Virginia Gregg - Television

Television

On television. Gregg portrayed Mary Surratt, the woman hanged for conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, in the 1956 episode "The Mary Surratt Case" of NBC anthology series, The Joseph Cotten Show.

She made three appearances on the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the syndicated Rod Cameron series, State Trooper. She appeared as Judge Banks in the episode "We, the Jury" (1958) Mr. Adams and Eve. Gregg also appeared in the episode "Postmarked for Death" (1958) of Tombstone Territory. In 1959, she appeared as Zina in the episode "The Meeting" of Bruce Gordon's short-lived docudrama, Behind Closed Doors. In the 1961-1962 television season, Gregg provided the voice of Maggie Bell in the ABC cartoon series, Calvin and the Colonel.

In 1961, she guest starred on NBC's anthology program, The Barbara Stanwyck Show. In 1962 she made two appearances on Gunsmoke. In 1963, she appeared on The Eleventh Hour, in two episodes. She appeared in an episode ("Three Men from Now"; 1965) of The Legend of Jesse James. In 1958 Gregg played Hilda Stone in an episode ("The Eight-Cent Reward") of Wanted: Dead or Alive. In 1959, 1963 and 1964, she guest starred on Rawhide in the episodes "Incident of the Misplaced Indians", "Incident of the Comancheros" and "Incident of the Banker". In 1964, she played "Mrs. Bronson" in an episode ("Confounding Her Astronomers") of Breaking Point.

Gregg may be best remembered for Dragnet. Jack Webb utilized her in dozens of roles on both radio and TV versions of the show as well as the Dragnet 1954 movie where she played the role of Ethel Starkie. In later years, she appeared on other shows produced by Webb's production company, Mark VII Limited (e.g., Adam-12, Emergency!). Gregg also played non-recurring character roles in four episodes of the long-running TV series Perry Mason, including the title role in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Cautious Coquette."