As we wind up our April blogs What a Character!, we end with Sara Seegar. Seegar was born in Indiana but grew up in London, Paris and Hollywood where she went to school. She then attended Los Angeles Junior College, majoring in drama.

She moved to London to appear on the stage there but returned to the United States once WWII began. Seegar began performing on Broadway before appearing on film, radio, and television.

The year she came home from London she met Ezra Stone while performing in Horse Fever. They were married two years later.

The couple raised their children in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, performing at the Bucks County Playhouse.

Seegar would appear in eight films, the most famous of which was The Music Man.

She only had 37 televisions credits, but she made memorable appearances on many of the most popular shows. She began her television career on several of the fifties’ drama shows that were so popular early in television history.

She began the sixties on Perry Mason, then moving to sitcoms including The Donna Reed Show, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Patty Duke Show. Her most famous role was Eloise Wilson on Dennis the Menace. Sylvia Field and Joseph Kearns played Martha and George Wilson from 1959-1962. After Kearns passed away, Field left the show, and Gale Gordon and Seegar took over as George’s brother and sister-in-law. Sara discussed her role of Eloise, saying “One of the things I’ve enjoyed about the role as Mrs. Wilson is that she could be me. Of course, basically, she’s sweeter, but I’ve been pretty much myself.”

She continued her roles in both sitcoms and dramas in the seventies including Marcus Welby MD, The Brady Bunch, and Kojak. She was in ten episodes of Bewitched, often playing the wife of one of Darrin and Larry’s clients. Her last appearance was in 1979 on The White Shadow.

From 1967-1990 Seegar was a workshop leader, lecturer, and guide for the American College Theater Festival and the Kennedy Center. Seegar passed away in 1990 in Pennsylvania.

I wish I knew more about the life of Sara Seegar. Viewers often mention how funny she was in the scenes she was in on Bewitched. It sounds like she had a lovely career.