Sue Ane Langdon is an American actress. She has appeared in dozens of television series and had featured roles in films such as ''

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'', both directed by Gene Kelly, as well as '' The Rounders'' opposite

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and two

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movies, ''

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'' and '' Frankie and Johnny''. She began her performing career singing at

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and acting in stage productions. In the mid-1960s, she appeared in the Broadway musical ''The Apple Tree'', which starred

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. Her co-starring role on the television series ''

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'' won her a

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for Best Supporting Actress-Television. In 1976, she appeared in '' Hello Dolly'' at

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. In 1978, she appeared in ''

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. She was featured mainly in comedies, with an occasional dramatic film.

Biography

Early life

Langdon was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to Albert G. Lookhoff and Grace (née Huddle), an operatic soprano. She was enrolled at the

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. She was also briefly enrolled full-time at

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Career

Langdon's film debut came in '' The Great Impostor'' (1961), starring

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. Langdon went on to have leading roles in films such as '' The Rounders'' (1965), '' Hold On!'' (1966), ''

'' (1967), ''

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'' (1967), ''

'' (1970), and ''

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'' (1966) which led to her posing nude for ''

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'' magazine. In 1966,

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released '' Frankie and Johnny'' in which Langdon co-starred along with

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and

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. Her later films included ''

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'' (1979), '' Without Warning'' (1980), ''

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'' (1982), '' UHF'' (1989) and ''

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'' (1990). Andy Griffith and Sue Ane Langdon, Andy Griffith Show 1962

Langdon's first regular role on network series television came as the third actress to play Alice Kramden in

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's ''

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'' sketches and shows. Preceded by Pert Kelton and

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and followed by Sheila MacRae and Meadows again, she shared a ''

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'' cover with Gleason promoting his 1962 return to weekly variety television. A premature departure from the role following a brief four-week run left her mark on the ''

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'' era of Gleason's career a small one at best. The press reported at the time "incompatible personality differences" between "The Great One" and her. Four years later, MacRae took over the role for the color, hour-long musical versions. Langdon was more frequently seen on the small screen in guest roles such as Kitty Marsh during the

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portion (1959–1961) of '' Bachelor Father''. The next year, she appeared twice on Rod Cameron's syndicated

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''. In 1961, she made her first of three appearances on ''

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'' as Rowena Leach in "The Case of the Crying Comedian". In 1962, she appeared as nurse Mary Simpson in an episode of CBS's ''

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''. (Another actress,

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, also played Nurse Mary on the Griffith show.) In another popular situation comedy, Langdon played a scatter-brained defendant on trial in a '' Dick Van Dyke Show'' episode called "One Angry Man". Langdon made her second guest appearance on ''Perry Mason'' in 1964 as murder victim Bonnie in "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor". Her third ''Perry Mason'' appearance was in the 1966 episode "The Case of the Avenging Angel" as Dorothy (Dotty) Merrill. Her other guest appearances on TV programs included ''

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'', '' Tales of Wells Fargo'', ''

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'', '' Bourbon Street Beat'', '' Room for One More'', ''

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'', '' Mannix'', '' Thriller'', '' Bonanza'', '' Ironside'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Banacek'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' and as herself on '' Rowan and Martin's Laugh In''. She co-starred in two television series in the 1970s. ''

'', a sitcom starring actor

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, debuted in 1970 and aired for two seasons on

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. Langdon portrayed Lillian Nuvo, the wife of a loading-dock foreman turned corporate executive, and won a Golden Globe award for her performance. ''

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'', an

hour-long comedy starring veteran actor

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, featured Langdon as Rosie Kelley, the daughter-in-law of an over-65 maverick United States Senator. Premiering in 1978 opposite ''

'' and ''

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'', the top-rated block of shows at the time, her third attempt at weekly episodic television lasted four months. A final stab at her own series came in the

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comedy ''

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''. A 1980 mid-season replacement, Langdon played Darlene Ridgeway, the owner of a saloon frequented by local construction workers. Another rare 60-minute comedy, it lasted 10 weeks. Langdon was presented one of the

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in 2003 for her contribution to television and cinema Westerns.

Personal life

Langdon married Jack Emrek on April 4, 1959 in

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. The couple remained married until his death on April 27, 2010, in

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