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Charlotte Stewart
Stewart at WonderCon 2009
Born (1941-02-27) February 27, 1941 (age 85)
Yuba City, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1952–present
Notable workEva Beadle Simms in Little House on the Prairie
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1965; div. 1969)​

Jordan Hahn
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(divorced)​

David Banks
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(m. 1992; died 2012)​

Michael Santos
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(m. 2015)​

Charlotte Stewart (born February 27, 1941[1]) is an American film and television actress.[2] She is most famous for her role as the school teacher Eva Beadle Simms on Little House on the Prairie and her work with director David Lynch.[3]

Biography

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Stewart graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse.[3][4] Her first acting job was in the 1960 episode "The Glass Cage" on The Loretta Young Show.[3][5] She has guest-starred on many television series ranging from Bonanza to The Office and the recurring role of Betty Briggs on Twin Peaks.[3] She was also a prolific TV commercial actress.[4] Her notable film appearances include Eraserhead and Tremors.[3] Stewart has been married four times.[6] In 1961, she met her first husband, Tim Considine, when she played Agnes Finley in the season-one episode "Deadline" of My Three Sons.[7] They married in 1965 and divorced in 1969.[8] Her second marriage to magician Jordan Hahn lasted from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.[9][10] In 1992, Stewart married her third husband, David Banks. Following his death in 2012, she began a relationship with Michael Santos, and they married in 2015.[11]

In 2016, Stewart self-published her memoirs in a book, Little House in the Hollywood Hills.[12]

Filmography

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Film

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YearTitleRoleNotes
1961V.D.Judy JacksonThe film was also billed as "Damaged Goods"
1965The Slender ThreadTelephone operator
1967Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!Miss Reynoldscredited as Charlotte Considine
The Girl with the Hungry EyesOne of the girls
1968SpeedwayLoricredited as Charlotte Considine
1970The Cheyenne Social ClubMae
1977EraserheadMary X
1981Buddy BuddyNurse
1982Human HighwayCharlotte Goodnight
1984Irreconcilable DifferencesSally
1985UFOriaBrother Roy's Girlfriend
1989Journey to the Center of the EarthMother
1990TremorsNancy Sterngood
1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeBetty BriggsScenes deleted
1994Dark Angel: The AscentMother Theresa
1998Slums of Beverly HillsLandlady
1999Desert SonAudrey
2000Puppy LoveEdna LusterShort
2001Tremors 3: Back to PerfectionNancy SterngoodDirect to video
2009The Inner CircleSister Angeline
2010MayflyBarbaraShort

Television

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YearSeriesRoleNotes
1961My Three SonsAgnes Finleyepisode: "Deadline"
Bachelor FatherMaybelle
1968Hawaii Five-OAnnepisode: "They Painted Daisies on His Coffin"
GunsmokeIrisepisode: "Lyle's Kid", credited as Charlotte Considine
1969BonanzaLisa Campbellepisode: "The Stalker"
Medical CenterJane Minterepisode: "The Crooked Mile" credited as Charlotte Stewart"
Then Came BronsonLoriepisode: "A Famine Where Abundance Lies"
1970GunsmokeJennyepisode "Morgan"
1971MannixBarbaraepisode: "Run till Dark"
BonanzaBetsy Rushepisode: "The Grand Swing"
Medical CenterConnie Marloweepisode: "Perfection of Vices"
1972McMillan & WifeSheilaepisode: "Terror Times Two"
The WaltonsRuthPilot episode: "The Foundling"
The F.B.I.Helen Simmsepisode: "A Game of Chess"
1973CannonDawnepisode: "Hard Rock Roller Coaster"
1974GunsmokeMiss Merkle
Little House on the PrairieEva Beadle SimmsSeasons 1–4
1975The Nurse KillerSuzie
The ImpostorJean Durham
1977Murder in Peyton PlaceDenise HaleyTV movie
SecretsPhyllis Turner
1978Mother, Juggs & SpeedIrisTV movie
1981The Princess and the CabbieNurse
Bitter HarvestMrs LazloTV movie
1985Highway to HeavenCindyTwo episodes
1986MatlockMrs. Spellmanepisode: "The Santa"
The Young and the RestlessTamra Logan12 episodes
1987Warm Hearts, Cold FeetNurse #1
1990Twin PeaksBetty Briggs
1995 Beverly Hills, 90210 Mary Ellen Bradley Episode: “Courting” - Season 5, episode 27
2005Cold CaseCindy Balducciepisode: "A Perfect Day"
2007 The Office Woman episode: "The Return"
2017Twin Peaks: The ReturnBetty Briggs

References

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  1. ↑ Stewart, Charlotte; Demsky, Andy (2016). Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and Me. BearManor Media. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-59393-906-9.
  2. ↑ "Movies & TV | Charlotte Stewart". The New York Times. November 3, 2012. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Dempsky, Andy (November 18, 2009). "More than Miss Beadle". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "To give up $30,000 annually to alter career wasn't easy". Kokomo Tribune. October 22, 1977. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ "TV Week". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 29, 1960.
  6. ↑ "From Little House to Hanging with Jim Morrison: Napa Actress Writes Tell-All Book". Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ Mitas, Melissa (February 15, 2022). "'Little House on the Prairie' Star Charlotte Stewart Was Married to This 'My Three Sons' Actor". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  8. ↑ Gates, Anita (March 4, 2022). "Tim Considine, Young Star of 'My Three Sons,' Is Dead at 81". The New York Times. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  9. ↑ Little House on Prairie': Old friends left behind. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  10. ↑ "CHARLOTTE STEWART: From "Prairie" to "Human Highway" to "Twin Peaks," The Actress Documents the Long and Winding Road of Her Remarkable Life and Career in New Autobiography". Pop Culture Classics. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  11. ↑ Weiler, Lauren (January 13, 2021). "'Little House on the Prairie': Charlotte Stewart Said Her Character, Miss Beadle, Wasn't Allowed to Get Married at First". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  12. ↑ Nolasco, Stephanie (April 26, 2017). "'Little House on the Prairie' star Charlotte Stewart recalls days with Jim Morrison, Elvis and Bill Murray". Fox News. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
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