Mary Beth Hughes

Mary Beth Hughes (November 13, 1919 – August 27, 1995) was an American stage, movie and television actress. She played Henry Fonda's former girlfriend in The Ox-Bow Incident (1943). She also played Sylvia in The Great Profile.

Early life and career
She was born Mary Elizabeth Hughes  in Alton, Illinois. Hughes' parents, George Joseph Hughes and Mary Frances Hughes, separated when she was an infant and divorced in 1923.

Death
Hughes died, aged 75, on August 27, 1995 from natural causes in Los Angeles.

Filmography

 * Within the Law (1939) (uncredited voice)
 * Broadway Serenade (1939) (uncredited)
 * The Kid from Texas (1939) (uncredited)
 * Bridal Suite (1939) (uncredited)
 * These Glamour Girls (1939)
 * The Women (1939)
 * Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
 * Fast and Furious (1939)
 * The Covered Trailer (1939)
 * Free, Blonde and 21 (1940)
 * Star Dust (1940)
 * Four Sons (1940)
 * Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
 * The Great Profile (1940)
 * Sleepers West (1941)
 * Ride on Vaquero (1941)
 * The Great American Broadcast (1941)
 * The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941)
 * Dressed to Kill (1941)
 * Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
 * Design for Scandal (1941)
 * Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
 * The Night Before the Divorce (1942)
 * Orchestra Wives (1942)
 * Over My Dead Body (1942)
 * Good Morning, Judge (1943)
 * Follow the Band (1943)
 * The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
 * Melody Parade (1943)
 * Never a Dull Moment (1943)
 * Timber Queen (1944)


 * Men on Her Mind (1944)
 * Take It Big (1944)
 * I Accuse My Parents (1944)
 * The Great Flamarion (1945)
 * Rockin' in the Rockies (1945)
 * The Lady Confesses (1945)
 * Caged Fury (1948)
 * Waterfront at Midnight (1948)
 * The Return of Wildfire (1948)
 * Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)
 * Inner Sanctum (1948)
 * Last of the Wild Horses (1948)
 * El Paso (1949)
 * Rimfire (1949)
 * Grand Canyon (1949)
 * The Devil's Henchman (1949)
 * Square Dance Jubilee (1949)
 * Riders in the Sky (1949)
 * Young Man with a Horn (1950)
 * Holiday Rhythm (1950)
 * Close to My Heart (1951)
 * Passage West (1951)
 * Highway Dragnet (1954)
 * Loophole (1954)
 * Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)
 * Dig That Uranium (1955)
 * Gun Battle at Monterey (1957)
 * How's Your Love Life? (1971)
 * The Working Girls (1974)
 * Tanya (1976)

Television credits

 * Nash Airflyte Theatre (1 episode, 1950)
 * The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1 episode, 1951)
 * Not for Publication (1 episode, 1952)
 * My Hero (1 episode, 1952)
 * The Abbott and Costello Show (1 episode, 1953)
 * The Philco Television Playhouse (1 episode, 1953)
 * Racket Squad (1 episode, 1953)
 * The Public Defender (1 episode, 1954)
 * The Ford Television Theatre (1 episode, 1954)
 * Fireside Theater (1 episode, 1954)
 * The Lone Wolf (1 episode)
 * The Man Behind the Badge (1 episode, 1955)
 * The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1 episode, 1955)
 * Big Town (2 episodes, 1954–1955)
 * Front Row Center (2 episodes, 1955)
 * Dragnet (1 episode, 1956)


 * The Eve Arden Show (1 episode, 1957)
 * Colt .45 (1 episode, 1957)
 * Playhouse 90 (1 episode, 1958)
 * December Bride (1 episode, 1958)
 * Studio One (1 episode, 1958)
 * Buckskin (1 episode, 1958)
 * Pursuit (1 episode, 1958)
 * Frontier Doctor (1 episode, 1958)
 * The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1 episode, 1959)
 * Wanted: Dead or Alive (1 episode, 1959)
 * The Thin Man (2 episodes, 1958–1959)
 * The Deputy (1 episode, 1961)
 * Holiday Lodge (1 episode, 1961)
 * Dennis the Menace (1 episode, 1962)
 * Rawhide (2 episodes, 1959–1963)
 * The Red Skelton Show (11 episodes, 1955–1970)

Other websites

 * The Official Mary Beth Hughes site