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<\/p>\nElizabeth MacRae, known for her recurring roles in General Hospital and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., has died. She was 88.<\/p>\n
MacRae died on May 27 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she grew up.<\/p>\n
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After graduating, MacRae pursued a career in acting and auditioned for Otto Preminger\u2019s production of Saint Joan in 1956. Although she didn\u2019t land a role, she continued to pursue acting. She moved to New York City where she studied with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio and gained experience in off-Broadway productions.
\nMacRae landed her first television role playing a witness in the courtroom series The Verdict Is Yours. Over a career that spanned 25 years, MacRae would be featured in television shows like Route 66, Surfside 6, Rendezvous, The Fugitive, Judd for the Defense, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, I Dream of Jeannie, The Andy Griffith Show, and many more.<\/p>\n
MacRae also appeared in soaps like General Hospital, where she played Meg Baldwin starting in August 1969. She remained on the ABC daytime soap until 1973, when the character was killed off. Other soaps MacRae starred in were Another World, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light, and Search for Tomorrow. She continued to work in television and featured in shows like Kojak, Barnaby Jones, and Rhoda. MacRae\u2019s last film credit was in 1989, where she played a reporter on Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! She is survived by five stepchildren, Terry Halsey, Peter Halsey, Hugh Halsey, Cate Halsey, and Alex Halsey Topper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elizabeth MacRae, known for her recurring roles in General Hospital and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., has died. She was 88. MacRae died on May 27 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she grew up. After graduating, MacRae pursued a career in acting and auditioned for Otto Preminger\u2019s production of Saint Joan in 1956. Although she didn\u2019t land […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorial"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/272-300x200-1.jpg\")
\nOne of her most prominent roles was in Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., where she played Gomer\u2019s girlfriend Lou-Ann Poovie.<\/p>\n
\nMacRae\u2019s film credits include Live in a Goldfish Bowl, Everything\u2019s Ducky, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, and Frances Ford Coppola\u2019s The Conversation.<\/p>\n
\nFollowing her acting career, MacRae and her husband, Charles Day Halsey Jr., moved to North Carolina and, years later, returned home to Fayetteville.<\/p>\n