Mary Beth Hughes

Acting

Mary Beth Hughes

Born November 13, 1919 · Alton, Illinois, USA

Died August 27, 1995 · aged 75

Mary Beth Hughes (November 13, 1919) – August 27, 1995) was an American film, television, and stage actress best known for her roles in B movies.

Known For

The Ox-Bow IncidentThe Ox-Bow Incident · 1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
★ 7.71943
MovieWestern
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
Young Man with a HornYoung Man with a Horn · 1950
Young Man with a Horn
★ 6.41950
MovieDramaMusic
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.
The WomenThe Women · 1939
The Women
★ 7.21939
MovieComedyDrama
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Within the LawWithin the Law · 1939
Within the Law
★ 6.51939
MovieCrimeDrama
Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
Las Vegas ShakedownLas Vegas Shakedown · 1955
Las Vegas Shakedown
★ 5.81955
MovieRomanceDrama
A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.
The Great FlamarionThe Great Flamarion · 1945
The Great Flamarion
★ 6.11945
MovieCrimeDrama
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
Free, Blonde and 21Free, Blonde and 21 · 1940
Free, Blonde and 21
★ 7.31940
MovieRomanceDrama
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
Highway DragnetHighway Dragnet · 1954
Highway Dragnet
★ 5.71954
MovieCrimeDrama
Ex-Marine Jim Henry, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is journeying cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise, however, when the women realize their traveling companion may be a killer.

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Matinee TheaterMatinee Theater · 1955
Matinee Theater
★ 5.31955
SeriesDrama
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.