| Charlotte Stewart | |
| Birth Date: | February 27, 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Yuba City, CA |
| Notable Works: | Eva Beadle Simms in Little House on the Prairie |
| Years Active: | 1952–present |
Charlotte Stewart (February 27, 1941) is an American film and television actress.[1]
Stewart is most famous for her role as the school teacher Eva Beadle Simms on Little House on the Prairie and her work with director David Lynch.[2]
Stewart graduated from the Pasadena Playhouse.[2] [3] Her first acting job was in the 1960 episode "The Glass Cage" on The Loretta Young Show.[4] She has guest-starred on many television series ranging from Bonanza to The Office and the recurring role of Betty Briggs on Twin Peaks.[2] She was also a prolific TV commercial actress.[3] Her notable film appearances include Eraserhead and Tremors.[2] Stewart has been married four times.[5] In 1961, she met her first husband, Tim Considine, when she played Agnes Finley in the season-one episode "Deadline" of My Three Sons.[6] They married in 1965 and divorced in 1969.[7] Her second marriage to magician Jordan Hahn lasted from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.[8] [9] In 1992, Stewart married her third husband, David Banks. Following his death in 2012, she began a relationship with Michael Santos, and they married in 2015.[10]
In 2016, Stewart self-published her memoirs in a book, Little House in the Hollywood Hills.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | V.D. | Judy Jackson | The film was also billed as "Damaged Goods" | |
| 1965 | The Slender Thread | Telephone operator | ||
| 1967 | Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! | Miss Reynolds | credited as Charlotte Considine | |
| The Girl with the Hungry Eyes | One of the girls | |||
| 1968 | Speedway | Lori | credited as Charlotte Considine | |
| 1970 | The Cheyenne Social Club | Mae | ||
| 1977 | Eraserhead | Mary X | ||
| 1981 | Buddy Buddy | Nurse | ||
| 1982 | Human Highway | Charlotte Goodnight | ||
| 1984 | Irreconcilable Differences | Sally | ||
| 1985 | UFOria | Brother Roy's Girlfriend | ||
| 1989 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Mother | ||
| 1990 | Tremors | Nancy Sterngood | ||
| 1992 | Betty Briggs | Scenes deleted | ||
| 1994 | Mother Theresa | |||
| 1998 | Slums of Beverly Hills | Landlady | ||
| 1999 | Desert Son | Audrey | ||
| 2000 | Puppy Love | Edna Luster | Short | |
| 2001 | Nancy Sterngood | Direct to video | ||
| 2009 | The Inner Circle | Sister Angeline | ||
| 2010 | Mayfly | Barbara | Short |
| Year | Series | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | My Three Sons | Agnes Finley | episode: "Deadline" | |
| Bachelor Father | Maybelle | |||
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Ann | episode: "They Painted Daisies on His Coffin" | |
| Gunsmoke | Iris | episode: "Lyle's Kid", credited as Charlotte Considine | ||
| 1969 | Bonanza | Lisa Campbell | episode: "The Stalker" | |
| Then Came Bronson | Lori | episode "A Famine Where Abundance Lies" | ||
| 1970 | Gunsmoke | Jenny | episode "Morgan" | |
| 1971 | Mannix | Barbara | episode: "Run till Dark" | |
| Bonanza | Betsy Rush | episode: "The Grand Swing" | ||
| 1972 | McMillan & Wife | Sheila | episode: "Terror Times Two" | |
| The Waltons | Ruth | Pilot episode: "The Foundling" | ||
| The F.B.I. | Helen Simms | episode: "A Game of Chess" | ||
| 1973 | Cannon | Dawn | episode: "Hard Rock Roller Coaster" | |
| 1974 | Gunsmoke | Miss Merkle | ||
| Little House on the Prairie | Eva Beadle Simms | Seasons 1–4 | ||
| 1975 | The Nurse Killer | Suzie | ||
| The Impostor | Jean Durham | |||
| 1977 | Murder in Peyton Place | Denise Haley | TV movie | |
| Secrets | Phyllis Turner | |||
| 1978 | Mother, Juggs & Speed | Iris | TV movie | |
| 1981 | The Princess and the Cabbie | Nurse | ||
| Bitter Harvest | Mrs Lazlo | TV movie | ||
| 1985 | Highway to Heaven | Cindy | Two episodes | |
| 1986 | Matlock | Mrs. Spellman | episode: "The Santa" | |
| The Young and the Restless | Tamra Logan | 12 episodes | ||
| 1987 | Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Nurse #1 | ||
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Betty Briggs | ||
| 2005 | Cold Case | Cindy Balducci | episode: "A Perfect Day" | |
| 2007 | The Office | Woman | episode: "The Return" | |
| 2017 | Twin Peaks: The Return | Betty Briggs |