Natalie Schafer

A stage-trained actress, Natalie Schafer entered films in 1944 and from the 1950s played numerous supporting roles often as rich, bubbly-headed matrons. She was perhaps best known as Lovey, the stranded wife of millionaire banker Thurston Howell III (played by Jim Backus) on the popular TV comedy "Gilligan's Island" (CBS, 1964-67).

Schafer was married to actor Louis Calhern from 1934 to 1942, with whom she co-starred on stage. Natalie Schafer died on April 10, 1991 in Red Bank, NJ at the age of 90.