Lieux Dressler (born Louise Aldrich; February 27, 1930 – February 8, 2018) was an American film and television actress.
Life and career
editBefore becoming known as an actress, Dressler worked as a nightclub singer in Dallas. During this time, she was married to trombonist Morris Repass, with whom she had two sons.[1] In the 1960s, her marriage ended, and she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She operated an acting workshop, the Patio Playhouse,[2] where she developed techniques that continue to be taught at acting classes.
During the 1970s, she appeared on various television series, including Columbo, Gunsmoke, Kolchak: the Night Stalker, and The Rockford Files.[3] She was mostly recognized as Alice Grant, the long-suffering mother of Heather Grant Webber on the long-running daytime drama General Hospital from 1978-1983. She also appeared in feature films, most notably Truck Stop Women (1974), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977),[4] and Point of No Return (1993), after which she retired from acting.
Lieux Dressler Repass died on February 8, 2018, at the age of 87.[5]
Filmography (selected)
edit- 1970: That Girl (episode "Stocks & the Single Girl")
- 1971: Columbo (episode "Death Lends a Hand")
- 1971–1973: Gunsmoke (5 episodes)
- 1972: Grave of the Vampire
- 1973: The Red Pony (television film)
- 1974: Truck Stop Women
- 1975: Kolchak: The Night Stalker (episode "The Knightly Murders")
- 1976: The Rockford Files (episode "So Help Me God")
- 1976: The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
- 1976: Rich Man, Poor Man (episode "Part II: Chapters 3 and 4")
- 1977: Kingdom of the Spiders
- 1977: The Bob Newhart Show (episode "Death Be My Destiny")
- 1978–1983: General Hospital as Alice Grant
- 1989: Days of Our Lives (3 episodes)
- 1993: Point of No Return
References
edit- ^ Waters, Rick (1995). "Music is my mistress". The TCU Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Rainey, Buck (1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines. Scarecrow Press. p. 427.
- ^ Abbott, Jon (2009). Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots. McFarland. p. 63.
- ^ Hughes, Howard (2014). Outer Limits: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films. p. 42.
- ^ "Remembering Louise Aldrich Dressler Repass (Mama Lieux)". Amy Jacquelyn Miller on Facebook. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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