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American actress (1935–2009)
Collin Wilcox
Wilcox in 1958
Born
Collin Randall Wilcox
(1935-02-04 ) February 4, 1935Died October 14, 2009(2009-10-14) (aged 74 ) Occupation Actress Years active 1953–2003 Spouses
(m. 1957, divorced)
(m. 1963; div. 1977)
(m. 1979) Children 3
Collin Randall Wilcox (February 4, 1935 – October 14, 2009) was an American film, stage and television actress. Over her career, she was also credited as Collin Wilcox-Horne or Collin Wilcox-Paxton . Wilcox may be best known for her role in To Kill a Mockingbird Mayella Violet Ewell , whose father falsely claimed she had been raped by a black man, which sparks the trial at the center of the film.
Early years [ edit ]
Wilcox was born in Cincinnati, Ohio , and moved with her family to Highlands, North Carolina , as a baby. Her interest in theater was sparked by her parents,[1]
She attended the University of Tennessee, where she studied drama.[1]
Wilcox made her professional debut in Chicago as part of the improvisational group , The Compass Players ,[1] Mike Nichols , Elaine May , and Shelley Berman .
Playing opposite Richard Basehart , Kevin McCarthy , and William Hansen , Wilcox won the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance in The Day The Money Stopped [2] by Maxwell Anderson and Brendan Gill , which lasted only three nights on Broadway in 1958. She starred in the 1961 play Look, We've Come Through with Burt Reynolds on Broadway. She replaced another actress in the 1963 revival of Eugene O'Neill 's Strange Interlude The Family Way , both on Broadway.
A life member of The Actors Studio ,[3] 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird Mayella Violet Ewell , who falsely accuses Tom Robinson (Brock Peters ) of raping her. Following that cinematic acting success, she performed two very memorable roles for television in 1964: The Twilight Zone Number 12 Looks Just Like You " and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Ray Bradbury short story.
She appeared as Bess Frye in a 1972 episode of Gunsmoke titled "Jubilee". In 1974, she co-starred with Peter Falk and Robert Conrad in the Columbo An Exercise in Fatality " as Ruth Stafford. She remained active performing both on television and in films. Her final role was that of Mrs. Kline in the movie A Touch of Fate , which was released in 2003, six years before her death.
Civil rights activism [ edit ]
She recalled receiving "unfriendly looks" when she showed up at an NAACP conference in Monterey, California , because in the film To Kill a Mockingbird [4]
On October 14, 2009, Wilcox died from brain cancer , aged 74, at her home in Highlands, North Carolina .[5] cremated and her ashes returned to her family.[6]
Filmography [ edit ]
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Name of the Game Is Kill!
The Sound of Anger (1968, TV Movie) - Ann Kochek
Catch-22
The Revolutionary
The Baby Maker
Jump
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
A Cry in the Wilderness (1974, TV Movie) - Bess Millard
The Lives of Jenny Dolan
September 30, 1955
Jaws 2
Under This Sky (1979, TV Movie) - Susan B. Anthony
Marie
Foxfire
Wildflower (1991, TV Movie) - Bessie Morgan
The Portrait (1993, TV Movie) - Chancellor
Fluke
The Journey of August King
Twisted Desire
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
A Touch of Fate (2003) - Mrs. Kline (final film role)
Selected television appearances [ edit ]
The Untouchables
(Season 3 Episode 17: "Takeover") (March 3, 1962) as Ann Gratzner
(Season 3 Episode 26: "Pressure") (1962) as Francie Pavanos
Route 66
The Twilight Zone Number 12 Looks Just Like You ") as Marilyn Cuberle
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(Season 2 Episode 17: "The Jar") (episode originally aired February 14, 1964) as Thedy Sue Hill
(Season 3 Episode 26: "The Monkey's Paw: A Retelling") (episode aired originally on April 19, 1965) as Selina
Perry Mason
The Fugitive
(Season 3 Episode 13: "The Good Guys and the Bad Guys") (December 14, 1965) as Laura McElvey
(Season 4 Episode 9: "Approach with Care") (November 15, 1966) as Mary Turner
The F.B.I.
(Season 1 Episode 22: "The Baby Sitter") (1966) as Stella
(Season 2 Episode 16: "Passage into Fear") (January 8, 1967) as Hanna
The Virginian
Death Valley Days
The Immortal
Medical Center
The Waltons
The Streets of San Francisco
Columbo
Little House on the Prairie
References [ edit ]
^ "The Clarence Derwent Award" . The Equity Awards . Actors Equity. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2018 .
^ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio 278 . ISBN 0-02-542650-8
^ "Collin Wilcox Paxton dies at 74; actress was Mayella in 'To Kill a Mockingbird' . Los Angeles Times
^ Fox, Margalit (October 22, 2009). "Collin Wilcox, Actress in 'To Kill A Mockingbird', Dies at 74" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 22, 2009 .
^ Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed ISBN 9781476625997
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