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Sara Seegar

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Birth
Greentown, Howard County, Indiana, USA
Death
12 Aug 1990 (aged 76)
Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A-2, Row A, Site 18
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Actress. She was a star of radio, stage, film, and television, in a career that spanned over fifty years. She will be best remembered for her role as 'Eloise Wilson,' in thirty-six episodes of the classic television series "Dennis the Menace" from 1962 to 1963, and for her numerous roles of 'Cora Mae Franklin,' 'Mrs. Meiklejohn,' 'Mrs. Nickerson,' 'Mrs. Wehmeyer,' and 'Mrs. Prescott,' 'Edna Durfee,' 'Agnes Baker,' 'Mrs. Springer,' and 'Emily Hascomb,' on the classic television series "Bewitched" from 1964 to 1972. On the television series, "Dennis The Menace" she replaced actress Sylvia Field who had played the role of the original Mrs. Wilson, 'Martha Wilson,' from 1959 to 1962, before being written out of the show following the unexpected death of actor Joseph Kearns, who played the role of her husband 'George Wilson.' She was born Sarah Wall Seegar, one of five daughters to Frank Frazier Seegar and Carrie (nee Wall) Seegar in Greentown, Indiana, she was educated locally and then lived in Europe for a time while she attended schools in Paris, France, and London, England. She also attended and was educated at the famous Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California, where she first got the acting bug. While there she participated in many dramatic and musical productions. She then studied at the Los Angeles Junior College in East Hollywood, California, where she participated in several stage productions and received a degree in drama. She returned to England and performed in many stage productions beginning with playwright John Cecil Holm and George Abbott's "Three Men on a Horse" which also starred Romney Brent, Bernard Nedell, Claire Carleton, William Butler Hixon, Tucker McGuire, David Burns, Edmon Ryan, Maurice Freeman, Ralph W. Chambers, and Vinton Hayworth, and was staged at the Wyndham Theatre in London, England, in 1935. She made her actual film debut in the role of 'Molly' in the crime film, "The Last Curtain" two years later in 1937. The film, which was directed by David MacDonald, and starred Kenne Duncan, Campbell Gullan, and Greta Gynt, was made through the British & Dominions Film Corporation and filmed at Pinewood Studios in Iver Keith, England, and released to the general public on January 31, 1938. She continued acting in England in both films and in plays until the beginning of World War II when she returned to the United States. She then made her Broadway stage debut as 'Milly Flynn' in the play "Horse Fever" (1940), which also starred her future husband, the actor Ezra Stone, but unfortunately the play a farce folded after only three weeks. On October 5, 1942, she married the actor Ezra Stone and they had two children, Josef Seegar Stone and Francine Lida Stone. Her other Broadway and Off-Broadway plays include, "Vickie" (1942), "At War With The Army" (1949), "School For Scandal" (1953), and "Ernest In Love" (1960). Besides, "The Last Curtain" (1937), her other film credits include, "Larceny Street" (1937), "Smash And Grab" (1937), "Dead Men Tell No Tales" (1938), "Mystery Of Room 13" (1938), "The Shrike" (1955), "The Music Man" (1962), "A Boy Called Nuthin" (1967), "Gideon" (1971), and "The Fatal Weakness" (1976). Besides the thirty-six episodes of "Dennis the Menace" from 1962 to 1963, and her numerous appearances on "Bewitched" from 1964 to 1972, her many other television appearances include, "Studio One In Hollywood," "Suspense," "I Married Joan," "The Big Story," "Telephone Time," "Perry Mason," "Guestward Ho!," "The Donna Reed Show," "The Real McCoys," "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Law And Mrs. Jones," "Room For One More", "The Cara Williams Show," "Slattery's People," "The Patty Duke Show," "All Star Revue," "The Red Buttons Show," "Occasional Wife," "Insight," "The Magical World Of Disney," "The Jimmy Stewart Show," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "The Rookies," "Mobile One," "The Brady Bunch," "ABC Weekend Specials," "Kojack," "The Jeffersons," and "The White Shadow." She also appeared on radio in "The Aldrich Family" for six years. For nearly 25 years she toured under the auspices of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the American College Theater Festival and the United States Army. She lived with her husband at Stone Meadows Farm in Newtown, Pennsylvania, for over forty years. In 1983, she and her husband produced and staged "Sweet Land," a pageant that celebrated the 300th anniversary of their Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a community that enlisted the talents of 300 of their neighbours. She also helped found the Newtown Friends School in Newtown, Pennsylvania. She passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, after suffering a brain hemorrhage at the age of 76. Her husband, Ezra Stone passed away in 1994 at the of 76. After Sarah and Ezra's death, it was believed that their ashes had been scattered or buried at their home Stone Meadows Farm in Newtown, Pennsylvania, but actually the ashes had been in possession of the family for years. In October of 2013, following a sale of some of their belongings at an auction a memorial service was held in their honor and their ashes were interred in a niche at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
