Nancy Hadley

{{Short description|American actress (1930–2024)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Nancy Hadley

| image = Nancy Hadley in One Step Beyond (The Captain's Guests).jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Nancy Jo Hadley{{Cite news|title=Photo Standalone 4 -- No Title|author=|date=February 7, 1959|work=Los Angeles Times|page=B1|quote=Newlyweds – Writer-producer John G. Falvo carries his bride, the former Nancy Jo Hadley, out of Superior Judge Edward R. Brand's courtroom after he had pronounced them man and wife.|id={{ProQuest|167406752}}}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|8|1}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|12|28|1930|8|1}}

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

| parents =

| spouse = {{marriage|John G. Falvo|1959|1971|end=divorce}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}

| yearsactive = 1950–1972

}}

Nancy Jo Hadley (August 1, 1930 – December 28, 2024) was an American actress and model who performed on stage, television and film.

Early life and education

Nancy Jo Hadley was born at the Methodist Hospital in Los Angeles, California on August 1, 1930.{{cite news |title='My L.A.' Opens Nov 28th at Forum Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/covina-argus/128061394/|work=Covina Argus |date=November 16, 1951 |location=Covina, California |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com}} Her parents were Paul Edward Hadley, a dried fruit distributor, and Jessie Morisee Cummings.Paul Edward Hadley in the Arizona, U.S. County Marriage Records, 1865-1972, retrieved from [https://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] Her parents divorced when Hadley was a toddler; her mother, with whom Hadley lived, remarried.{{cite news |title='Miss L.A.' Hates Contests But Wins |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-mirror/128062141/|work=The Mirror |date=June 4, 1952 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=16 |via = Newspapers.com}} Hadley had two younger half-siblings from her father's second marriage.{{cite news |title=Wife Sues Citrus Dealer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128062412/|work=The Los Angeles Times |date=February 1, 1946 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=20 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Hadley graduated from Huntington Park High School in 1948.{{cite news |title=New L.A. Musical Gets Official Representative |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128062721/|work=The Los Angeles Times |date=November 11, 1951 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=28 |via = Newspapers.com}} She then went to a modeling school, and later worked for modeling agencies.{{cite news |title=Nancy Hadley: Many "Misses" |work=TV Week |date=January 27, 1957 |location=Lancaster, Pennsylvania |page=3 }}

Modeling career

From April 1950 on Hadley appeared in newspaper photo spreads as a model for California-based retail events, trade conventions, and fashion merchandise.{{cite news |title=Celebrating Hoffman Week |work=The Southwest Wave |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-southwest-wave/128063094/|date=April 30, 1950 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=6 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Her Mirror |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-mirror/128063280/|work=The Mirror |date=September 20, 1950 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=30 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Exciting Hawaiian Fashion Show at El Mirador Hotel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-desert-sun/128063542/|work=The Desert Sun |date=February 26, 1953 |location=Palm Springs, California |page=15 |via = Newspapers.com}}

She also did television commercials from 1950 through 1956, being known as a "spare parts" girl.{{cite news |last=Lieber |first=Leslie |title=TV's Jigsaw Puzzle Girl |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 27, 1957 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=278 |via = Newspapers.com}} This meant that viewers saw only specific features of her, such as hands for a fountain pen ad, teeth for a toothpaste commercial, without seeing her whole face and body. The more traditional fashion modeling would continue even after she was an established actress.{{cite news |title=Late, Late Fashions for the Late, Late Movies |work=TV Guide |date=September 9, 1961 }}

