Actress Elizabeth MacRae appeared in several motion pictures and on many television shows in the course of her acting career. Her film roles include appearances in Francis Ford Coppola's , as well as parts in , , , and others. On television, for three seasons, she played Gomer Pyle's girlfriend, Lou Ann Poovie, on , and, for another three seasons, she played Festus's girlfriend April on . She had guest starring or co-starring roles on more than 50 television series, including , , , , , , , , , and numerous other shows. MacRae studied acting in New York City with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio and at the Art Student's League. MacRae was born in Columbia, S.C., and raised in Fayetteville, N.C. She was educated at the Holton Arms School in Washington, D.C. The Conversation For Love or Money The Incredible Mr. Limpet Everything's Ducky Gomer Pyle, USMC Gunsmoke Barnaby Jones Kojak Mannix The Fugitive Dr. Kildare Andy Griffith I Dream of Jeannie 77 Sunset Strip SurfSide 6 The collection includes materials relating to Elizabeth MacRae's acting career. Included are scripts of television programs, films, and plays in which she appeared. In a few cases, related items are filed with the script. There are also two publicity photographs of MacRae; an audiotape of an interview with MacRae in 1967; several videotapes, mostly of episodes of , in which MacRae appeared; and some films, including a copy of Francis Ford Coppola's . The addition of June 1999 contains scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings and photographs relating to Elizabeth MacRae's career. The addition of April 2002 contains a playbill and newspaper clippings from a production of that featured MacRae. Gomer Pyle, USMC The Conversation Picnic
