror film Jaws of Satan (1981), followed by a role in the television drama film Million Dollar Infield (1982). Corbett worked consistently in guest-starring roles on television throughout the 1980s, as well as appearing in regional theater productions. Since the 2000s, she has appeared in numerous stage productions with Portland Center Stage, in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, as well as directing plays. Between 2013 and 2015, she had a recurring guest role on the comedy series Portlandia, and appeared in the Hulu series Shrill in 2019.
Film
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1969 | Out of It | Barbara | [1] | |
1971 | Let's Scare Jessica to Death | The Girl | [1] | |
1973 | The House and the Brain | Kate Marsh | Television film | [2] |
1974 | The Cay | Grace Enright | Television film | [3] |
1976 | Farewell to Manzanar | Lois | Television film | [2] |
1976 | The Savage Bees | Jeannie Deveraux | Television film | [2] |
1978 | The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II | Linda Mae Meyers | [1] | |
1978 | Secrets of Three Hungry Wives | Karen McClure | Television film | [2] |
1979 | Mandrake | Jennifer Lindsay | Television film | [2] |
1979 | She's Dressed to Kill | Jennifer Gooch | Television film | [2] |
1980 | High Ice | Liz | Television film | [2] |
1980 | PSI Factor | Lt. Sheila Foster | [2] | |
1981 | Jaws of Satan | Dr. Maggie Sheridan | [2] | |
1981 | Time Warp | Ellen Devore | Television film | [4] |
1982 | Million Dollar Infield | Carole Frische | Television film | [2] |
1984 | Things Are Looking Up | Joanne Braithwaite | Television film | [5] |
1985 | North Beach and Rawhide | Rita Aaron | Television film | [2] |
1991 | Final Verdict | Aunt Blanche | Television film | [2] |
1993 | Moment of Truth: Why My Daughter? | Mrs. Hill | Television film | [2] |
1995 | Without Evidence | Mary | ||
1996 | If the Frame Fits... | Beth (Davenport) Van Zandt | Television film | [2] |
1996 | The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play | Beth (Davenport) Van Zandt | Television film | |
1998 | A Change of Heart | Gail Stern | Also known as: "A Father for Brittany" | [2] |
1999 | The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads | Beth Davenport | Television film | [2] |
2011 | Motor Away | Paisley | Short film | |
2011 | Bucksville | Kathleen French | ||
2012 | Evelyn | Evelyn | Short film | |
2021 | Pig | Mac | ||
2021 | Lorelei | Kitty |
Television
editSeries
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | Love Is a Many Splendored Thing | Meg Stewart | 1 episode | |
1968 | N.Y.P.D. | Darlene Welby | Episode: "Case of the Shady Lady" | [6] |
1973 | Kojak | Jeri | Episode: "Conspiracy of Fear" | [7] |
1974 | Ironside | Gail Portman | Episode: "The Taste of Ashes" | [7] |
1974 | Banacek | Vicki Merrick | Episode: "Now You See Me, Now You Don't" | [7] |
1974 | Columbo | Jessica Conroy | Episode: "An Exercise in Fatality" | [7] |
1974 | Gunsmoke | Arlene | Episode: "Town in Chains" | [3] |
1974 | Sierra | Theodora Burke | Episode: "The Trek" | |
1974–1976 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Hedy Moran/Leah Blakely/Jan Allister | 4 episodes | [7] |
1975 | Hawaii Five-0 | Glynis | Episode: "Study in Rage" | [7] |
1975 | McMillan & Wife | Megan McMillan | Episode: "Love, Honor, and Swindle" | [7] |
1975 | Ellery Queen | Jenny O'Brien | Episode: "The Adventure of Colonel Nivin's Memoirs" | |
1975 | Barbary Coast | Lily Colt | Episode: "Arson and Old Lace" | |
1975 | Matt Helm | Nancy Taylor | Episode: "Murder on the Run" | |
1975–1976 | Emergency! | Mara Lynn Smith/Sue Hickman | 2 episodes | |
1976 | Switch | Beryl | Episode: "Come Die with Me" | |
1976 | Wonder Woman | Erica Belgard | Episode: "Wonder Woman vs Gargantua" | [7] |
1976 | Kingston Confidential | Helen Drew | Episode: "Welcome to Paradise" | |
1974–1978 | The Rockford Files | Beth Davenport | 33 episodes | [7] |
1977–1978 | Family | Ellen Rickover | 3 episodes | [7] |
1978 | Barnaby Jones | Jenny Hastings | Episode: "Blind Jeopardy" | |
1978 | W.E.B. | Episode: "The Great Clowns" | ||
1978 | Lucan | Bonnie | Episode: "Thunder God Gold" | |
1981 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Kathleen Dixon, Esq. | Episode: "Bang, Bang... You're Dead!" | |