Her modeling gigs would lead to a television appearance, on a local Los Angeles program called Hollywood Studio Party during April 1951.{{cite news |title=Three Beauties and Wheeler |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128063958/|work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 20, 1951 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=22 |via = Newspapers.com}} Later that year, she was selected as the photo representative for a heavily promoted musical called My L.A., which opened in Los Angeles in early December 1951. Though not a member of the performing cast, Hadley promoted the musical through photo ops and two more television appearances.{{cite news |title=Television Programs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/128064196/|work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=November 23, 1951 |location=Hollywood, California |page=20 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |last=Bird |first=Bill |title=Radio and Television on Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pasadena-independent/128064381/|work=Pasadena Independent |date=November 28, 1951 |location=Pasadena, California |page=19 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Her exposure for the "My L.A." campaign also led to a brief recurring role co-hosting a local KTTV show.{{cite news |title=Friday Television |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/128064691/ |work=Daily News |date=April 25, 1952 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=52 |via = Newspapers.com}} She left this program abruptly however to enter a series of beauty contests.{{cite news |title=H-P Graduate Beats Out Hollydale Girls |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-gate-daily-press-tribune/128064947/|work=South Gate Daily Press Tribune |date=May 20, 1952 |location=South Gate, California |page=24 |via = Newspapers.com}}

The culmination of her modeling career came in Spring 1952, when she won the title of "Miss Los Angeles", and was one of five finalists for that year's "Miss California" contest.{{cite news |title=Huntington Park Girl Wins L.A. Beauty Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-mirror/128065113/|work=The Mirror |date=May 26, 1952 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=6 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Miss Alhambra Is Popular Selection |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel/7448805/|date=June 9, 1952 |location=Santa Cruz, California |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com}} This led to more live television appearances in the Los Angeles area.{{cite news |title=Radio and TV Tidbits |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 5, 1952 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=30 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Paul Price |work=Daily News |date=July 9, 1952 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=40 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Early acting career

Hadley's acting career seems to have started at age 21 in March 1952, as the female lead in an original stage production, which is known only from a single advertisement.{{cite news |title=(Ad) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/eagle-rock-sentinel/128073047/ |work=Eagle Rock Sentinel |date=March 27, 1952 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com}} It was more than two years before she would act again, this time with some summer stock at Tustin, California. The Tustin Playbox, then in its third season, had just been taken over by husband and wife producers Sherwood Price and Cathy Browne.{{cite news |title=Playbox Stars to Wed Nov. 22 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tustin-news/128073225/|work=The Tustin News |date=November 20, 1953 |location=Tustin, California |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Stock Will Reopen in Tustin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128073473/|work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 30, 1954 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=88 |via = Newspapers.com}} They rejuvenated the community theatre with young Hollywood professionals of their acquaintance, including Hadley. She had featured roles in two productions that season, Blithe Spirit and Petticoat Fever, each of which ran for two weeks.{{cite news |title=Coward Opus Opens Tustin Play Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128073664/|work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 24, 1954 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=43 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Tustin Farce Gains Favor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128073788/|work=The Los Angeles Times |date=July 9, 1954 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=54 |via = Newspapers.com}} She then had a role in a professionally staged fashion trade show at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium, playing the first female US president.{{cite news |title=World's Fair of Fashion, Beauty Opens on Aug 31 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-news/128073954/|work=The Van Nuys News |date=August 26, 1954 |location=Van Nuys, California |page=53 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Television success

Hadley passed over doing summer stock in 1955 in favor of doing television shows. According to columnist Terry Vernon, Hadley's popularity with producers was due to a new gamine style haircut.{{cite news |last=Vernon |first=Terry |title=TV Tele-Vues |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent/128087468/|work=The Independent |date=September 5, 1955 |location=Long Beach, California |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}

A trickle of shows in 1955 became a flood in 1956, including a recurring part on one series. Despite the work load she found time for three stage plays, including two dramas at the Tustin Playbox, Picnic and Come Back, Little Sheba.{{cite news|title=Inge Play Presented at Tustin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128087699/|work=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 22, 1956 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=23 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title='Sheba' Lead Wins Praise |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=July 26, 1956 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com}} Her recurring role was a featured one on The Brothers, in which she played the girl friend of the younger brother. The series lasted only twenty-four episodes; Hadley appeared in about a third of them.

