Marian McCargo

{{Short description|American tennis player and actress (1932–2004)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Marian McCargo Bell

| image = Marian McCargo in The Undefeated.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Marian McCargo in 1969

| birth_name = Marian McCargo

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|03|18}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|04|07|1932|03|18}}

| death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actress, tennis player

| alma_mater = West Hills College, Boston

| spouse = {{Marriage|Richard Cantrell Moses Sr.
|1951|1963|reason=divorced}}
{{Marriage|Alphonzo E. Bell Jr.
|1970}}

| children = 4, including Rick and William R. Moses

| other_names = Marian Moses

| yearsactive = 1963–2004

}}

Marian McCargo Bell (March 18, 1932{{efn|Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3rd edition, gives her date of birth as February 19, 1932.}} – April 7, 2004) was an American actress and champion tennis player who later found success in film and television roles. She was sometimes credited as Marian Moses.{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=Scott|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. (2 volume set)|date=2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476625997|page=493|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Marian+Moses%22+actress&pg=PA493|accessdate=15 January 2017|language=en}}

Early life and education

McCargo graduated from Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut,{{cite news |last1=Cain |first1=Scott |title=Osborne's 40 and Glad of It |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36255314/the_atlanta_constitution/ |accessdate=September 22, 2019 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=February 7, 1971 |location=Georgia, Atlanta |page=4 F|via = Newspapers.com}} and attended Boston's West Hills College. In 1951, she married Richard Cantrell Moses, who later became an advertising executive in Los Angeles. They had four sons: actors Rick and William R. Moses, director Harry Moses, and Graham Moses. They were divorced in 1963.

Acting career

McCargo first entered acting as a supporting player on such popular television shows as Perry Mason (in 1964 she played murder victim Sibyll Pollard in "The Case of the Latent Lover"; and in 1965 she played defendant Louise Selff in "The Case of the Wrathful Wraith".) Her other television show appearances included: Hawaii Five-O, Hogan's Heroes, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mannix, Gomer Pyle, USMC, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E..

McCargo made her feature-film debut in the crime comedy Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round{{cite news|title=Enroute (sic) to Rome|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8359937/pasadena_independent/|work=Pasadena Independent|date=August 30, 1967|location=California, Pasadena|page=9|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate=15 January 2017}} {{Open access}} in 1966, which was also the debut film of Harrison Ford. Subsequent film roles included: Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell in 1968 (playing opposite Peter Lawford, Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, and Phil Silvers); The Undefeated in 1969 (with John Wayne and Rock Hudson); and Doctors' Wives in 1971. McCargo also became known for her television role as Harriet Roberts on the nighttime soap, Falcon Crest.

Political wife

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In 1970, McCargo married U.S. Congressman Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. of California, a widower with three sons of his own. They had met while she was starring with John Wayne in The Undefeated, Wayne being a close personal friend of Bell's. She then retired from acting to become a political wife.Bell, Alphonzo - The Bel Air Kid, Trafford Publishing, 2002; {{ISBN|978-1-55369-378-9}}