1981 | One Day at a Time | Sophie | Episode: "Plain Favorite" | [8] |
1982 | Trapper John, M.D. | Vivian Langtry | Episode: "Victims" | [7] |
1983 | Cheers | Gretchen Darrow | Episode: "Diane's Perfect Date" | [7] |
1983 | Tales of the Unexpected | Martha Parker | Episode: "Turn of the Tide" | [7] |
1983 | The Mississippi | Episode: "Peace With Honor" | ||
1981–1983 | Magnum, P.I. | Holly Hudson/Holly Fox/Christine Richards | 2 episodes | [7] |
1985 | Otherworld | June Sterling | 8 episodes | [7] |
1985 | Simon & Simon | Lisa Cambio | Episode: "Burden of the Beast" | [7] |
1986 | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. A Caruso | Episode: "Deadline for Murder" | |
1987 | 21 Jump Street | Jan Prentiss | Episode: "Higher Education" | |
1989 | A Peaceable Kingdom | Dr. Amelia Altman | Episode: "Jaguar" | |
1990 | Hunter | Mary Reynolds | Episode: "Brotherly Love" | [7] |
1991 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Madeleine | Episode: "The Reunion" | |
1995 | Dead by Sunset | Barbara Welch | 1 episode | |
1995 | Medicine Ball | Mrs. Scheider | Episode: "Hot Lips and Major Burns" | [7] |
2013–2015 | Portlandia | Mary Eunice Oliver | 2 episodes | |
2019 | Shrill | Jenelle | Episode: "Date" | [9] |
Televised plays
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | Knuckle | Jenny | PBS's Hollywood Television Theater | [3] |
1976 | The Fatal Weakness | Penny Espenshade | PBS's Hollywood Television Theater | [10] |
Stage
editYear | Title | Role | Location | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 | Othello | Desdemona | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | [11] | |
1967 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet Capulet | Repertory Theatre, New Orleans | [12] | |
1967 | Arms and the Man | Raina Petkoff | Sheridan Square Playhouse | [13] | |
1967 | After the Rain | Sonya Banks | John Golden Theatre | Broadway | [14] |
1968 | The Bench | Jessie | Gramercy Arts Theatre | [15] | |
1968 | Iphigenia in Aulis | Iphigenia | Circle in the Square Theatre | Broadway | [16] |
1968 | Forty Carats | Trina Stanley | Morosco Theatre | Broadway | [17] |
1970 | Henry IV, Part 1 & Part 2 | Joan la Pucelle | Delacorte Theater | [18] | |
1970–1971 | The Survival of St. Joan | Jeanne d'Arc | Anderson Theatre, New York City | [14] | |
1971 | The Justice Box | Francoise | Theatre de Lys | [19] | |
1972 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Ruth | Berkshire Theatre Festival | [20] | |
1972 | Moonchildren | Shelly / Ruth / Cathy (understudy) | Royal Theatre | Broadway | [14] |
1973 | Summer and Smoke | Alma Winemiller | Drew University, Madison, New Jersey | [21] | |
1973 | As You Like It | Rosalind | Drew University, Madison, New Jersey | [22] | |
1973 | The Master Builder | Hilda Wangel | Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut | [23] | |
1977–1978 | At the End of Long Island | Mark Taper Forum | [24] | ||
1982 | The Carome Brothers' Italian Food Products Corp.'s Annual Pasta Pageant |
Roxanne | Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut | [25] | |
1987 | The Traveler | The Girlfriend | Mark Taper Forum | [26] | |
1988 | The Heidi Chronicles | Fran / Lisa / April | Seattle Repertory Theatre | [27] | |
1988 | The Fox | Jill | Van Nuys Theatre | [28] | |
1993 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Maggie | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | [29] | |
2009 | A Skull in Connemara | Maryjohnny Rafferty | Third Rail Repertory, Portland, Oregon | [30] | |
2010 | The Gray Sisters | Dina | Third Rail Repertory, Portland, Oregon | [31] | |
2011 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Nurse Ratched | Portland Center Stage | [32] | |
2012 | Anna Karenina | Mother Shcherbatskaya | Portland Center Stage | [33] | |
2014 | Bo-Nita | — | Portland Center Stage | Director | [34] |
2016 | Not Medea | — | B Street Theatre, Sacramento, California | Director | [35] |
2019 | The Breath of Life | Madeleine Palmer | Portland Center Stage | [36] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gretchen Corbett Filmography". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Gretchen Corbett Filmography". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019.