Her final television appearance in 1956 was for the National Bowl Football Game, held December 15 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Hadley served as on-camera hostess for the charitable portions of the event, in which all proceeds went to the Kiwanis Crippled Children's Foundation.{{cite news|title=Now They'd Like to See Other Kids Walk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/128087929/|work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=November 17, 1956 |location=Hollywood, California |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}

''Tunnel of Love''

Throughout 1957 she continued to average one television performance a month, while still doing stage work. She did a two-week run in Champagne Complex with co-star Joe Flynn under the direction of William Schallert at the Laguna Playhouse, followed by another two weeks doing the same play at the Tustin Playbox.{{cite news |title="Champagne Complex" Comes As Current Playbox Comedy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tustin-news/128089543/|work=The Tustin News |date=July 4, 1957 |location=Tustin, California |page=8 |via = Newspapers.com}}

During October 1957 she opened with the touring company for the then Broadway hit The Tunnel of Love, playing with Tommy Noonan, William Bishop, and Narda Onyx to excellent notices by reviewers.{{cite news |last=Cone |first=Theresa Loeb |title=Gags Flow Freely in 'Tunnel of Love' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/128089684/|work=The Oakland Tribune |date=October 8, 1957 |location=Oakland, California |page=27 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |last=Morton |first=Hortense |title=A Bonus Package in 'Tunnel of Love' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/128089805/|work=San Francisco Examiner |date=October 9, 1957 |location=San Francisco, California |page=33 |via = Newspapers.com}} So popular was the play that the tour was postponed for a six-month run at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco. Not until April 1958 could the tour resume with a six-week run at the Huntington Hartford Theatre in Los Angeles, where critics were almost as enthused.{{cite news |last=Scott |first=John L. |title='The Tunnel of Love' Spicy Stage Comedy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128090083/|work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 8, 1958 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=36 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |last=Redelings |first=Lowell E. |title=Hartford Comedy Scores Hit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/128089959/|work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=April 8, 1958 |location=Hollywood, California |page=16 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title='Tunnel of Love' In Final Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128090155/|work=The Los Angeles Times |date=May 12, 1958 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=80 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Hadley told columnist Gene Sherman that after eight months of continuously wearing a wedding ring for the play, she got used to it and kept it on even after she got engaged for real.{{cite news |last=Sherman |first=Gene |title=Cityside |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/128090312/|work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 4, 1958 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=2 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Later career

Following her extended stage run, Hadley returned to a busy television schedule from 1958 thru 1961. Westerns predominated among the many series she acted in, and about which she had some strong opinions, as expressed to interviewer Vernon Scott.{{cite news |last=Scott |first=Vernon |title=Western Training |work=The Press-Tribune |date=December 14, 1958 |location=Roseville, California |page=14 |via = Newspapers.com}}

If I didn't work in westerns, I wouldn't be working very often... Except for screaming, and running from heavies into the arms of the hero, there's no opportunity for acting. Once in awhile I get a chance to beat out a fire or fall off a horse. And I've been shot a couple of times, too. I've only been killed twice though. Romance is out of the question. The hero usually gives you a slight kiss at the end of the show, but nothing very passionate because he has to have another girl in the next episode.

Her second film, Frontier Uprising in early 1961, would become a mainstay of television in later decades. She had the female lead opposite Jim Davis, and not for the first time, was cast in a Hispanic role.

Hadley was hired as a regular for The Joey Bishop Show in Summer 1961, and appeared prominently as Joey's girlfriend for the first seven episodes starting in October of that year.{{cite news |title=Bishop Will Play 'Flack' in Series |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee/128109263/|work=The Fresno Bee |date=August 13, 1961 |location=Fresno, California |page=146 |via = Newspapers.com}} However, despite good ratings, she and four other regulars were fired by November 1961, prompting a suggestion that the show be renamed to "Exodus".{{cite news |last=Humphrey |first=Hal |title=They're Thinking of Retitling Joey Bishop's Show to 'Exodus' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-mirror/128109387/|work=Los Angeles Mirror |date=November 1, 1961 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=22 |via = Newspapers.com}}

From then on television roles were few and far between. She was now thirty-one, an age at which leading women in television who hadn't yet reached full star status either turned to character acting or faded away. From 1962 thru 1966 she had only one or two television roles per year, followed by four years without any screen acting jobs. She did her third film role in 1970, in which she had a small part as Alvy Moore's wife for The Late Liz, followed by two last television appearances.

