Randy Stuart
Randy Stuart, born as Elizabeth Shaubell (October 24, 1924 – July 20, 1996), was an American actress in film and television. A familiar face in several popular films of the 1940s and 1950s, and later in Western-themed television series, she is perhaps best remembered as Louise Carey, the wife of Scott Carey, played by Grant Williams, in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), a science-fiction classic named in 2009 as “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant to be preserved for all time in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry.
A screen test in the play The Women led to Stuart being placed under contract at 20th Century Fox. Her film debut was uncredited in the 1947 picture, The Foxes of Harrow. Stuart plays the birth mother of main character Stephen Fox, in the film's initial scene.
In 1948, she played Peggy, a knowing secretary (and collaborator with star Clifton Webb) in the comedy Sitting Pretty. She also appeared that year (sixth-billed) as the wife of a returning veteran in Apartment for Peggy with William Holden and Jeanne Crain.
In 1949, she portrayed Lieutenant Eloise Billings, an object of desire for Cary Grant, in the Howard Hawks film I Was a Male War Bride, also starring Ann Sheridan. That same year, she appeared opposite Jose Ferrer in Otto Preminger's psychological noir, Whirlpool. Stuart was billed on posters as a supporting player in the comedy / musical Dancing in the Dark, starring William Powell and Betsy Drake.
In 1950, Stuart was briefly in that year's Best Picture, All About Eve, as a telephone friend of Anne Baxter. She had fourth billing in the noir comedy Stella, with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature.
In 1951, she appeared as Marge Boyd in I Can Get It For You Wholesale, in what might have been her breakout role. In 1952, Stuart teamed again with Grant and Drake in the comedy Room for One More for Warner Bros.
After 1957's Incredible Shrinking Man, she was cast as Nancy Dawson in the 1958 western film, Man from God's Country, starring George Montgomery. She also guest-starred about that time in Montgomery's short-lived television western television series, Cimarron City.
n the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stuart (known by her married name, Betty Wallis) was instrumental in developing the alumni program at Chaminade College Preparatory School in West Hills, California, from which her two youngest children had graduated. She was listed as a resource for information for the school. She later was director of alumni affairs at Cal State Northridge.
Stuart was married to Kenneth Wayne Smith (1943-1945), Edward Charles George (1947-1954; one child), Lane Allan (aka Albert Wootten, 1954-1968; three children), and Ernest Dineen Wallis (1971-1982). The first three marriages ended in divorce, and the last ended with Wallis's death.
Stuart died of lung cancer on July 20, 1996, at the age of 71 in Bakersfield, California.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1935 |
| Birthday | 1924-10-12 |
| Place of Birth | Iola, Kansas, USA |
| Also Known As | Elizabeth Shaubell, |
1950
All About Eve
8.078/1692
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Cha...
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All About Eve
1949
I Was a Male War Bride
6.944/144
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her...
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I Was a Male War Bride
1957
The Incredible Shrinking Man
7.507/560
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches ta...
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
1948
The Street with No Name
6.39/50
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI...
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The Street with No Name
1952
Room for One More
6.548/52
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her hu...
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Room for One More
1949
Dancing in the Dark
6/3
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio...
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Dancing in the Dark
1948
Sitting Pretty
7.102/49
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter,...
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Sitting Pretty
1956
Star in the Dust
5.1/23
The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won'...
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Star in the Dust
1950
Stella
9/2
Screwball black comedy about a wacky family that forgets where they've buried a corpse.
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Stella
1948
Apartment for Peggy
8.222/9
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be...
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Apartment for Peggy
1954
Hazard House
0/0
A married couple watches a documentary program which presents the hazards children face in the home.
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Hazard House
1949
The Fan
5.952/21
Lord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband. The couple's happy marriage is placed at risk when he...
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The Fan
Emergency
0/0
An armed man breaks into a family's home during a terrible thunderstorm. Aired on Oct 15, 1953 as Season 2, Episode 3 of The Ford Television Theatre.
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Emergency
1958
Man from God's Country
5/10
Dan Beattie gives up his lawman job to move further west and rejoin his old war buddy Curt Warren in the town of Sundown. At first mistaken for a rail...
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Man from God's Country
1959
The Silent Kill
0/0
Retired football player and current P. I. Brock Callahan (Ken Clark) is hired to investigate the death of a decorator. The police think it's a suicide...
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The Silent Kill
1951
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
6.045/11
A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her a...
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I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1950
Whirlpool
6.418/98
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients...
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Whirlpool
1953
Giving Thanks Always
0/0
During the many challenges in preparing for Thanksgiving holiday festivities, Anna and other family members forget the real meaning of the day. That i...
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