Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

  May 17, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

March 4, 1981, Brenda Benet [Update 2: This is Brenda Benet and it was particularly sad to be scanning photos of her on Mother’s Day, considering her story. At right, the March 4,  1981, account of her son’s death while undergoing emergency surgery. Benet committed suicide a month after the first anniversary of her son’s death.

[Above, Brenda Benet is a guest on "Wendy and Me" episode, in a photo published Dec. 7, 1964. ]

[Update: Please congratulate Zabadu, Jenny M, Rogét-L.A., Carmen and Barbara for identifying our mystery guest!  ]

Here’s our mystery gal!
 
There’s a new photo on the jump!

  April 15, 1982, Brenda Benet  

 

  April 15, 1982, Brenda Benet  
  May 18, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

[Update 2: Brenda Benet portrays bar girl in "Walking Tall," now at UA Cinema Center, Jan. 25, 1974. ]

[Update: Please congratulate Periwinkle, Karen, Eve, Mike Hawks and LC for identifying our mystery lady!] 

  May 19, 2011, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

[Update 2: Bill Bixby and Brenda Benet in a publicity photo for  NBC-TV's "Search," in a print marked Oct. 27, 1972.]

[Update: Please congratulate Jenny M, Pamela Porter, Mary Mallory, Agatha Grafton, Julie Merholz, Anne Papineau, Steve Stoliar, Glen Frank, Rick, Elsie, Mike Hawks, Carol Gwenn, Patricia van Hartesveldt, Cold in Phoenix, Benito, Richard Wegescheide, Mark Heimback-Nielsen, Craig Deco, Lee Rivas, Thom Lee and Megan, Sue, Stacia and Cinnamon Carter for identifying our mystery couple.]

Here’s our mystery woman with a (totally not) mystery companion.

  May 20, 1961, Mystery Photo  
  Los Angeles Times file photo  

[Update: Brenda Benet … a yoga disciple, in a photo published Jan. 1, 1973.  CandyC says she identified our mystery woman on Monday but didn't get credit. For some reason, her answer got lost in cyberspace. Bob Levinson, Randy Skretvedt, William, Herb Nichols and Gary Martin identified our mystery woman. ]

And here’s another photo for Friday. And yes, this mystery guest has is a sad story.

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55 Responses to Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

  1. Eve says:

    A mystery indeed. Well, she’s not Susan Kohner or Judy Tyler, though she is doing her best to channel both of them . . .

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  2. zabadu says:

    Brenda Benet?

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  3. Julie Merholz says:

    Pier Angeli

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  4. Jenny M says:

    Brenda Benet

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  5. Gerald McCann says:

    Anna Maria Alberghetti?

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  6. Julie Merholz says:

    Marisa Pavan

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  7. Pamela Porter says:

    I certainly hope she returned Annette Funicello’s hair in a timely manner!
    Pamela

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  8. Rogét-L.A. says:

    That’s got to be Brenda Benet, who was married to Bill Bixby and who appeared as Lee Dumonde on Days Of Our Lives in the early ’80s.

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  9. benito says:

    Annette Funicello? Anyway, I’m impressed!

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  10. Arye Michael Bender says:

    It’s Barbara Parkins. The big hair gave her away.

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  11. Carmen says:

    Brenda Benet

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  12. Mary Mallory says:

    Brigid Bazlen?

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  13. Mary Mallory says:

    Sharon Hugueny?

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  14. barbara says:

    Brenda Benet

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  15. Julie Merholz says:

    Lana Wood

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  16. periwinkle says:

    Brenda Benet, a truly tragic story.

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  17. Karen says:

    Brenda Benet.

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  18. Dewey Webb says:

    whoever it is, looks like she had a mid-career nose job

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  19. Eve says:

    Oh! That’s poor, tragic Brenda Benet-Bixby!

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  20. benito says:

    now I’m thinking Elizabeth Ashley

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  21. MIKE HAWKS says:

    The lady is Brenda Benet.

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  22. LC says:

    Brenda Benet

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  23. Jenny M says:

    Her companion is Bill Bixby.

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  24. Pamela Porter says:

    Brenda Benet

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  25. Mary mallory says:

    Today it’s Brenda Benet with her husband Bill Bixby. Was yesterday’s still from WALKING TALL?

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  26. Julie Merholz says:

    Brenda Benet and Bill Bixby

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  27. Agatha Grafton says:

    Brenda Benet?

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  28. Julie Merholz says:

    Gosh, what a sad life story she had.

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  29. Anne Papineau says:

    Brenda Benet

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  30. Steve Stoliar says:

    Brenda Bennett.

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  31. Glen Frank says:

    Brenda Benet and Bill Bixby

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  32. rick says:

    Barbara Benet

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  33. elsie says:

    Brenda Benet

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  34. MIKE HAWKS says:

    Brenda is with hubby Bill Bixby.

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  35. Carol Gwenn says:

    Brenda Benet?

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  36. Patricia van Hartesveldt says:

    Thanks for the gigantic clue! Brenda Benet and Bill Bixby.

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  37. Cold in PHX says:

    Brenda Benet with Bill Bixby.

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  38. benito says:

    ooh what a giveaway! Brenda Benet

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  39. Richard Wegescheide says:

    Bill Bixby gave it away, I think! how about Brenda Benet?

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  40. Mark Heimback-Nielsen says:

    It’s Brenda Benet, Bill Bixby’s first wife.

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  41. CraigDeco says:

    Bill Bixby and Brenda Benet

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  42. Rick Scott says:

    Brenda Benet with ex-hubby Bill Bixby.

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  43. Lee Rivas says:

    Ooops!! I meant “Bill” Bixby.

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  44. Thom, Lee and Megan says:

    It’s Brenda Benet, Bill Bixby’s First wife.

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  45. Sue says:

    Brenda Benet

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  46. Stacia says:

    Brenda Benet.

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  47. Cinnamon Carter says:

    Brenda Benet

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  48. Randy Skretvedt says:

    Brenda Benet. Yikes, at 35 she was in a relationship with 19-year-old Tammy Bruce. What a hectic private life she had. Bill Bixby’s wasn’t exactly placid, either, but not nearly as chaotic as Ms. Benet’s.

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  49. Carol Gwenn says:

    If memory serves, Miss Benet did indeed have a sad history. I seem to recall that she & Bill Bixby had a son who died very young, and that Benet ended up a suicide somtime in the early or mid 1980s. Bill Bixby, too, died at a fairly early age. There must be some sort of object lesson there, no?

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  50. william says:

    brenda benet

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  51. hockeykevin says:

    Linda Harrison?

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  52. CandyC says:

    I identified her on Monday – Brenda Benet who was married to Bill Bixby but no credit received??

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  53. gary martin says:

    I’ve never owned a TV set so I’m a little slow, and often wronng, on these TV people. Is this Brenda Benet and Bill Bisby?

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