Natalie Schafer

Actor

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Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

November 05, 1900

Died

April 10, 1991

Cause of Death

Cancer

Biography

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A stage-trained actress, Natalie Schafer entered films in 1944 and from the 1950s played numerous supporting roles often as rich, bubbly-headed matrons. She was perhaps best known as Lovey, the stranded wife of millionaire banker Thurston Howell III (played by Jim Backus) on the popular TV comedy "Gilligan's Island" (CBS, 1964-67), Schafer was married to actor Louis Calhern from 1934 to ...

Filmography

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I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)

Castaways On Gilligan's Island (1979)

Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)

The Day of the Locust (1975)

40 Carats (1973)

Photos & Videos

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Callaway Went Thataway (1951) -- (Movie Clip) What Would You Say To A Martini?

Callaway Went Thataway (1951) -- (Movie Clip) There Is No Smoky Callaway

Family & Companions

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Louis Calhern

Husband

Actor. Married April 20, 1933, divorced 1942; died 1956.

Biography

A stage-trained actress, Natalie Schafer entered films in 1944 and from the 1950s played numerous supporting roles often as rich, bubbly-headed matrons. She was perhaps best known as Lovey, the stranded wife of millionaire banker Thurston Howell III (played by Jim Backus) on the popular TV comedy "Gilligan's Island" (CBS, 1964-67), Schafer was married to actor Louis Calhern from 1934 to 1942, with whom she co-starred on stage.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)

Castaways On Gilligan's Island (1979)

Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)

The Day of the Locust (1975)

40 Carats (1973)

Back Street (1961)

Susan Slade (1961)

Bernardine (1957)

Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)

Forever, Darling (1956)

Female on the Beach (1955)

Queenie Sorenson

Casanova's Big Night (1954)

Signora Foressi

The Girl Next Door (1953)

Just Across the Street (1952)

Gertrude Medford

Payment on Demand (1951)

Mrs. [Edna] Blanton

The Law and the Lady (1951)

Pamela Pemberton

Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)

Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

Martha Lorrison

The Snake Pit (1948)

Secret Beyond the Door (1948)

The Time of Your Life (1948)

The Other Love (1947)

Dishonored Lady (1947)

Repeat Performance (1947)

Masquerade in Mexico (1946)

Wonder Man (1945)

Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)

Molly and Me (1945)

Kitty Burroughs

Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)

Mrs. [Irene] Selworth

Reunion in France (1942)

The Body Disappears (1941)

Cast (Special)

Homer and the Wacky Donut Machine (1976)

Frivolous Woman

The Petrified Forest (1955)

Life Events

1927

New York stage debut in "Trigger"

1944

Film debut, "Marriage Is a Private Affair"

1964

Had perhaps best known role as Lovey Howell on the sitcom "Gilligan's Island"

1989

Final film role in "Beverly Hills Brats"

Videos

Callaway Went Thataway (1951) -- (Movie Clip) What Would You Say To A Martini? Now in Hollywood, reluctantly convinced to pretend he’s the missing old-time singing cowboy who’s become a TV star, Howard Keel as Shep, impersonating “Smoky Callaway,” escorted by his de facto agents (Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire) blunders with MGM celebrities (Elizabeth Taylor, Clark Gable) at Mocambo, then with the sponsor and wife (Fay Roope, Natalie Schaefer) in Callaway Went Thataway, 1951.

Callaway Went Thataway (1951) -- (Movie Clip) There Is No Smoky Callaway We’ve just met Fred MacMurray as TV ad-man Mike Frye, who introduces Dorothy McGuire as his partner, and through exposition we find out that the old movie singing cowboy they’ve turned into a TV star is missing, Jesse White as his old agent, in Callaway Went Thataway, 1951.

Callaway Went Thataway (1951) -- (Movie Clip) He Died With His Regiment Unable to find washed-up singing cowboy Callaway, who they’ve made a TV star using his old movie serials, Hollywood advertising partners Mike and Deb (Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire) track down the real cowboy (Howard Keel, who also plays Callaway), who wrote to complain because he’s a dead-ringer for the guy, in MGM’s Callaway Went Thataway, 1951.

Snake Pit, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Before It's Too Late Shrink doctor Kik (Leo Genn) with more beaurocratic colleagues (Natalie Shafer as Miss Seifert, Howard Freeman, Frank Conroy, et al) arguing his case in the staff dining hall, in Anatole Litvak's The Snake Pit, 1948.

Anastasia (1956) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Being Sarcastic Ingrid Bergman, who's really just a mental patient trained by a charlatan Russian exile general (Yul Brynner), is presented in 1928 Paris as the lost daughter of the murdered Tsar, whose one-time chamberlain (Felix Aylmer) is the toughest judge, in Anastasia, 1956.

Molly And Me (1945) -- (Movie Clip) I Do Hope Your Ladyship Approves From the top, English superstar Gracie Fields as the title character, eager to disguise the theatrical boarding house she runs, Queenie Leonard and Edith Barrett her compatriots, Natalie Schafer (from Gillian’s Island) visiting, in Molly And Me, 1945, with Monty Woolley and Roddy McDowall.

Keep Your Powder Dry #2 - (Original Trailer) Selling it as a drama did not work, so here is MGM's "re-branding" of the WAC movie Keep Your Powder Dry (1945).

Secret Beyond The Door -- (Movie Clip) Eyes Touching Me Encouraged to enjoy her stay in Mexico, Celia (Joan Bennett) with pal Edith (Natalie Schafer) witnessing a street fight, and narrating her first sighting of Mark (Michael Redgrave), in Fritz Lang's Secret Beyond The Door, 1948.

Susan Slade - (Original Trailer) A pregnant teen (Connie Stevens) allows her mother to pass the baby off as her own in Susan Slade (1961).

Forever Darling - (Original Trailer) Desi Arnaz may say "I don't love Lucy!" unless her guardian angel (James Mason) can fix their marriage in Forever Darling (1956).

Keep Your Powder Dry #1 - (Original Trailer) The original release trailer of the wartime WAC drama Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) starring Lana Turner.

Callaway Went Thataway - (Original Trailer) A real cowboy (Howard Keel) signs on to impersonate a faded western star for public appearances.

Marriage is a Private Affair - (Original Trailer) A spoiled rich girl refuses to let marriage interfere with man-chasing in Marriage is a Private Affair (1944) starring Lana Turner.

Body Disappears, The - (Original Trailer) A young millionaire is turned invisible by a daffy scientist in The Body Disappears (1941) co-starring Jane Wyman.

Reunion in France -- (Original Trailer) A Frenchwoman (Joan Crawford) tries to help a downed U.S. flyer (John Wayne) escape the Nazis.

Family

Charles Schafer

Father

Stockbroker.

Jane Schafer

Mother

Companions

Louis Calhern

Husband

Actor. Married April 20, 1933, divorced 1942; died 1956.

Bibliography

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