Elizabeth MacRae

Kildare (1961), The Andy Griffith Show (1960), I Dream of Jeannie (1965), 77 Sunset Strip (1958), Surfside 6 (1960) and numerous other shows. MacRae studied acting in New York City, with Uta Hagen, at the Herbert Berghof Studio and at the Art Student's League. MacRae was born in Columbia, S. C. , and raised in Fayetteville, N. C. She was educated at the Holton Arms School in Washington, D. C. Scripts and audiovisual material documenting the acting career of Elizabeth MacRae. Included are scripts of television programs, movies and plays in which MacRae appeared. In a few cases, related items are filed with the script.

Limpet (1964), Everything's Ducky (1961) and others.

On television, for three seasons, she played Gomer Pyle's girlfriend, "Lou Ann Poovie", on Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964), and, for another three seasons, she played Festus's girlfriend, "April", on Gunsmoke (1955).

In Gomer Pyle: USMC: Lou-Ann Poovie Sings Again (1967), she sings the French song "C'est si bon" which was written in 1947 by Henri Betti (music) and André Hornez (lyrics).

She had guest-starring or co-starring roles on more than 50 television series, including Barnaby Jones (1973), Kojak (1973), Mannix (1967), The Fugitive (1963), Dr.

Actress Elizabeth MacRae appeared in several motion pictures and on many television shows in the course of her acting career. Her movie roles included appearances in Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation (1974), as well as parts in For Love or Money (1963), The Incredible Mr.

In November 2000, she was a guest at the Asheville Film Festival (now called the Western North Carolina Film Festival) at Asheville, North Carolina along with James Whitmore, Julie Parrish, Pat Priest, Pamela Sue Martin, Rhodes Reason, Soupy Sales, Peggy Moran, Noreen Nash and Johnny Ray Meeks.

Currently lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina, with her husband, Charles Halsey. [November 2005]