Actress. She was a star of radio, stage, film, and television, in a career that spanned over fifty years. She will be best remembered for her role as 'Eloise Wilson,' in thirty-six episodes of the classic television series "Dennis the Menace" from 1962 to 1963, and for her numerous roles of 'Cora Mae Franklin,' 'Mrs. Meiklejohn,' 'Mrs. Nickerson,' 'Mrs. Wehmeyer,' and 'Mrs. Prescott,' 'Edna Durfee,' 'Agnes Baker,' 'Mrs. Springer,' and 'Emily Hascomb,' on the classic television series "Bewitched" from 1964 to 1972. On the television series, "Dennis The Menace" she replaced actress Sylvia Field who had played the role of the original Mrs. Wilson, 'Martha Wilson,' from 1959 to 1962, before being written out of the show following the unexpected death of actor Joseph Kearns, who played the role of her husband 'George Wilson.' She was born Sarah Wall Seegar, one of five daughters to Frank Frazier Seegar and Carrie (nee Wall) Seegar in Greentown, Indiana, she was educated locally and then lived in Europe for a time while she attended schools in Paris, France, and London, England. She also attended and was educated at the famous Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California, where she first got the acting bug. While there she participated in many dramatic and musical productions. She then studied at the Los Angeles Junior College in East Hollywood, California, where she participated in several stage productions and received a degree in drama. She returned to England and performed in many stage productions beginning with playwright John Cecil Holm and George Abbott's "Three Men on a Horse" which also starred Romney Brent, Bernard Nedell, Claire Carleton, William Butler Hixon, Tucker McGuire, David Burns, Edmon Ryan, Maurice Freeman, Ralph W. Chambers, and Vinton Hayworth, and was staged at the Wyndham Theatre in London, England, in 1935. She made her actual film debut in the role of 'Molly' in the crime film, "The Last Curtain" two years later in 1937. The film, which was directed by David MacDonald, and starred Kenne Duncan, Campbell Gullan, and Greta Gynt, was made through the British & Dominions Film Corporation and filmed at Pinewood Studios in Iver Keith, England, and released to the general public on January 31, 1938. She continued acting in England in both films and in plays until the beginning of World War II when she returned to the United States. She then made her Broadway stage debut as 'Milly Flynn' in the play "Horse Fever" (1940), which also starred her future husband, the actor Ezra Stone, but unfortunately the play a farce folded after only three weeks. On October 5, 1942, she married the actor Ezra Stone and they had two children, Josef Seegar Stone and Francine Lida Stone. Her other Broadway and Off-Broadway plays include, "Vickie" (1942), "At War With The Army" (1949), "School For Scandal" (1953), and "Ernest In Love" (1960). Besides, "The Last Curtain" (1937), her other film credits include, "Larceny Street" (1937), "Smash And Grab" (1937), "Dead Men Tell No Tales" (1938), "Mystery Of Room 13" (1938), "The Shrike" (1955), "The Music Man" (1962), "A Boy Called Nuthin" (1967), "Gideon" (1971), and "The Fatal Weakness" (1976). Besides the thirty-six episodes of "Dennis the Menace" from 1962 to 1963, and her numerous appearances on "Bewitched" from 1964 to 1972, her many other television appearances include, "Studio One In Hollywood," "Suspense," "I Married Joan," "The Big Story," "Telephone Time," "Perry Mason," "Guestward Ho!," "The Donna Reed Show," "The Real McCoys," "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Law And Mrs. Jones," "Room For One More", "The Cara Williams Show," "Slattery's People," "The Patty Duke Show," "All Star Revue," "The Red Buttons Show," "Occasional Wife," "Insight," "The Magical World Of Disney," "The Jimmy Stewart Show," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "The Rookies," "Mobile One," "The Brady Bunch," "ABC Weekend Specials," "Kojack," "The Jeffersons," and "The White Shadow." She also appeared on radio in "The Aldrich Family" for six years. For nearly 25 years she toured under the auspices of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the American College Theater Festival and the United States Army. She lived with her husband at Stone Meadows Farm in Newtown, Pennsylvania, for over forty years. In 1983, she and her husband produced and staged "Sweet Land," a pageant that celebrated the 300th anniversary of their Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a community that enlisted the talents of 300 of their neighbours. She also helped found the Newtown Friends School in Newtown, Pennsylvania. She passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, after suffering a brain hemorrhage at the age of 76. Her husband, Ezra Stone passed away in 1994 at the of 76. After Sarah and Ezra's death, it was believed that their ashes had been scattered or buried at their home Stone Meadows Farm in Newtown, Pennsylvania, but actually the ashes had been in possession of the family for years. In October of 2013, following a sale of some of their belongings at an auction a memorial service was held in their honor and their ashes were interred in a niche at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6983044/sara-seegar: accessed ), memorial page for Sara Seegar (1 Jul 1914–12 Aug 1990), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6983044, citing Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.