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name: "Elisabeth Fraser"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elisabeth-fraser"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 January 1920"
died: "5 May 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T04:45:43.126350+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Elisabeth Fraser

Actor. Born 8 January 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 5 May 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 January 1920, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 5 May 2005
- **Active:** 1941–1963
- **Also known as:** Elisabeth Fraser Jonker
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 74 (1), 1960s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Fraser, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672242, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292116/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86346

## Biography

Elisabeth Fraser (born Elisabeth Fraser Jonker, 8 January 1920 – 5 May 2005) was an American actress. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she made her Broadway debut six weeks after leaving high school in the 1940 production of *There Shall Be No Night*. She obtained a contract with Warner Bros. and appeared in her first film, *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), as Eileen Spence.

Fraser had roles in films including *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1942), *All My Sons* (1948), *A Patch of Blue* (1965) as Sadie, *The Graduate* (1967) and *Nine to Five* (1980). On television she played Sgt. Joan Hogan in *The Phil Silvers Show* and appeared in episodes of *Bewitched*, *Perry Mason*, *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and *Gunsmoke*. Her stage career included further Broadway productions such as *The Tunnel of Love*.

She was married to dancer Ray McDonald from 1944 to 1952 and later to screenwriter Charles K. Peck Jr.; both marriages ended in divorce. She had three children.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, as Millie Jackson — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), Fi1m 74, as Eileen Spence at Age 17 — [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Nine to Five* (1980), as (uncredited)
- *The Scarlett O'Hara War* (1980), as Atlanta Lady
- *Maude* (1972), series, as Lorraine / Neighbor / Nurse
- *Temperatures Rising* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Ballad of Josie* (1967), as Widow Renfrew
- *The Graduate* (1967), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Tony Rome* (1967), as Irene (misidentified as "Irma" in credits)
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Beverly Renick Cortina
- *The Second Hundred Years* (1967), series, as Muriel
- *The Way West* (1967), as Mrs. Fairman
- *Seconds* (1966), as Plump Blonde
- *The Monkees* (1966), series, as Judge
- *Off We Go* (1966), as Josie Ryan
- *The Glass Bottom Boat* (1966), as Nina Bailey
- *A Patch of Blue* (1965), as Sadie
- *Kilroy* (1965), as dog buyer
- *Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Macushla O'Shea
- *The Addams Family* (1964), series, as Madelyn Smith
- *Bewitched* (1964), series, Actor
- *Mickey* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Bing Crosby Show* (1964), series, Actor
- *Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?* (1963), as Dora Ashley
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Millie Jackson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Two for the Seesaw* (1962), as Sophie
- *Sammy, the Way-Out Seal* (1962), as Lovey Sylvester
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *One Happy Family* (1961), series, Actor
- *Ask Any Girl* (1959), as Jennie Boyden
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Belle Connelly
- *The Tunnel of Love* (1958), as Alice Pepper
- *Man with a Camera* (1958), series, as Ellie McMahon
- *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, as Nancy Guthrie
- *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, as Emily
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Hazel Bascombe, Eloise Brent, Estelle Paige
- *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as Dorian Crane
- *Hancock's Half Hour* (1956), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Dorothy Forbes
- *The Phil Silvers Show* (1955), series, as MSgt. Joan Hogan
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Susan Simms
- *Young at Heart* (1954), as Amy Tuttle
- *The Steel Cage* (1954), as Marie, Louie's Girl, segment "The Chef"
- *So Big* (1953), as Julie Hempel
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Diana, Janice Howell
- *Dangerous Assignment* (1952), series, Actor
- *Death of a Salesman* (1951), as Miss Forsythe (uncredited)
- *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor
- *Callaway Went Thataway* (1951), as Marie
- *Racket Squad* (1951), series, Actor
- *When I Grow Up* (1951), as Mother Reed
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Helen
- *Hills of Oklahoma* (1950), as Sharon Forbes
- *Dear Wife* (1949), as Kate Collins
- *Roseanna McCoy* (1949), as Bess McCoy
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Actor
- *All My Sons* (1948), as Lydia Lubey
- *Commandos Strike at Dawn* (1942), as Anna Korstad
- *The Hidden Hand* (1942), as Mary Winfield
- *Busses Roar* (1942), as Betty
- *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1941), as June Stanley
- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), as Eileen Spence at Age 17 — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)

## Gallery

- ![Elisabeth Fraser](https://film.one/media/person/467570/gallery-db865183ac86.jpg) Elisabeth Fraser — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Elisabeth_Fraser.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Elisabeth Fraser](https://film.one/media/person/467570/gallery-134132f04388.jpg) Elisabeth Fraser — Image via TMDB

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