Amy Douglass (December 21, 1902 – March 5, 1980) was an American actress.
Her works as a film actress include The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Duel (1971), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). She also worked on television, appearing in episodes of 77 Sunset Strip and Ben Casey among others.
Biography
Douglass was born in Mansfield (Ohio) in 1902. She began her acting career in 1950, appearing on television in episodes of Actors Studio, Suspicion, The Thin Man and Alfred Hitchcock Presents during the 1950s and in Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Dennis the Menace, Stoney Burke and Thriller during the 1960s.
She also appeared in films like The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Mrs. Fitzgerald, in Duel as an old woman in car and in Close Encounters of the Third Kind as Implantee.
Douglass died in Los Angeles, California, on March 5, 1980.
Selected filmography
Film
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) - Martha (uncredited) Where the Boys Are (1960) - Dr. Raunch (uncredited) All in a Night's Work (1961) - Dowager (uncredited) Ada (1961) - Mrs. Bradville (uncredited) The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) - Mrs. Fitzgerald Duel (1971, TV Movie) - Old Woman in Car Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Implantee #1 (final film role)
Television
Actors Studio (1950) - (uncredited) Suspicion (1958) - Jean - Markham's Secretary The Thin Man (1959) - Lucy Van Horn Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959) - Mrs. Logan Dennis the Menace (1960) - Mrs. Toland Window on Main Street (1961) - Grandma – episode "The Haunted House" 77 Sunset Strip (1962) - Mrs. Gray Thriller (1962) - Mrs. Carson Ben Casey (1962) Stoney Burke (1963) - Miss Sherry The Invaders (1967) - Mrs. Wilk