Terry Burnham

Terry Burnham
Born
Elizabeth Teresa Burnham

(1949-08-08)August 8, 1949
DiedOctober 7, 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 64)
OccupationActress
Years active1955–1969

Elizabeth Teresa "Terry" Burnham (August 8, 1949 – October 7, 2013) was an American actress, best known for her performance in the Twilight Zone episode, "Nightmare as a Child."

Life and career

Elizabeth Teresa Burnham was born on August 8, 1949, in Los Angeles, the youngest of two children born to Guy Calvin Burnham, an aeronautics engineer at Douglas Aircraft Company, and Elizabeth Teresa Buelna Symons. She attended St. Maria Goretti Catholic School, St. Cornelius School, Mark Twain Middle School, and Bancroft Junior High School.

On December 22, 1955, Burnham made her television debut at age six alongside Brandon De Wilde in the series Climax!, in an episode entitled "The Day They Gave the Babies Away" (based on the like-named 1946 novel which also formed the basis for the 1957 film All Mine to Give). More prominent roles soon followed, most notably in 1957 with "Let There Be Light," an episode of the series M Squad co-starring Burnham and series regular Lee Marvin, whom Terry later singled out as her favorite actor. Also that year, Burnham was set to star in a new child-centered series, Turquoise, Inc., whose writer/producers Dick Chevillat and Ray Singer touted her as "TV's first Shirley Temple". Although that projected series never materialized, Burnham did appear, almost exactly one year later, on an episode of Temple's own series entitled "The Magic Fishbone," adapted by Margaret Fitts from the same-named Charles Dickens short story.

Burnham first attracted national attention as the daughter of Lana Turner's character in Imitation of Life (1959).

Death

On October 7, 2013, Terry Burnham died of a cardiac arrest. With no surviving next of kin, her unclaimed cremated remains were stored at Los Angeles County Crematorium. On August 8, 2018, which would have been her 69th birthday, Burnham's ashes were buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach.

Filmography

Year Title Director Role Notes Ref.
1955 Climax! Allen Reisner NA "The Day They Gave Babies Away"
1957 Whirlybirds Allen H. Miner Josie Fisher "Rampage"
1957 I Love Lucy James V. Kern Girl at birthday party (uncredited) "Lucy and Superman"
1958, 1960 M Squad John Brahm, Paul Stewart Laurie Grayson, Patti Blocker "Let There Be Light," "Hideout"
1958 Hi, Grandma! Arch Oboler NA
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook Oscar Rudolph Princess "The Magic Fishbone"
1959 The Danny Thomas Show Sheldon Leonard Girl in Play "Bob Hope and Danny Become Directors"
1959, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964 Wagon Train Allen H. Miner, David Butler, Mitchell Leisen, Jerry Hopper, Joseph Pevney Marguerite Lindstrom (uncredited), Mary Belle MacAbee, Prudence, Marie Lefton, Charlotte Endicott "The Ella Lindstrom Story," "The Jess MacAbee Story," "The Patience Miller Story," "The Martin Gatsby Story," "The Melanie Craig Story"
1959 Tales of Wells Fargo Earl Bellamy Josie Brown "The Branding Iron"
1959 Cimarron City Jerry Hopper Cynthia Barton "The Unaccepted"
1959 Imitation of Life Douglas Sirk Susie (6)
1959 Colt .45 William J. Hole Jr. Emily Bass "The Saga of Sam Bass"
1959 The Rough Riders Franklin Adreon Molly "The Wagon Raiders" (aka "Ambush")
1959, 1961, 1962 General Electric Theater David Butler, John Rich, Charles F. Haas Cissy Owens, Lily, Penny "The Day of the Hanging," "Labor of Love," "Go Fight City Hall"
1960 The Twilight Zone Alvin Ganzer Markie "Nightmare as a Child"
1960 Markham R. Hamer Norris Judy Frost "The Cruelest Thief"
1960 Hawaiian Eye Alvin Ganzer Patty Seldon "With This Ring"
1960 Key Witness Phil Karlson Gloria Morrow
1960 Shotgun Slade NA Linda "Ghost of Yucca Flats"
1960, 1962 Thriller Paul Henreid, Jules Bricken Tessa Kilburn, Joan Wilson (uncredited) "The Mark of the Hand," "The Fingers of Fear"
1961 87th Precinct John Brahm Jane Mencken "Killer's Payoff"
1962 I Love My Doctor David Butler Liz Barkley TV pilot
1962, 1963 Leave It to Beaver David Butler, Hugh Beaumont Virginia, Beaver's Date (uncredited) "Beaver's Autobiography," "Lumpy's Scholarship"
1964 The Magical World of Disney Byron Paul Willadean Wills "For the Love of Willadean: A Treasure in the Haunted House," "For the Love of Willadean: A Taste of Melon"
1966 Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! George Marshall Doris Meade
1966 My Three Sons James V. Kern "Call Her Max," "Grandma's Girl" Georgie, Gail McGee
1967, 1969 Family Affair Charles Barton Ingrid, Rita Stone "Best of Breed," "Cissy's Apartment"
1967 Insight Paul Stanley Ellen Harriman "Seeds of Dissent"

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