#meredith macrae

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The Mod Mod Fashion of Petticoat Junction

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Meredith MacRae (May 30, 1944 – July 14, 2000)

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(via Film Noir Photos: Bathing Beauties: Meredith MacRae)

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Meredith Macrae

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Meredith MacRae

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Meredith MacRae (1944-2000, USA).

The Baptism of Saint Clovis, circa 1500. The Master of St. Giles (probably French or Flemish, active in France, 16th century).

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🌹 Meredith Macrae

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My Friends Need Killing (1976)

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Meredith Macrae

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meredith macrae

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George Montgomery versus Women's Lib

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Publicity photo for “Petticoat Junction” (1963-1970) with Lori Saunders, Meredith McRae, Bea Benaderet, and Linda Kaye Henning.

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This is my drawing for actress Elizabeth MacRae who turned 88 on February 22. She played Gomer's girlfriend Lou-Ann Poovie on GOMER PYLE USMC and she currently resides in North Carolina. Her character Lou-Ann was not only a spoof on the Southern Belle, but she was also a spoof on Marilyn Monroe's character Chérie from the movie BUS STOP (1956). Gomer meets her in a nightclub called the Congo Club where she is singing an off-key version of Marilyn's ''Old Black Magic''.

Though Elizabeth (or ''Betsy'' as friends call her) was mostly popular for playing Lou-Ann she also did one guest star role in the color seasons of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW in the episode ''Big Brother'' as a temporary love interest for Howard Sprague (played by Jack Dodson). She has one more Mayberry connection in that she lent her distinct voice to an animated character, Lady Fish, the love interest of Henry Limpet played by Don Knotts in his first starring role in a major motion picture THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET (1964).

She was also known for playing April, Festus's girlfriend on GUNSMOKE. She did many other television series from the late 1950s to the 1960s and 1970s and played in movies as well. She was most notably seen in Francis Ford Coppola's THE CONVERSATION (1974), as Meredith who seduces Gene Hackman's Harry Caul. She has been retired from acting since 1989 but she has the distinction of being only one of two main cast members still alive from GOMER PYLE USMC (the other cast member being Ronnie Schell, who played Gomer's buddy Duke Slater).

Fans can still send Ms. MacRae cards or fan mail to this address:

Elizabeth MacRae c / o Mary Kuebler

112 Middle Court

Raeford, NC 28376

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Ms. MacRae sadly passed away on May 27th early in the morning. She died in her sleep from natural causes. She was 88. Her caretaker Mary told me she loved the drawing and the gifts I sent her. 🥹

RIP beautiful Angel 💔

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Batman: The Animated Series - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Francine Langstrom

Zoologist, Dr. Francine Langstrom, worked alongside her husband, Kirk Langstrom, and her father, Professor March, at the Gotham Zoo.  The three of them were convinced that imbuing humans with the genetic material of bats was essential for ensuring mankind longterm survival.  Although Francine was disabused of this notion when her husband was transformed into the creature known as Man-Bat.  

While Francine and Kirk focused their work in other directions, Francine’s father secretly continued to labor on a means of altering the human genome to incorporate features from bats.  His work resulted in an accident where Francine was unknowingly exposed to the Man-Bat serum.  This caused her to periodically transform into a bat-like creature.  Unlike her husband, Francine had no memory of the transformations.  At first she believed that the return of the Man-Bat was her husband and, in a fit of anger, she left Kirk and boarded a flight out of town.  

Francine transformed in the Man-Bat (or She-Bat) as the plane took off, opening the emergency exit and flying off into the night.  The airplane was able to make an emergency landing and Batman intercepted the She-Bat near the Gotham bridge. Following a struggle, Batman was able to administer as antidote causing Francine to transform back into her human state.  

Francine and Kirk reconciled and Professor March was finally convinced to abandon his pursuit of creating man/bat hybrids.  

Actress Meredith MacRae provided the voice for Francine Langstrom with the character first appearing in the second episode of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series, ‘On Leather Wings.’  

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