Personal life and death

Publicity surrounding her choice as Miss Los Angeles revealed she was 5' 5" tall and weighed 117 pounds at age 21, with brown hair and dark blue eyes. She was a health and exercise enthusiast, which enabled her to continue modeling clothes into her thirties.

Hadley married John G. Falvo a writer and producer, in January 1959. Newspaper Enterprise Association (January 16, 1959). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/79109985/?clipping_id=128103098 "Hollywood Today!"]. Pittston Gazette. p. 4. Retrieved July 12, 2023.{{cite news |title=Newlyweds |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/126828029/ |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 7, 1959 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=21 |via = Newspapers.com}} Columnists announced the couple had sunk their savings into their new production company, Alger Films, which was to make a movie Falvo had written and in which they both would perform.{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Erskine |title=In Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/redlands-daily-facts/128198550/|work=Redlands Daily Facts |date=January 20, 1959 |location=Redlands, California |page=10 |via = Newspapers.com}} They also bought a home in Sherman Oaks, the address and price of which an indiscreet realtor provided to the newspapers.{{cite news |title=Real Estate News Briefs |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=August 14, 1969 |location=Hollywood, California |page=12 |via = Newspapers.com}}

The couple had three sons together, but were divorced on December 1, 1971.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}} Hadley appears to have resided in Pasadena, California since retiring from show business.{{cite news |title=Paul E. Hadley, founder of roadside business, dies |work=The San Bernardino County |date=January 1, 1985 |location=San Bernardino, California |page=13 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |last=Mahr |first=Christine |title=Peggy Hadley Dies at 96 |work=The Desert Sun |date=March 11, 1998 |location=Palm Springs, California |page=11 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Hadley died in Santa Clarita, California on December 28, 2024, at the age of 94.{{Cite web |last=Winget |first=Giso |title=Nancy Jo Hadley, (1930 – 2024) |url=https://www.forevermissed.com/nancy-jo-hadley/about |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=Forever Missed |language=en}}

Stage performances

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1952

|San Juan Outpost

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| Glendale Centre Theatre

| Her stage debut was as the female lead in a locally written play

rowspan=3|1954

|Blithe Spirit

| Edith

| Tustin Playbox

| Hadley started at Tustin playing a psychic housemaid

Petticoat Fever

| Clara Wilson

| Tustin Playbox

| Some newspapers mistakenly credited Hadley as "Nancy Bradley"

Glamorama

| President

| Pan-Pacific Auditorium

| Professionally staged trade show had Hadley as first female US president

rowspan=3|1956

|Maryella

| Maryella

| Glendale Centre Theatre

| Hadley likely did more plays here than can be documented {{cite news |title=Business Women to Plan Theater Date |work=The Valley Times |date=February 4, 1956 |location=Van Nuys, California |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Picnic

| Millie

| Tustin Playbox

| Critic praised her tomboy role as a romp

Come Back, Little Sheba

| Marie

| Tustin Playbox

| She drew good reviews as the young college boarder

rowspan=2|1957

|Champagne Complex

| Allyn Macy

| Laguna Playhouse
Tustin Playbox

| Four week run at two theatres with co-star Joe Flynn

The Tunnel of Love

| Isolde Poole

| Alcazar Theatre

| A six-month run in San Francisco was followed....

1958

|The Tunnel of Love

| Isolde Poole

| Huntington Hartford Theatre

| ....by a six-week run in Los Angeles

Filmography

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1952

|Ellis in Freedomland

| Female Model

| Undistributed training film for Westinghouse sales reps used dozens of Hollywood stars{{cite news |title=Dealers Meet Sunday Here to Watch Film |work=Reno Gazette-Journal |date=April 3, 1952 |location=Reno, Nevada |page=4 |via = Newspapers.com}}

1961

|Frontier Uprising

| Consuelo Montalvo

|

1971

|The Late Liz

| Edie Morris

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|+ Television (in original broadcast order) excluding commercials

scope="col" | Year

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rowspan=3|1951

|Hollywood Studio Party

| (1951-04-20)

| Herself

| Local variety show hosted by Jack Wheeler on KTTV; she won "Photo Fair" contest

