Katherine Justice (born October 28, 1942) is an American actress with many television guest star roles in the 1960s on through the 1980s and a few major film roles.

She had a leading role as a criminal conspirator in the made-for-TV movie, Prescription: Murder (1968), which later became the popular television mystery series Columbo.

She played the recurring role of Sheila Hogan in Falcon Crest starting in 1982. She portrayed Rita Jones in the syndicated drama Dangerous Women (1991).

Early life and education Justice was born and grew up in Ohio. She briefly was the 1960 Miss Ohio Universe, but wasn't able to compete in the Miss Universe competition when it was discovered she was 17, under the minimum 18 year age limit. Justice graduated from Carnegie Tech Drama School in 1964.

Career

After graduating, Justice went to the Front Street Theater in Memphis for the summer of 1964. From there she performed at Washington's Arena Stage starring as Lola in Damn Yankees, and in other plays like He Who Gets Slapped, Heartbreak House and Hard Travelin'''. Then for the summer of 1965, she toured with a summer stock company doing Nobody Loves an Albatross.

Justice's first television role was on The Big Valley in 1966. Before she even left the TV studio, she got a major part in the movie The Way West starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark. Before the release of that movie, she was the mistress and accomplice (third billing) in the made-for-TV movie Prescription: Murder starring Peter Falk as Columbo and Gene Barry as the murderer. Her next movie role was the second female lead in 5 Card Stud with Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum starring. Dailies of her convinced Paramount Pictures to sign her for a five-year contract to make five pictures.

On March 14, 1967, she was a guest star on the science fiction television series The Invaders portraying a past love in the season one episode, "The Innocents". She guest starred again in 1968 in the season two episode "The Possessed".

She guest starred in the TV Western series Gunsmoke four times, including the 1971 three part episode, "The Bullet", and as a dance hall girl pretending to be a dying gunfighter's dead daughter in the 1970 episode, "Luke" (S16E8). She guest starred on Cannon as Meg, S1:E19 – "Blood on the Vine", airing January 18, 1972. She guest starred three times on Mannix'' as Maggie S3:E8 – "Memory: Zero", airing November 22, 1969, as Ellen, S4:E13 – "Duet for Three", airing December 19, 1970, and as Holly, S8:E19 – "Quartet for Blunt Instrument", airing February 22, 1975.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes1967Amanda Mack19685 Card StudNora Evers1972Margo DelgadoLimboSharon Dornbeck1973Frasier, the Sensuous LionAllison Stewart1981Separate WaysSheila

Television Year Title Role Notes1966MelanieS1:E27, "The River Monarch"Preview TonightRachelSeason 1 Episode 4: "Roaring Camp"1967Iron HorseKate PrestonS1:E20, "The Bridge at Forty-Mile"Run for Your LifePrincess IngridS3:E2, "The Inhuman Predicament"Judd for the DefenseWendy LukasS1:E8, "Death from a Flower Girl"1967–1968Helen / Janet Garner2 episodes1967–1972Uli Rim / Laurel Wyant / Liz Carvellis / Ellen Conway4 episodes1968Prescription: MurderJoan HudsonTV MovieRuby FrenchS7:E8, "Ride to Misadventure"1969LancerJulie DennisonSeason 2 Episode 10: "Legacy"1969–1972GunsmokeLydia Fletcher / Doris Prebble / Beth Tilton / Clarabelle Callahan6 episodes1969–1975MannixMaggie Wells / Ellen Gray / Holly Warlock3 episodes1970PersephoneSeason 1 Episode 0: "God Bless the Children (Pilot)"1971Nanny and the ProfessorLaurel FieldingSeason 2 Episode 14: "A Diller, a Dollar"Storefront LawyersNorma AndrewsS1:E22, "This Money Kills Dreams"Bearcats!HildaS1:E4, "The Feathered Serpent"1972Marcus Welby, M.D.Morgan EllisS4:E7, "The Wednesday Game"1972–1976CannonMeg Warren / Liza Carter / Julie Foster3 episodes1973–1977Barnaby JonesLiza Mills / Shirley Jennings / Suzanne Montaigne / Libby Price4 episodes1974Maggie LawsonSeason 1 Episode 15: "The Case of the Violent Valley"Sandra CassidySeason 1 Episode 14: "The Illusion of the Queen's Gambit"Hawaii Five-OAndrea BurdickS6:E21, "Nightmare in Blue"Katherine WallachSeason 2 Episode 20: "Inferno"Doc ElliotPamela BarrowsSeason 1 Episode 8: "A Time to Live"The Fisher FamilyLiv AndersonEpisode: "The Harder They Fall"Esther CottonSeason 1 Episode 5: "Trackdown"1975Harry OAnneSeason 1 Episode 14: "The Last Heir"sInsightLoreleiS1:E391, "The Pendulum"Dead Man on the RunLibby StocktonTV MovieMatt HelmPaulaSeason 1 Episode 1: "Dead Men Talk"1975–1978Police WomanMary Ann Webster / Karen Walters2 episodes1977Guiding LightHope Bauer Spaulding #6Tales of the UnexpectedBarbaraSeason 1 Episode 4: "The Nomads"Most WantedJennie LawrenceS1:E20, "The People Mover"1979Ryan's HopeDr. Faith Coleridge3 episodesCaptain America II: Death Too SoonHelen MooreTV Movie1980Toni MooreSeason 1 Episode 11: "Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here"Freebie and the BeanMarshaS1:E1, "The Seduction of the Bean"1981Nero WolfeAngela BellS1:E1, "The Golden Spiders"A Gun in the HouseAndrea FreemontTV Movie1981–1982Quincy, M.E.Holly Mahoney / Annie O'Connor2 episodes1982Bush DoctorSamanthaTV Movie1982–1983Falcon CrestSheila Hogan9 episodes (Recurring role)1983Lottery!Beverly HansonSeason 1 Episode 7: "Kansas City: Protected Winner"1983–1984T.J. HookerDr. Joan Wagner2 episodes1984Blue ThunderKate CunninghamS1:E4, "Revenge in the Sky"1985Simon & SimonDonna BertolliS5:E5, "The Skull of Nostradamus"1986HunterShirley Humphreys2 episodes1989Alien NationDr. Marcie WrightSeason 1 Episode 11: "The Red Room"1989–1993Days of Our LivesDr. Eleanor Smith10 episodes1991DallasAlice KingdomS14:E22, "Conundrum, Part 1 and 2"Mrs. HutchinsonS2:E16, "Playing with Fire"1991–1992Dangerous WomenRita JonesSeries regular2015Madame MocnySeason 1 Episode 6: "Lousy Psychic"

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