Madlyn Soloman Rhue (October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003) was an American character actress.
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| 1 | Was a conservative Republican who supported the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and George W. Bush. |
| 2 | Close friends with Suzanne Pleshette and Faye Michael Nuell. |
| 3 | Besides playing Ricardo Montalban's love interest in Star Trek: Space Seed (1967), she also played his wife in Bonanza: Day of Reckoning (1960). |
| 4 | Both Rhue and her former husband, Tony Young, were guest stars on the original Star Trek (1966) series. He was with France Nuyen in Star Trek: Elaan of Troyius (1968) and she was Ricardo Montalban's character's (Khan Noonien Singh), love interest in Star Trek: Space Seed (1967). |
| 5 | Passed away one year after her ex-husband Tony Young. Young died of lung cancer in 2002. |
| 6 | Ex-daughter-in-law of Carleton G. Young. |
| 7 | The last television series Rhue appeared on was Murder, She Wrote (1984), in which she played the recurring character of a librarian. Series star Angela Lansbury reportedly had heard that Rhue was in danger of losing her Screen Actors Guild medical coverage because she was short of meeting the annual earnings requirement. Landsbury created the librarian character for Rhue and brought her in every three or four episodes so she could meet the requirements. |
| 8 | After landing the role in Houston Knights (1987), she placed a full-page ad in Variety headlined, "See the new Madlyn Rhue". |
| 9 | After going public with her MS, she was asked to participate in a National Multiple Sclerosis Society ad campaign. She initially turned it down, telling the Los Angeles Times that she had thought that the organization wanted her to do what she called "poor me" ads. She changed her mind after learning that the campaign would feature people with MS doing everything from scuba diving to skydiving. The 1988 ad showing Rhue in her wheelchair noted that she "can't walk so well anymore, but she can still perform." It was headlined, "Even with MS, Madlyn Rhue Is On a Roll." |
| 10 | Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1977. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Baretta | 1975 | TV Series | Sharon Fowler |
| Police Story | 1975 | TV Series | Sue Ellen |
| Mannix | 1969-1975 | TV Series | Nedda Kordic / Marcia Inman / Laura Giles |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | 1974 | TV Series | Maria |
| Ironside | 1967-1974 | TV Series | Amy Frost / Kate Dunhill / Betty Julian / ... |
| The Sex Symbol | 1974 | TV Movie | Joy Hudson |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1973 | TV Series | Neva Boland |
| Barnaby Jones | 1973 | TV Series | Myra Stayley |
| Poor Devil | 1973 | TV Movie | Frances Emerson |
| Hawaii Five-O | 1970-1973 | TV Series | June Fleming / Madge |
| Circle of Fear | 1972 | TV Series | Georgia Strauss |
| Mission: Impossible | 1972 | TV Series | Adele Cooper |
| Banacek | 1972 | TV Series | Holly Allencamp |
| Stand Up and Be Counted | 1972 | Gloria Seagar |
| The Manhunter | 1972 | TV Movie | Teresa Taylor |
| Longstreet | 1971 | TV Series | Kim Anderson |
| The Courtship of Eddie's Father | 1971 | TV Series | Dolores Carew |
| The Virginian | 1963-1971 | TV Series | Frankie Grace / Marie Valonne |
| Bracken's World | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Marjorie Grant |
| Land of the Giants | 1970 | TV Series | Bertha Fry |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | 1968 | TV Series | Marion Hagger |
| It Takes a Thief | 1968 | TV Series | Melinda Garcia |
| Kenner | 1968 | Anasuya |
| Cowboy in Africa | 1968 | TV Series | Christie Blaine |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1964-1967 | TV Series | Angela Abaca / Clara Valder |
| Stranger on the Run | 1967 | TV Movie | Alma Britten |
| The Wild Wild West | 1967 | TV Series | Carlotta Waters |
| Captain Nice | 1967 | TV Series | Amanda Woolf |
| Star Trek | 1967 | TV Series | Marla |
| Iron Horse | 1966 | TV Series | Angela Burnett |
| The Fugitive | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Liz Roland / Sophie |
| Laredo | 1966 | TV Series | Dona Dolores |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | 1965 | TV Series | Ann Clayton |
| I Spy | 1965 | TV Series | Jean |
| Burke's Law | 1965 | TV Series | Manicurist |
| Slattery's People | 1965 | TV Series | Lupe Leon |
| Daniel Boone | 1965 | TV Series | Ester Moncour |
