Maudie Prickett (born Maudie Marie Doyle, October 25, 1914 â€" April
14, 1976) was an American character actress who performed in over 300
stage, film, and television productions during a career that spanned
nearly four decades.Born in Portland, Oregon, Prickett often portrayed
maids, secretaries, busybodies, spinsters, and nosy neighbors. She
made 36 appearances on the television series Hazel starring Shirley
Booth. On that sitcom she was cast in the recurring role of Rosie, a
maid and friend of the title character.Born in Portland, Oregon,
Prickett often portrayed maids, secretaries, busybodies, spinsters,
and nosy neighbors. She made 36 appearances on the television series
Hazel starring Shirley Booth. On that sitcom she was cast in the
recurring role of Rosie, a maid and friend of the title character.One
of Prickett's notable film portrayals is as a maid named Elsie at the
Plaza Hotel in New York City in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest
in 1959.Prickett was also cast in the 1950s Western series The
Adventures of Kit Carson and 26 Men. She portrays Miss Tazey, Lois
Lane's nurse, in a 1952 episode of the Adventures of Superman starring
George Reeves and Phyllis Coates. Some of her other television credits
include nine appearances as Ms. Gordon on CBS's The Jack Benny
Program. She plays a secretary, Miss Sanders, to the Howard McNear's
character, Wilbur Wilgus, on a 1959 episode of the ABC sitcom The
Donna Reed Show. Prickett also portrays Alice MacAvity in a 1954
installment of the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life, featuring Frances
Bavier. She guest-stars too in the 1957-1958 NBC sitcom Sally,
starring Joan Caulfield, and on CBS's Dennis the Menace, with Jay
North. She appears as a dentist's secretary in the episode "The
Dentist" on another CBS sitcom, Angel, starring Annie Fargé. Prickett
appears in the 1962 short-lived ABC/Warner Bros. sitcom Room for One
More, starring Andrew Duggan. In another short-lived series of the
1960s, The Tammy Grimes Show, she is a regular character. Maudie Prickett Top Movies & Young Movies