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Edith Meiser

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Biography

Legendary detective Sherlock Holmes owes much of his enduring popularity to writer and actress Edith Meiser, who worked tirelessly to bring adaptations of Holmes…more

Born

Detroit, Michigan

Died

9/26/1993

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Gender

Female

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Role
- The Defenders (1961)
  Mrs. Kane
  - S 1: Ep 2 Killer Instinct
    9/23/61
- The United States Steel Hour
  Aunt Roswell
  - S 7: Ep 12 Revolt in Hadley
    3/9/60
  - S 7: Ep 11 The Women of Hadley Act
    2/24/60
- The United States Steel Hour
  Miss Richards
  - S 4: Ep 1 We Must Kill Toni
    9/12/56
- Producers' Showcase
  Mrs. Clarkson
  - S 1: Ep 8 Reunion in Vienna
    4/4/55
- Broadway Television Theatre
  Gertrude Lennox
  - S 2: Ep 31 Meet the Wife
    4/13/53
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 24 Roman Fever
    8/31/52
  - S 1: Ep 1 October Story
    10/14/51
- I Love Lucy
  Phoebe Littlefield
  - S 1: Ep 35 Ricky Asks For a Raise
    6/9/52
- I Love Lucy
  Mrs. Littlefield
  - S 1: Ep 33 Lucy's Schedule
    5/26/52
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Ma
  - S 2: Ep 26 Life, Liberty and Orrin Dudley
    2/18/52
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 50 Where the Dear Antelope Play
    8/24/49

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- In the 1950s, Edith Meiser was the writer for a short-lived daily Sherlock Holmes comic strip which appeared in several newspapers. Some of the stories in the strip were adaptations of her own radio dramas.
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- After she ran out of Arthur Conan Doyle stories to dramatize, Edith Meiser began writing her own original Sherlock Holmes plays for radio. These scripts were later praised by Conan Doyle's widow and son.
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