| The Defenders | 1965 | TV Series | Christine Knox |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Lillian |
| He Rides Tall | 1964 | Ellie Daniels |
| Espionage | 1964 | TV Series | Susan Wilder |
| The Lieutenant | 1963 | TV Series | Jackie Madian |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 | Secretary Schwartz |
| Arrest and Trial | 1963 | TV Series | Christina Ortega |
| Kraft Mystery Theater | 1963 | TV Series | Girl |
| Rawhide | 1963 | TV Series | Inez Maldenado |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Consuela Sandino |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1963 | TV Series | Mrs. Knight |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | 1963 | TV Series | Rhoda Green |
| Route 66 | 1962 | TV Series | Ara Rados |
| Escape from Zahrain | 1962 | Laila |
| Cain's Hundred | 1962 | TV Series | Margarita Safa |
| Bus Stop | 1961 | TV Series | Gloria White |
| A Majority of One | 1961 | Alice Black |
| Adventures in Paradise | 1961 | TV Series | Sherry Drake |
| The Ladies Man | 1961 | Miss Intellect |
| Stagecoach West | 1961 | TV Series | Maria Lorenz |
| The Westerner | 1960 | TV Series | Carla |
| The Untouchables | 1960 | TV Series | Sally Karpeles / Chickie Bernstein |
| General Electric Theater | 1960 | TV Series | Deborah |
| Checkmate | 1960 | TV Series | Irene Thorne |
| Hong Kong | 1960 | TV Series | Lola |
| Sugarfoot | 1960 | TV Series | Nora Sutton |
| Bonanza | 1960 | TV Series | Hatoya |
| The Roaring 20's | 1960 | TV Series | Julie Fiore |
| Outlaws | 1960 | TV Series | Rose Dabney |
| Bourbon Street Beat | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Nita Roulas / Lenore Lamartine |
| Pony Express | 1960 | TV Series | Ellen Fairchild |
| The Alaskans | 1960 | TV Series | Fay Loomis |
| Troubleshooters | 1960 | TV Series | Rhoda Spencer |
| Perry Mason | 1960 | TV Series | Marian Ames |
| Hotel de Paree | 1960 | TV Series | Sarah Carter |
| Laramie | 1959 | TV Series | Eve |
| Gunsmoke | 1959 | TV Series | Rusty |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | 1959 | TV Series | Linda |
| The Rebel | 1959 | TV Series | Beth Lassiter |
| Operation Petticoat | 1959 | Lt. Reid RN |
| Tightrope | 1959 | TV Series | Judy Brannen |
| The Miracle | 1959 | Nun Who Warns Teresa About Her Singing Love Songs (uncredited) |
| Cheyenne | 1959 | TV Series | Ellen Lassiter |
| Riverboat | 1959 | TV Series | Cassie Baird |
| M Squad | 1959 | TV Series | Loretta Danzig |
| Black Saddle | 1959 | TV Series | Julie Reynolds |
| The Third Man | 1959 | TV Series | Hassani |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Elizabeth DeVries / Jean Nelson |
| Mike Hammer | 1959 | TV Series | Linda |
| Special Agent 7 | 1959 | TV Series | Mary |
| The Kiss | 1958 | Short | Girl in Park |
| Whirlybirds | 1958 | TV Series | Phyllis Bolling |
| The Court of Last Resort | 1958 | TV Series | Janice Lowell |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1989-1996 | TV Series | Jean O'Neill / Doris West |
| A Mother's Justice | 1991 | TV Movie | Lois Greenfield |
| L.A. Law | 1987 | TV Series | Judge Wyatt |
| Houston Knights | 1987 | TV Series | Annie |
| Bridges to Cross | 1985 | TV Series | Carolyn Ryan |
| Fame | 1982-1985 | TV Series | Angela Schwartz
Mrs. Schwartz |
| Days of Our Lives | 1984 | TV Series | Daphne DiMera |
| CHiPs | 1979-1983 | TV Series | Mildred Sloane / Madlyn Rhue |
| Games Mother Never Taught You | 1982 | TV Movie |
| Fantasy Island | 1982 | TV Series | Lillie Langtry |
| Fantasies | 1982 | TV Movie | Rebecca |
| Diff'rent Strokes | 1981 | TV Series | Tina Claremont |
| Dynasty | 1981 | TV Series | Lucy |
| Quincy M.E. | 1980 | TV Series | Laura Stedman |
| Goldie and the Boxer | 1979 | TV Movie | Marsha |
| Hart to Hart | 1979 | TV Series | Charlotte Fleming |
| Charlie's Angels | 1979 | TV Series | Georgia |
| The Best Place to Be | 1979 | TV Movie | Emily Stockwood |
| The Tony Randall Show | 1978 | TV Series | Evelyn |
| We've Got Each Other | 1977 | TV Series | Millie |
| Switch | 1975-1977 | TV Series | Donna Mendarez / Evelynn Thurston |
| Executive Suite | 1976-1977 | TV Series | Hilary Mason / Hilary Madison |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1976 | TV Series | Crystal |
| Cannon | 1974-1976 | TV Series | Phyllis Behr / Gloria Norlan |
| Starsky and Hutch | 1976 | TV Series | Belinda Williams |
| Medical Story | 1975 | TV Movie | Mrs. Doran |
| Petrocelli | 1975 | TV Series | Ellen Walker |