- ^ a b c Martin, Bob (June 1, 1975). "Gretchen Corbett keeps busy, busy, busy in Hollywood". Independent Press-Telegram. Long Beach, California. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Time Warp". Park Circus. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
- ^ Terrace 1985, p. 412.
- ^ "NYPD, 9:30p.m." Los Angeles Times. November 19, 1968. p. 77 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Gretchen Corbett Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ^ Terrace 1985, p. 306.
- ^ Turnquist, Kristi (April 16, 2019). "What Hulu's 'Shrill' says about Portland: We have savvy strippers, podcasting man-babies and sex-minded singles". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019.
- ^ Roberts 2003, p. 294.
- ^ English, Jeryme (July 26, 1966). "Around Town..." Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fain, Nathan (February 15, 1967). "Intermission". The Times. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "First Role". New York Daily News. August 29, 1967. p. 77 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Gretchen Corbett". Broadway World. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019.
- ^ Campbell, Mary (March 6, 1968). "Off-Broadway Play 'Wastes' Good Actor". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. p. 55 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Lives' Delayed, Nype Joins Cast". New York Daily News. May 7, 1968. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Forty Carats". Broadway World. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018.
- ^ "David Hooks and Gretchen Corbett in a scene from The War of the Roses: The Chronicles of King Henry VI, Part 2". New York Public Library. 1970. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ "The Justice Box". Broadway World. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019.
- ^ Flynn, Anne-Gerard (July 19, 1972). "'The Effect of Gamma Rays...'". The Berkshire Eagle. Pittsfield, Massachusetts. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lambert, Virginia (July 6, 1973). "A tearfully good show". The Record. Hackensack, New Jersey – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Berthold, Walt (July 19, 1973). "Shakespeare As We Like It". Madison-Florham Park Eagle. Madison, New Jersey. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Johnson, Malcolm L. (October 17, 1973). "Marshall Superb In Ibsen Play". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Willis, John, ed. (1979). "At the End of Long Island". Theatre World. 34. New York: Applause. OCLC 498429446.
- ^ Johnson, Malcolm L. (April 23, 1982). "'Pasta' Has Smell of Sweet Success". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. 67 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sullivan, Dan (March 6, 1987). "Stage Review: 'The Traveler' Almost Makes It". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 12, 2019.
- ^ Wasserstein, Wendy (1990). The Heidi Chronicles. New Haven, Connecticut: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-822-20510-4.
- ^ Arkatov, Janice (December 18, 1988). "Gretchen Corbett Returns to Challenging Role as Jill in Van Nuys Theater's Production of 'The Fox'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019.
- ^ Cowan, Ron (November 2, 1993). "The Corbett Files". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hughley, Marty (February 9, 2009). "'A Skull in Connemara' not quite smashing, but strong". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ "MISTAKES WERE MADE by Craig Wright opens Saturday at Artists Rep". Portland Theatre Scene. September 26, 2013. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ Johnson, Barry (January 14, 2011). "Little big nurse". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019.
- ^ Hughley, Marty (April 12, 2012). "Portland Center Stage review: 'Anna Karenina' arrives late but dazzling". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ Hodde, R.J. (January 24, 2014). "Spotlight: "Bo-Nita" Director Gretchen Corbett". Portland Center Stage. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017.
- ^ Crowder, Marcus (May 16, 2016). "Sacramento's B Street stages new play 'Not Medea'". The Sacramento Bee. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016.
- ^ Williams, Lee (May 20, 2019). "'The Breath of Life' can be summed up with one word: Sigh". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
Sources
edit- Roberts, Jerry (2003). The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, Video, and DVD. New York City, New York: Applause Books. ISBN 978-1-557-83512-3.
- Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. Vol. 2. New York City, New York: New York Zoetrope. ISBN 978-0-918-43261-2.