Actress connie hines biography
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Connie Hines
American actress (–)
Connie Hines | |
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publicity photograph for Mister Ed () | |
| Born | ()March 24, Dedham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | December 18, () (aged&#;78) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur Higgs (m. ; div. ) Lee Savin &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
Connie Hines (March 24, [1] &#; December 18, ) was an American actress best known for co-starring on the s sitcomMister Ed.
Life and career
[edit]Hines was one of four children born in Dedham in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, to an actress mother and a Boston-based teacher/acting coach father.[2] As a child, she appeared in many of her father's stock-company plays. A member of the class of at Dedham High School, she was voted the most popular girl in her class.[3] She tried out unsuccessfully for a part in the senior class play.[4]
After her father's death, Hines m
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Connie Hines Biography
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Connie Hines played Carol Post, the wife of horse whisperer Wilbur Post in the s TV sitcom Mister Ed. The silly comedy ran on the CBS network from to The setup: Ed was a cranky talking horse who would speak only to his owner, Wilbur (played by Alan Young). If anyone else (including Carol) was around, Ed clammed up. Young later said of Hines, &#;She was a girl married to a fellow listening to a horse. Her biggest line was &#;lunch is ready.&#; The rest of it was reacting to it. Connie never complained. How many actors would react that way?&#; Hines was primarily a TV actress, guest-starring in hit shows of the s like Sea Hunt, Perry Mason, and Bonanza. She all but retired from show business in after marrying Lee Savin, a producer and entertainment lawyer.
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Connie Hines dies at 79; costar on TV’s ‘Mister Ed’
Connie Hines, an actress who portrayed Carol brev, whose husband Wilbur was the only person who could talk with Mister Ed in the s television show, has died. She was
Hines died Friday at her home in Beverly Hills from complications of heart problems, said Alan Young, her “Mister Ed” costar. “I lost a great friend. She was always joyous,” Young said Monday.
In the show, which ran from to on CBS, the Posts moved into a rambling country home and found a horse in their ungar. The center of the show became the banter between ung and the horse, Mister Ed, which left Hines trying to make the most of her opportunities.
The part was “a tough chore,” ung said. “She was a girl married to a fellow listening to a horse. Her biggest line was ‘lunch is ready.’ The rest of it was reacting to it. Connie never complained. How many actors would react that way?”
“Mister Ed” built a new generation of fans over the years with reruns airing on s