--- name: "Natalie Schafer" canonical: "https://film.one/person/natalie-schafer" roles: [] born: "5 November 1900" died: "10 April 1991" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T01:53:11.045744+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." --- # Natalie Schafer Actor. Born 5 November 1900 in Red Bank, New Jersey, USA. Died 10 April 1991. ## Details - **Born:** 5 November 1900, Red Bank, New Jersey, USA - **Died:** 10 April 1991 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Schafer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769791/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7643 ## Biography Natalie Schafer was an American actress. She began her career on Broadway, appearing in seventeen plays between 1927 and 1959, including *Lady in the Dark* (1941–42), *The Doughgirls* (1942–44) and *Romanoff and Juliet* (1957–58). She moved to Los Angeles in 1941 and worked in films, often in supporting roles as sophisticates. Schafer is best known for playing Lovey Howell in the television series *Gilligan's Island* (1964–67) and its three made-for-television spin-off films: *Rescue from Gilligan's Island* (1978), *The Castaways on Gilligan's Island* (1979) and *The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island* (1981). She also appeared in films such as *The Snake Pit* (1948) as Mrs. Stuart and *Anastasia* (1956), and made guest appearances in series including *I Love Lucy* (1954) and *The Brady Bunch* (1969). She was married to actor Louis Calhern from 1933 to 1942. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Snake Pit* (1948), Fi1m 76, as Mrs. Stuart — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snake-pit.md) ## Complete filmography (72) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *I'm Dangerous Tonight* (1990), as Grandmother - *Beverly Hills Brats* (1989), as Lillian - *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Leonna Felspar - *Matt Houston* (1982), series, as Vonda Moran - *Gilligan's Planet* (1982), series, as Eunice "Lovey" Wentworth Howell (voice) - *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor - *Here's Boomer* (1981), series, Actor - *The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island* (1981), as Lovey Wentworth Howell - *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, Actor - *The Castaways on Gilligan's Island* (1979), as Lovey Howell - *Rescue from Gilligan's Island* (1978), as Lovey Wentworth Howell - *Flying High* (1978), series, Actor - *Vega$* (1978), series, as Charlotte Hunt - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Mrs. Hartnett · Writer - *CHiPs* (1977), series, Actor - *Three's Company* (1977), series, Actor - *The Day of the Locust* (1975), as Audrey Jennings - *The New Adventures of Gilligan* (1974), series, as Eunice Wentworth 'Lovey' Howell (voice) - *40 Carats* (1973), as Mrs. Adams - *McMillan & Wife* (1971), series, as Mrs. Roberts - *The Brady Bunch* (1969), series, Actor - *Mayberry R.F.D.* (1968), series, as Cornelia Willoughby - *Mannix* (1967), series, as Bunny Mason - *The Canterville Ghost* (1966), as Mrs. Otis - *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, as Mrs. Otis - *Gilligan's Island* (1964), series, as Lovey Howell - *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as Madame Renee - *Susan Slade* (1961), as Marian Corbett - *Back Street* (1961), as Mrs. Evans - *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor - *Guestward, Ho!* (1960), series, Actor - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Beatrice Graves - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Ellie Fraser - *Bernardine* (1957), as Madge Beaumont - *If You Knew Elizabeth* (1957), as Geneva - *Oh, Men! Oh, Women!* (1957), as Mrs. Day - *Anastasia* (1956), as Irina Lissemskaia / Nini - *Forever, Darling* (1956), as Millie Opdyke - *Female on the Beach* (1955), as Queenie Sorenson - *The Petrified Forest* (1955), as Mrs. Chisholm - *Sherlock Holmes* (1954), series, Actor - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Lucrece Durhurst - *Casanova's Big Night* (1954), as Signora Foressi - *Topper* (1953), series, as Mrs. Vance - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Mary, Mrs. Hayes - *The Girl Next Door* (1953), as Evelyn the maid - *Mr. & Mrs. North* (1952), series, Actor - *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Beatrice Trent - *Just Across the Street* (1952), as Gertrude Medford - *Callaway Went Thataway* (1951), as Martha Lorrison - *I Love Lucy* (1951), series, as Phoebe Emerson - *The Law and the Lady* (1951), as Pamela Pemberson - *Take Care of My Little Girl* (1951), as Cookie Clark - *Payment on Demand* (1951), as Mrs. Edna Blanton - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Blanche, Gertrude Medford, Julie - *Caught* (1949), as Dorothy Dale - *The Snake Pit* (1948), as Mrs. Stuart — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snake-pit.md) - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor - *The Time of Your Life* (1948), as Society Lady - *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947), as Edith Potter - *Repeat Performance* (1947), as Eloise Shaw - *Dishonored Lady* (1947), as Ethel Royce - *The Other Love* (1947), as Dora Shelton - *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, Actor - *Masquerade in Mexico* (1945), as Irene Denny - *Wonder Man* (1945), as Mrs. Hume - *Molly and Me* (1945), as Kitty Goode-Burroughs - *Keep Your Powder Dry* (1945), as Harriet Corwin - *Marriage Is a Private Affair* (1944), as Irene Selworth - *Reunion in France* (1942), as Frau Amy Schroeder (uncredited) - *The Body Disappears* (1941), as Mrs. Lunceford - *The Poor Fish* (1930), as Daisy ## Gallery - ![Publicity photo of Natalie Schafer (1942)](https://film.one/media/person/1235972/gallery-e59f90307da5.jpg) Publicity photo of Natalie Schafer (1942) — Studio Publicity, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/NatalieSchafer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Natalie Schafer](https://film.one/media/person/1235972/gallery-c917b0a3900f.jpg) Natalie Schafer — Film screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Natalie_Schafer_in_Dishonored_Lady.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Wedding photograph of actress Natalie Schafer, taken at Wee Kirk o' the Heather chapel at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California. (1933)](https://film.one/media/person/1235972/gallery-1e1214e7fe1e.jpg) Wedding photograph of actress Natalie Schafer, taken at Wee Kirk o' the Heather chapel at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California. (1933) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Natalie_Schafer_1933_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) benefit, Los Angeles- Sept. 1990- She played Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/1235972/gallery-9247bd2e4c4e.jpg) AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) benefit, Los Angeles- Sept. 1990- She played Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but (2010) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Natalie_Schafer_%28210411645%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Natalie Schafer](https://film.one/media/person/1235972/gallery-4244154ce155.jpg) Natalie Schafer — Image via TMDB - ![Natalie Schafer](https://film.one/media/person/1235972/gallery-f6c64fb3debc.jpg) Natalie Schafer — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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