Mary Beth Hughes

**Mary Beth Hughes** (November 13, 1919 – August 27, 1995) was an American stage, movie and television actress. She played Henry Fonda's former girlfriend in *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943). She also played Sylvia in *The Great Profile*.

## Early life and career
She was born **Mary Elizabeth Hughes ** in Alton, Illinois. Hughes' parents, George Joseph Hughes and Mary Frances Hughes, separated when she was an infant

## Filmography
* *Within the Law* (1939) (uncredited voice)
* *Broadway Serenade* (1939) (uncredited)
* *The Kid from Texas* (1939) (uncredited)
* *Bridal Suite* (1939) (uncredited)
* *These Glamour Girls* (1939)
* *The Women* (1939)
* *Dancing Co-Ed* (1939)
* *Fast and Furious* (1939)
* *The Covered Trailer* (1939)
* *Free, Blonde and 21* (1940)
* *Star Dust* (1940)
* *Four Sons* (1940)
* *Lucky Cisco Kid* (1940)
* *The Great Profile* (1940)
* *Sleepers West* (1941)
* *Ride on Vaquero* (1941)
* *The Great American Broadcast* (1941)
* *The Cowboy and the Blonde* (1941)
* *Dressed to Kill* (1941)
* *Charlie Chan in Rio* (1941)
* *Design for Scandal* (1941)
* *Blue, White and Perfect* (1942)
* *The Night Before the Divorce* (1942)
* *Orchestra Wives* (1942)
* *Over My Dead Body* (1942)
* *Good Morning, Judge* (1943)
* *Follow the Band* (1943)
* *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943)
* *Melody Parade* (1943)
* *Never a Dull Moment* (1943)
* *Timber Queen* (1944)

* *Men on Her Mind* (1944)
* *Take It Big* (1944)
* *I Accuse My Parents* (1944)
* *The Great Flamarion* (1945)
* ''Rockin' in the Rockies* (1945)
* *The Lady Confesses* (1945)
* *Caged Fury* (1948)
* *Waterfront at Midnight* (1948)
* *The Return of Wildfire* (1948)
* *Joe Palooka in Winner Take All* (1948)
* *Inner Sanctum* (1948)
* *Last of the Wild Horses* (1948)
* *El Paso* (1949)
* *Rimfire* (1949)
* *Grand Canyon* (1949)
* *The Devil's Henchman* (1949)
* *Square Dance Jubilee* (1949)
* *Riders in the Sky* (1949)
* *Young Man with a Horn* (1950)
* *Holiday Rhythm* (1950)
* *Close to My Heart* (1951)
* *Passage West* (1951)
* *Highway Dragnet* (1954)
* *Loophole* (1954)
* *Las Vegas Shakedown* (1955)
* *Dig That Uranium* (1955)
* *Gun Battle at Monterey* (1957)
* *How's Your Love Life?* (1971)
* *The Working Girls* (1974)
* *Tanya* (1976)

## Television credits
* *Nash Airflyte Theatre* (1 episode, 1950)
* *The Adventures of Ellery Queen* (1 episode, 1951)
* *Not for Publication* (1 episode, 1952)
* *My Hero* (1 episode, 1952)
* *The Abbott and Costello Show* (1 episode, 1953)
* *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1 episode, 1953)
* *Racket Squad* (1 episode, 1953)
* *The Public Defender* (1 episode, 1954)
* *The Ford Television Theatre* (1 episode, 1954)
* *Fireside Theater* (1 episode, 1954)
* *The Lone Wolf* (1 episode)
* *The Man Behind the Badge* (1 episode, 1955)
* *The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater* (1 episode, 1955)
* *Big Town* (2 episodes, 1954–1955)
* *Front Row Center* (2 episodes, 1955)
* *Dragnet* (1 episode, 1956)

* *The Eve Arden Show* (1 episode, 1957)
* *Colt .45* (1 episode, 1957)
* *Playhouse 90* (1 episode, 1958)
* *December Bride* (1 episode, 1958)
* *Studio One* (1 episode, 1958)
* *Buckskin* (1 episode, 1958)
* *Pursuit* (1 episode, 1958)
* *Frontier Doctor* (1 episode, 1958)
* *The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin* (1 episode, 1959)
* *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1 episode, 1959)
* *The Thin Man* (2 episodes, 1958–1959)
* *The Deputy* (1 episode, 1961)
* *Holiday Lodge* (1 episode, 1961)
* *Dennis the Menace* (1 episode, 1962)
* *Rawhide* (2 episodes, 1959–1963)
* *The Red Skelton Show'' (11 episodes, 1955–1970)

## References
## Other websites
* The Official Mary Beth Hughes site
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