Hi Talent Battle

| (1951-11-23)

| Herself

| Hadley judges winner on KLAC high school talent contest

Vine Street Varieties

| (1951-11-28)

| Herself

| Hadley appeared with host Buzz Adlam on a local KECA show

rowspan=3|1952

|Calo Pet Exchange

| 4 episodes

| Herself

| Hadley did four appearances with host Frank Wright on local KTTV show

Ladies Matinee

| (1952-05-05)

| Herself

| Hadley appeared after winning Miss LA title with host Jack Rourke on local KTTV show

Glamour Session

| (1952-07-09)

| Herself

| As Miss LA, Hadley appeared with hostess Rita LaRoy on local KTTV show

rowspan=3|1955

|Luke and the Tenderfoot

| The Boston Kid

| Miss Meacham

| Unsold pilot, not broadcast until 1965.

Those Whiting Girls

| Barbara's Rival

| Vickie Fleming

| Transfer co-ed Hadley gives UCLA junior Barbara Whiting competition {{cite news |title=Television Programs |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=September 5, 1955 |location=Hollywood, California |page=16 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Cavalcade of America

| Swamp Mutiny

| Nancy Crofts

| With Hans Conried as Francis Marion, Barry Kelley, and Ron Randell{{cite news |title=Radio and Television |work=The Journal Times |date=October 25, 1955 |location=Racine, Wisconsin |page=19 |via = Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |title=Television Programs |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=October 25, 1955 |location=Hollywood, California |page=24 |via = Newspapers.com}}

rowspan=15|1956

|Highway Patrol

| Mountain Copter

| Frieda Hollis

|

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

| George Goes Skiing

| Tina Clayton

|

The Millionaire

| The Cindy Bowen Story

| Jessica Marlowe

|

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

| Ronnie Gets an Agent

| Sally Fletcher

|

Medic

| If Tomorrow Be Sad

| Stella

|

Frontier

| The Ballad of Pretty Polly

| Polly

| Modern reworking of the traditional ballad into a triangle{{cite news |title=Frontier Presents Kentucky Folk Story |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=March 31, 1956 |location=Sacramento, California |page=73 |via = Newspapers.com}}

The Ford Television Theatre

| The Alibi

| Sybil Glennon

| Hadley features as an 1890 stage actress{{cite news |last=Vernon |first=Terry |title=TV Tele-revues |work=The Independent |date=April 26, 1956 |location=Long Beach, California |page=46 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Schlitz Playhouse

| The Happy Sun

|

| Walter Brennan starred as a Finnish lumbarjack{{cite news |last=Vernon |first=Terry |title=TV Tele-revues |work=The Independent |date=July 13, 1956 |location=Long Beach, California |page=42 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Big Town

| Fake S.O.S.

|

| Mark Stevens recruited Tustin Playbox actors for his series{{cite news |title="Picnic" Chosen to Open Playbox Season |work=The Tustin News |date=May 3, 1956 |location=Tustin, California |page=5 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal

| The Caroline Story

| Caroline

|

rowspan=4|The Brothers

| Gilly's Birthday

| Marilee Dorf

| Hadley had a recurring role on this series{{cite news |title=Television Programs |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=October 2, 1956 |location=Hollywood, California |page=24 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Dorf's Photo Machine

| Marilee Dorf

|

The Quadrangle

| Marilee Dorf

|

The Babies

| Marilee Dorf

|

National Bowl Football Game

| (1956-12-15)

| Herself

| Hadley served as on-camera hostess for charity game

rowspan=12|1957

|The Brothers

| The Brave Ones

| Marilee Dorf

|

The Sheriff of Cochise

| Grandfather Grandson

| Alice

| Star John Bromfield also raided the Tustin Playbox for actors

rowspan=3|The Brothers

| Prisoners of Love

| Marilee Dorf

| Hadley's character befriends three female prison escapees{{cite news |title=Tonight's TV Tips |work=Mirror News |date=January 22, 1957 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=20 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Stop That Bookmaking Up There

| Marilee Dorf

| {{cite news |title=Tuesday March 5 (TV listings) |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 3, 1957 |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |page=206 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Picnic

| Marilee Dorf

|

The Gale Storm Show

| Wedding in Majorca

| Vickie Chapman

|

Code 3

| The Water Skier

| Marge Bentley

|

Climax!

| The High Jungle

|

|

Personal Report, Inc.

| (Pilot Episode)

| Diana Welles

| This unsold pilot was never broadcastSome sources credit this as being made in 1958 or 1959, but the copyright notice on the credits listing has "MCMLVII".

