Movieland Mystery Photo [Updated]

Posted on May 21, 2011 by lmharnisch

  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's avatar Eve says:
    May 17, 2011 at 7:52 am

    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's avatar zabadu says:
    May 17, 2011 at 8:03 am

    Brenda Benet?

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  3. Julie Merholz's avatar Julie Merholz says:
    May 17, 2011 at 8:11 am

    Pier Angeli

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  4. Jenny M's avatar Jenny M says:
    May 17, 2011 at 8:13 am

    Brenda Benet

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  5. Gerald McCann's avatar Gerald McCann says:
    May 17, 2011 at 8:32 am

    Anna Maria Alberghetti?

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  6. Julie Merholz's avatar Julie Merholz says:
    May 17, 2011 at 9:01 am

    Marisa Pavan

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  7. Pamela Porter's avatar Pamela Porter says:
    May 17, 2011 at 9:41 am

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

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  8. Rogét-L.A.'s avatar Rogét-L.A. says:
    May 17, 2011 at 9:49 am

    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's avatar benito says:
    May 17, 2011 at 9:58 am

    Annette Funicello? Anyway, I’m impressed!

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  10. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    May 17, 2011 at 10:16 am

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

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  11. Carmen's avatar Carmen says:
    May 17, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Brenda Benet

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  12. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    May 17, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    Brigid Bazlen?

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  13. Mary Mallory's avatar Mary Mallory says:
    May 17, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    Sharon Hugueny?

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  14. barbara's avatar barbara says:
    May 17, 2011 at 6:33 pm

    Brenda Benet

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  15. Julie Merholz's avatar Julie Merholz says:
    May 18, 2011 at 8:10 am

    Lana Wood

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  16. periwinkle's avatar periwinkle says:
    May 18, 2011 at 8:21 am

    Brenda Benet, a truly tragic story.

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  17. Karen's avatar Karen says:
    May 18, 2011 at 8:46 am

    Brenda Benet.

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  18. Dewey Webb's avatar Dewey Webb says:
    May 18, 2011 at 8:58 am

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

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  19. Eve's avatar Eve says:
    May 18, 2011 at 9:14 am

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

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  20. benito's avatar benito says:
    May 18, 2011 at 9:46 am

    now I’m thinking Elizabeth Ashley

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  21. MIKE HAWKS's avatar MIKE HAWKS says:
    May 18, 2011 at 10:15 am

    The lady is Brenda Benet.

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  22. LC's avatar LC says:
    May 18, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Brenda Benet

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  23. Jenny M's avatar Jenny M says:
    May 19, 2011 at 7:14 am

    Her companion is Bill Bixby.

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  24. Pamela Porter's avatar Pamela Porter says:
    May 19, 2011 at 7:25 am

    Brenda Benet

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  25. Mary mallory's avatar Mary mallory says:
    May 19, 2011 at 7:26 am

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

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  26. Julie Merholz's avatar Julie Merholz says:
    May 19, 2011 at 7:59 am

    Brenda Benet and Bill Bixby

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  27. Agatha Grafton's avatar Agatha Grafton says:
    May 19, 2011 at 8:21 am

    Brenda Benet?

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  28. Julie Merholz's avatar Julie Merholz says:
    May 19, 2011 at 8:26 am

    Gosh, what a sad life story she had.

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  29. Anne Papineau's avatar Anne Papineau says:
    May 19, 2011 at 8:37 am

    Brenda Benet

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  30. Steve Stoliar's avatar Steve Stoliar says:
    May 19, 2011 at 8:51 am

    Brenda Bennett.

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  31. Glen Frank's avatar Glen Frank says:
    May 19, 2011 at 8:53 am

    Brenda Benet and Bill Bixby

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  32. rick's avatar rick says:
    May 19, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Barbara Benet

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  33. elsie's avatar elsie says:
    May 19, 2011 at 9:42 am

    Brenda Benet

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  34. MIKE HAWKS's avatar MIKE HAWKS says:
    May 19, 2011 at 9:52 am

    Brenda is with hubby Bill Bixby.

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  35. Carol Gwenn's avatar Carol Gwenn says:
    May 19, 2011 at 10:03 am

    Brenda Benet?

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  36. Patricia van Hartesveldt's avatar Patricia van Hartesveldt says:
    May 19, 2011 at 10:25 am

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

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  37. Cold in PHX's avatar Cold in PHX says:
    May 19, 2011 at 10:28 am

    Brenda Benet with Bill Bixby.

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  38. benito's avatar benito says:
    May 19, 2011 at 11:17 am

    ooh what a giveaway! Brenda Benet

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  39. Richard Wegescheide's avatar Richard Wegescheide says:
    May 19, 2011 at 12:59 pm

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

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  40. Mark Heimback-Nielsen's avatar Mark Heimback-Nielsen says:
    May 19, 2011 at 2:36 pm

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

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  41. CraigDeco's avatar CraigDeco says:
    May 19, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Bill Bixby and Brenda Benet

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  42. Rick Scott's avatar Rick Scott says:
    May 19, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    Brenda Benet with ex-hubby Bill Bixby.

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  43. Lee Rivas's avatar Lee Rivas says:
    May 19, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    Ooops!! I meant “Bill” Bixby.

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  44. Thom, Lee and Megan's avatar Thom, Lee and Megan says:
    May 19, 2011 at 6:58 pm

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

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  45. Sue's avatar Sue says:
    May 19, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    Brenda Benet

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  46. Stacia's avatar Stacia says:
    May 19, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Brenda Benet.

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  47. Cinnamon Carter's avatar Cinnamon Carter says:
    May 20, 2011 at 3:23 am

    Brenda Benet

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  49. Randy Skretvedt's avatar Randy Skretvedt says:
    May 20, 2011 at 9:02 am

    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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  50. Carol Gwenn's avatar Carol Gwenn says:
    May 20, 2011 at 10:28 am

    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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  51. william's avatar william says:
    May 20, 2011 at 10:56 am

    brenda benet

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  53. hockeykevin's avatar hockeykevin says:
    May 20, 2011 at 11:53 am

    Linda Harrison?

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  54. CandyC's avatar CandyC says:
    May 20, 2011 at 4:44 pm

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

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  55. gary martin's avatar gary martin says:
    May 20, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    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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