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Mary Stuart

Mary Stuart

Actor, Music Department, Writer

Born July 4, 1926 in Miami, Florida, USA

Died February 28, 2022

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She reigned on Search for Tomorrow (1951) for nearly four decades and became one of TV's most popular daytime ladies. As the ever-noble Joanne Gardner Barron Tate Vincente Tourneur, Mary Stuart remained on board for its entire run, and when that four-times-married role was in the can, she was ready for more.

Born Mary Houchins on Independence Day, 1926 in Miami, Florida, actress Mary Stuart grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Demonstrating musical talent at an early age, she sang with local bands at age 12 and performed with the USO at various military bases during her high school years. After she graduated she worked as a photojournalist before gearing up for an acting career in New York.

A hat check girl and table photographer at New York's Hotel Roosevelt Grill, she had started to sing on the club stage when she was discovered by producer Joe Pasternak who put her under contract with MGM. Moving West, she spent years in obscure starlet parts while doubling for the stars in screen tests. Going nowhere and playing everything from a Mexican half-breed in Thunderhoof (1948) to a cigarette girl in The Girl from Jones Beach (1949), a very disappointed Mary called it quits with Hollywood within a few years and returned to Gotham to study.

She happened upon the role of a lifetime after the director of "SFT" caught her in an acting class performance. She married Time-Life executive Richard Krolik a month before the soap's premiere and the couple went on to have two children, Jeffrey and Cynthia. Both Mary and her Joanne character remained survivors despite a long series of hassles which included a battle with writers who tried to kill off her character, and numerous potential cancellations of the show, which finally happened in 1989.

Mary earned the distinction of being the first daytime performer to be nominated for an Emmy Award, competing against prime-time actresses Shirley Booth, Cara Williams, Gertrude Berg and Mary Tyler Moore in 1962. She lost to Booth's "Hazel" character. At age 63, she ventured on with the role of a judge in One Life to Live (1968) in 1988 for a year, and then a longer-running part on Guiding Light (1952) in 1996. This role lasted until her death from cancer in 2002 at age 75. Mary's autobiography entitled "Both of Me" was written in 1980 and also serves as a comprehensive history of "SFT."

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Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Poster

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards TV Special2003Self - Memorial Tribute

The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards TV Special2003Self - Memorial Tribute

The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards TV Special2001Self

NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II Poster

NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II Documentary1998Self

50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration TV Movie1994Self

NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration Poster

NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration Documentary1986Self

The 12th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards TV Special1985Self - Presenter & Winner

Help Wanted TV Movie1983Mrs. Jones

The Regis Philbin Show Poster

The Regis Philbin Show TV Series1981Self

Hour Magazine Poster

Hour Magazine TV Series1980Self

The David Letterman Show Poster

The David Letterman Show TV Series1980Self

After Hours: From Janice, John, Mary and Michael, with Love TV Special1976Self

Musical Chairs TV Series1975Self

Bicentennial Minutes Poster

Bicentennial Minutes TV Series1974Self - Narrator

Dinah! TV Series1974Self

The 1st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards TV Special1974Self

Tomorrow Coast to Coast Poster

Tomorrow Coast to Coast TV Series1973Self

The Canterbury Tales Poster

The Canterbury Tales Feature Film1972Priest

The David Frost Show Poster

The David Frost Show TV Series1969Self

One Life to Live Poster

One Life to Live TV Series1968Judge Claire Webber

The Dick Cavett Show Poster

The Dick Cavett Show TV Series1968Self

The Bob Braun Show Poster

The Bob Braun Show TV Series1967Self - Actress

The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) Poster

The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) TV Series1965Self - Panelist

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self - Actress

Guiding Light Poster

Guiding Light TV Series1952Meta Bauer

Omnibus TV Series1952

Today TV Series1952Self

Hollywood Opening Night TV Series1951Librarian

Search for Tomorrow Poster

Search for Tomorrow TV Series1951Joanne Tourneur

Colt .45 Poster

Colt .45 Feature Film1950Townswoman

Father Makes Good Poster

Father Makes Good Feature Film1950Barbara Latham

Stars Over Hollywood TV Series1950Librarian

The Cariboo Trail Poster

The Cariboo Trail Feature Film1950Jane Winters

The Web TV Series19501 episode, 1950

Henry, the Rainmaker Poster

Henry, the Rainmaker Feature Film1949Barbara Latham

Leave It to Henry Poster

Leave It to Henry Feature Film1949Barbara Latham

The Girl from Jones Beach Poster

The Girl from Jones Beach Feature Film1949Hazel

Adventures of Don Juan Poster

Adventures of Don Juan Feature Film1948Catherine

April Showers Poster

April Showers Feature Film1948Woman in Hotel Lobby

Embraceable You Poster

Embraceable You Feature Film1948Miss Purdy - Nurse

June Bride Poster

June Bride Feature Film1948Hostess on Airplane

The Big Punch Poster

The Big Punch Feature Film1948Midge Parker

Thunderhoof Poster

Thunderhoof Feature Film1948Margarita

Triple Threat Poster

Triple Threat Feature Film1948Marian Rutherford

Dark Delusion Poster

Dark Delusion Feature Film1947Bride Patient

Good News Poster

Good News Feature Film1947Flossie

Living in a Big Way Poster

Living in a Big Way Feature Film1947Bit Role

The Hucksters Poster

The Hucksters Feature Film1947Model in Elevator

The Unfinished Dance Poster

The Unfinished Dance Feature Film1947Girl at Ballet

This Time for Keeps Poster

This Time for Keeps Feature Film1947Frances Allenbury

Lights Out Poster

Lights Out TV Series19461 episode, 1950

Hitler's Children Poster

Hitler's Children Feature Film1943Bit

Ladies' Day Poster

Ladies' Day Feature Film1943Player's Wife

Mr. Lucky Poster

Mr. Lucky Feature Film1943Girl

The Falcon Strikes Back Poster

The Falcon Strikes Back Feature Film1943Puppet Theater Usherette

Here We Go Again Poster

Here We Go Again Feature Film1942Girl Guide

Highways by Night Poster

Highways by Night Feature Film1942Club Girl

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost Poster

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost Feature Film1942Minor Role

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant Poster

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant Feature Film1942Villa Luigi Hat Check Girl

Seven Days' Leave Poster

Seven Days' Leave Feature Film1942Girl

Song of the Islands Poster

Song of the Islands Feature Film1942Islander

Springtime in the Rockies Poster

Springtime in the Rockies Feature Film1942

The Big Street Poster

The Big Street Feature Film1942Showgirl

Week-End in Havana Poster

Week-End in Havana Feature Film1941Dancer

Music Department

1

Search for Tomorrow Poster

Search for Tomorrow TV Series1951

Writer

2

Face of a Stranger Poster

Face of a Stranger TV Movie1991

When Angels Fly Poster

When Angels Fly TV Movie1983

Thanks

1

California Casanova Poster

California Casanova Feature Film1991

Other Crew

1

This Land Is Mine Poster

This Land Is Mine Feature Film1943

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