Perry Mason

| The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece

| Edna Hammar

| Her character is unlucky in love{{cite news |title=TV Key Previews |work=The Fresno Bee |date=September 28, 1957 |location=Fresno, California |page=10 |via = Newspapers.com}}

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

| Woman Trouble

| Jennie Brant

| Hadley plays against type as a deceiver {{cite news |title=Woman's Wiles Spells Trouble for Wyatt |work=The Daily Herald |date=December 16, 1957 |location=Provo, Utah |page=21 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Mr. Adams and Eve

| The Service Story

|

|

rowspan=9|1958

|Love That Jill

| Tonight's the Night

| Melody - Model

| Opening episode of critic panned series features Hadley{{cite news |last=Rich |first=Allen |title=Listening Post and TV Reviews |work=Valley Times |date=January 23, 1958 |location=North Hollywood, California |page=7 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Official Detective

| The Cover-up

| Diana

|

Matinee Theatre

| The End of a Season

| (Sister-in-law)

| Pianist (Grant Williams) regains sight and dumps wife for her sister{{cite news |title=Television This Week |work=Kansas City Star |date=June 1, 1958 |location=Kansas City, Missouri |page=68 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Studio One

| The Undiscovered

| Helen

| Doctors develop vaccine for common cold but...{{cite news |title=Studio One Will Present Taut Medical Drama |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=June 28, 1958 |location=Sacramento, California |page=31 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Bat Masterson

| Dude's Folly

| Jan Larkin

| Hadley's character reopens late father's store{{cite news |title=Television Programs |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=November 26, 1958 |location=Hollywood, California |page=24 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Jefferson Drum

| Prison Hill

| Ellie Drake

|

The Rough Riders

| The Counterfeiters

| Alice Thompson

| Hadley plays widowed teacher who discovers counterfeit money{{cite news |title=December 11 Program Listings Thursday |work=Sunday News |date=December 30, 1958 |location=Lancaster, Pennsylvania |page= |via = Newspapers.com}}

Have Gun – Will Travel

| Something To Live For

| Lane Evans

| Her character is called "Lane", short for "Elaine"{{cite news |title=Drunk Offers Paladin Help |work=The Modesto Bee |date=December 14, 1958 |location=Modesto, California |page=44 |via = Newspapers.com}}

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

| The Reformation of Doc Holliday

| Marci Stebbins

|

rowspan=6|1959

|Rawhide

| Incident West of Lano

| Emily Haley

| Haley sisters show wagon breaks down {{cite news |title=Television Programs |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=Feb 27, 1959 |location=Hollywood, California |page=22 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Flight

| Operation Angel

| Lieutenant Walpole

| Hadley plays WWII nurse on air evac flightsSome later sources have this as 1958, but newspaper TV listings indicate its first broadcast was April 1959.{{cite news |title=Wednesday Television Programs |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 15, 1959 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=40 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond

| The Captain's Guests

| Ellen Courtney

| Couple rent spooky old seaside house{{cite news |title=Lives Changed (photo) |work=The Modesto Bee |date=May 24, 1959 |location=Modesto, California |page=33 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Rawhide

| Incident of the Day of the Dead

| Ellen Hadley

| Hadley plays a bitter crippled rancher{{cite news |title=Friday Television Programs |work=The Modesto Bee |date=September 13, 1959 |location=Modesto, California |page=38 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Men into Space

| Building a Space Station

| Phyllis Smith

|

Tightrope!

