Catherine McLeod (July 2, 1921 – May 11, 1997) was an American actress who made over sixty television and movie appearances between 1944 and 1976. She memorably portrayed the one woman whom James Garner's character Bret Maverick wanted to marry on the 1957 television series Maverick, in the episode "Rage for Vengeance," and appeared in literally dozens of other series including The Millionaire, Meet McGraw, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, 77 Sunset Strip, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Bronco, Perry Mason, Colt .45, Lawman, Bonanza, Hawaiian Eye, Have Gun - Will Travel, The Outer Limits, The Virginian, and the Ten Thousand Horses Singing episode of Studio One opposite James Dean and John Forsythe. Movies included Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You (1946), Courage of Lassie (1946), The Fabulous Texan (1947), That's My Man (1947), Old Los Angeles (1948), My Wife's Best Friend (1952), A Blueprint for Murder (1953), William Witney's The Outcast (1954), Ride the Wild Surf (1964), and Lipstick (1976). McLeod's greatest impact upon American consciousness by far, however, was as purveyor of one of the most ubiquitous catchphrases of its era when she portrayed the woman in the 1963 headache remedy television commercial who plaintively but irritably said, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" The announcer's voiceover would then intone, "Sure you have a headache... tense, irritable.... but don't take it out on her." Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine McLeod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 1976Lipstick — Vogue Lady
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Mrs. Pate
• The F.B.I. — Lorraine Fryes
• 1964Ride the Wild Surf — Mrs. Kilua
• The Outer Limits — Abby Kagan
• The Virginian — Amy Sturgis, Mary Mallory
• 87th Precinct
• Cain's Hundred — Secretary
• 1961Tammy Tell Me True — Mrs. Bateman
• 1961The Sergeant Was a Lady — Maj. Hay
• Angel
• Coronado 9 — Martha Travis
• Stagecoach West — Emily Walker
• Bonanza — Mrs. McClure
• Hawaiian Eye
• One Step Beyond — Mary Dermott
• 77 Sunset Strip
• Bronco
• 1958Return to Warbow — Kathleen Fallam
• Alcoa Theatre — Edie
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• Maverick — Margaret Ross
• Perry Mason — Lorraine Ferrell, Nora Huxley
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Mildred Tyler
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Effie Fallon, Myra Hanscom
• State Trooper
• Gunsmoke — Letty Rickers, Lizzie
• Matinee Theater
• Public Defender
• 1954The Heart of Juliet Jones — Juliet Jones
• 1954The Outcast — Alice Austin
• 1953A Blueprint for Murder — Maggie Sargent
• General Electric Theater — Isabel Harris
• Letter to Loretta — Martha Patton
• 1953Sword of Venus — Claire
• 195210,000 Horses Singing — D. D. Dillward
• Four Star Playhouse — Leila, Nora
• 1952My Wife's Best Friend — Jane Richards
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Bess Maguire
• Lux Video Theatre — Grace, Sandra
• 1950So Young, So Bad — Ruth Levering
• Suspense
• 1948Old Los Angeles — Marie Marlowe
• Studio One — Sgt. Shirley Marsh, Monica Dixon, D. D. Dillward, Bessie
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1947That's My Man — Ronnie Grange
• 1947The Fabulous Texan — Josie Allen
• 1946Courage of Lassie — Alice Merrick
• 1946I've Always Loved You — Myra Hassman
• 1946The Harvey Girls — Louise (uncredited)
• 1945Forever Yours — Martha

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1991The Republic Pictures Story — Self