who plays steve's wife on my three sons
Beverly Garland
title: Beverly Garland text: Beverly Garland Beverly Lucy Garland (née Fessenden; October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008) was an American actress. Her work in feature films primarily consisted of small parts in a few major productions or leads in low-budget action or science fiction movies. On television, she had prominent recurring roles on several popular series. She may be best remembered as Barbara Harper Douglas, the woman who married widower Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray) in the latter years of the sitcom "My Three Sons". She played in that role from 1969 until the series concluded in 1972. In the 1980s, she co-starred as title: My Three Sons text: Steve remarries, taking widowed teacher Barbara Harper (Beverly Garland) as his wife; she brings with her a 5-year-old daughter, Dorothy "Dodie" (Dawn Lyn), so Steven now had a stepdaughter whom he also subsequently adopts. (Dodie is wary of Steve at first, believing that he wants her to simply forget her late father, until he explains that he wants her to always remember and love him, but since he's no longer alive, Steve wants to raise her in his place, and hopes she'll come to love him also.) Also, the last year-and-a-half of the series feature fewer appearances of both Don title: My Three Sons text: illness. In September 1965, eldest son Mike (Tim Considine) married, and his character was written out of the show. To keep the emphasis on "three sons", original youngest son Chip's friend Ernie was adopted. In the program's later years, Steven Douglas remarried and adopted his new wife's young daughter Dorothy ("Dodie") (Dawn Lyn). The series was a cornerstone of the ABC and CBS lineups in the 1960s. With 380 episodes produced, it is third only to "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (14 seasons, 1952–1966, 434 episodes) and "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (13 seasons) as television's longest-running live-action sitcom. title: Four King Cousins text: Dick Clark, Fred MacMurray, Ron Howard, Barry Manilow and The Lennon Sisters on ABC’s "Silver Anniversary Celebration." Concurrent with her performances with The Four King Cousins, Tina Cole also established herself as an actress on television series including "Hawaiian Eye" and "Adam-12" and in particular starring as Katie Douglas (wife of Don Grady’s Robbie) for five seasons on the popular, long-running series "My Three Sons". Signed to Capitol Records, the Four King Cousins released their debut album titled "Introducing the Four King Cousins" which was produced, arranged and conducted by their cousin, Golden Globe nominee Lex de Azevedo, in 1968. title: My Three Sons text: that he was also devoted to automobile racing, which his contract forbade. His character was written out, along with Meredith MacRae, who had played his fiancée Sally, in a wedding episode that was the premiere of the 1965–1966 season on CBS. After this episode, Mike is mentioned briefly in only four succeeding episodes (including one in which Ernie becomes adopted), and is never seen again, even at Robbie and Steve's weddings. (Steve explains briefly in one of these episodes that he has another son, but "He lives away from home".) In the episode "Steve and the Huntress" (first aired January