Rebecca Welles

Rebecca Welles Biography

Rebecca Welles (born February 5, 1928) is an American television and film actress.

Career

Born as Reba Tassell, Welles is sister of fashion designer Gustave Tassell. Her first TV appearance was in the episode "A Chill on the Wind" on Studio One in 1951, where she was credited under her birth name, but subsequently worked under the surname "Welles".

Active from 1951 to 1964, Welles made appearances on about fifty TV shows, including 77 Sunset Strip, Boots and Saddles, Bat Masterson, Alcoa Theatre, and four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. She made five appearances on Perry Mason, including three roles as defendants: in 1959 she played Carol Delaney in "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop", and Carol Taylor in "The Case of the Frantic Flyer." She played Rita Norge in the 1957 episode, "The Case of the Runaway Corpse." In her other two appearances she played the role of murderer Edith Bristol in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Waylaid Wolf," and murderer Leslie Eden in the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Illicit Illusion." In addition, Welles appeared in four feature films, including Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955) and Desire Under the Elms (1958). She made her last onscreen appearance in a 1964 episode of Arrest and Trial.

Personal life

Welles was married to television director Don Weis.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1955	Good Morning, Miss Dove	Polly Burnham	Uncredited
1956	The Brass Legend	Millie Street	Credited as Reba Tassell
1958	Desire Under the Elms	Lucinda Cabot
1958	Juvenile Jungle	Glory
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	Studio One		1 episode
	Lights Out		1 episode
	The Web		1 episode
1953	Danger		1 episode
	Harvest	Arlene	Television movie Credited as Reba Tassell
	Robert Montgomery Presents	Arlene	1 episode
1956"1960	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Various roles	4 episodes
1957	Wire Service	Julia Thomas	1 episode
	Gunsmoke	Nan Mellors	1 episode
	The Web		1 episode
	Boots and Saddles	Laurie	2 episodes
	The Millionaire	Amy	1 episode
1957"1964	Perry Mason	Various roles	5 episodes
1958	Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer	Sandra Mantell	1 episode
	State Trooper	Betty Dolan	1 episode
	Trackdown	Julie Corbin	1 episode
	M Squad	Mrs. Kenneth Darrell	1 episode
	Northwest Passage	Maureen Carver	1 episode
	Frontier Doctor	Maria Belotti, Circus Owner	1 episode
	26 Men	Ruth	1 episode
	Rescue 8	Madge	1 episode
	The Lineup	Jane Abbott	1 episode
1959	The Thin Man	Maria	1 episode
	Wagon Train	Jean Yates	1 episode
	Zorro	Moneta	1 episode
	Bat Masterson	Isabel Fowler	1 episode
	The Californians	Cora Sue Sommers Clara Keel	2 episodes
	Bronco	Lynne Henderson	1 episode
	The Lawless Years	Jane Cooper Mary Drew	2 episodes
1960	Philip Marlowe	Julie French	1 episode
	Alcoa Theatre	Phoebe Hanes	1 episode
	Tightrope	Margo	1 episode
	The Dennis O'Keefe Show	Paula Hamilton	1 episode
	The Man From Blackhawk	Janet	1 episode
	Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond	Adelle Bernheim	1 episode
	The Brothers Brannagan	Sally Ross	1 episode
	General Electric Theater		1 episode
1961	Checkmate	Fay Razon	1 episode
	The Case of the Dangerous Robin		1 episode
	The Untouchables	Rose Raineri	1 episode
	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Polly	1 episode
	Hawaiian Eye	Vera Ormsby	1 episode
	77 Sunset Strip	Ellen Martone	1 episode
1962	The New Breed		1 episode
1962	Follow the Sun	Beverly Willis	1 episode
1963	Burke's Law	Susan Rivers	1 episode
1964	Arrest and Trial	Reba Thayer	1 episode

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