| The Neon Wheel

| Lucille Stevens

| Crime witness (Hadley) forced to marry corrupt mayor{{cite news |title=TV Today |work=The Oakland Tribune |date=December 22, 1959 |location=Oakland, California |page=20 |via = Newspapers.com}}

rowspan=6|1960

|Pony Express

| The Golden Circle

| Belle Terry

|

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

| The Confidence Man

| Evie Marlowe

|

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

| The Unregistered Nurse

| Valerie Brown

| Hadley plays a nurse {{cite news |title=Tuesday (TV listings) |work=Press-Telegram |date=June 5, 1960 |location=Long Beach, California |page=122 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Surfside 6

| Deadly Male

| Linda Howell

|

The Best of the Post

| Suicide Flight

| Louise

| Hadley plays wife of jet test pilot{{cite news |title=Saturday (TV listings) |work=The Capital Journal |date=October 22, 1960 |location=Salem, Oregon |page=26 |via = Newspapers.com}}

The Tab Hunter Show

| Happily Unmarried

| Corina Manville

| Hadley plays estranged wife of star's buddy{{cite news |title=Sunday (TV listings) |work=Independent |date=December 25, 1960 |location=Long Beach, California |page=62 |via = Newspapers.com}}

rowspan=9|1961

|Sugarfoot

| Shepherd with a Gun

| Mattie Peel

| Ambitious rancher's daughter (Hadley) opposes Sugarfoot{{cite news |title=The Lima News |work=Sugarfoot Comes to Aid of Sheepherder |date=February 4, 1961 |location=Lima, Ohio |page=21 |via = Newspapers.com}}

The Brothers Brannagan

| Death Insurance

| Angela

|

rowspan=7|The Joey Bishop Show

| On the Spot

| Barbara Simpson

| Hadley played girlfriend to star Joey Bishop until fired

Joey Meets Jack Paar

| Barbara Simpson

|

A Windfall for Mom

| Barbara Simpson

|

Help Wanted

| Barbara Simpson

|

Five Brides for Joey

| Barbara Simpson

|

Charity Begins at Home

| Barbara Simpson

|

Ring-a-Ding-Ding

| Barbara Simpson

|

rowspan=2|1962

|Alcoa Premiere

| Of This Time, Of That Place

| Mary Howe

| Hadley plays professor's wife{{cite news |title=March 6 Tuesday |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 4, 1962 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=477 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Bonanza

| The Mountain Girl

| Stephanie Harker

| A small supporting role for Hadley{{cite news |title=May 13 Sunday |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 13, 1962 |location=Los Angeles, California |page=485 |via = Newspapers.com}}

rowspan=2|1963

|Empire

| Burnout

| Ruth Barton

| Hadley plays wife of forest ranger{{cite news |title=Garret Ranch Is Involved in Water Pollution, Murder |work=Longview Daily News |date=March 16, 1963 |location=Longview, Washington |page=31 |via = Newspapers.com}}

Grindl

| The Great Schulz

| Hilda Schulz

|

1964

|The Cara Williams Show

| The Wedding Rehearsal

| Diane

| Hadley plays a bride who fights with her groom{{cite news |title=TV Radio |work=Press-Telegram |date=Nov 4, 1964 |location=Long Beach, California |page=70 |via = Newspapers.com}}

rowspan=2|1965

|Mr. Novak

| Mountains to Climb

| Ann Stillman

|

Vacation Playhouse

| Luke and the Tenderfoot

| Miss Meacham

| This was the unsold pilot she made back in 1955This half-hour episode, "The Boston Kid", was combined with the second pilot episode for the same series, called "The John Wesley Hardin Story" to make up the one hour time slot for Vacation Playhouse in 1965.

1966

|Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

| Gomer and the Beast

| Ginger

| Hadley plays a waitress with an abusive boyfriend{{cite news |title=Friday January 7 |work=Press-Telegram |date=January 2, 1966 |location=Long Beach, California |page=96 |via = Newspapers.com}}

1971

|Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law

| The Triangle

| Mrs. Hurley

|

1972

|A Great American Tragedy

| (TV Movie)

| Trudy Stewart

|

Notes

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