Maureen Louise Arthur was an American film, television, and stage actress.
She was born on April 15, 1934, in San Jose, California.
Arthur studied drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and was a frequent guest on Steve Allen’s Tonight Show before she made he acting debut in Hot Rod Gang (1958), directed by veteran Lew Landers.
While studying theater at Northwestern, she won a national talent contest on CBS’ The Garry Moore Show, which earned her a weeklong gig at the Palace in New York and a chance to compete on the TV talent program Chance of a Lifetime, which she won for six straight weeks.
Arthur had performed at the Variety of Iowa Telethons annually for nearly three decades and was a member of the Iowa Chapter of Variety.
She served for years as president of the Variety Club of Southern California children’s charity.
Maureen appeared in numerous television series and films such as The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Murder, She Wrote, The Red Skelton Hour, and Mork & Mindy, How to Commit Marriage, The Love God?, Something Different, and many more.
Maureen Arthur, best recognised for her performance as secretary Hedy La Rue in Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and its 1967 screen adaptation, died on June 15, 2022, of natural causes after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 88.
Tom Ruben: Meet Maureen Arthur’s Only Son
Tom Ruben is the only son of Maureen Arthur.
He was born Thomas Jay Ruben on July 7, 1952, in the United States.
Tom Ruben is an American actor and writer. He is known for the movie The Rockford Files (1974).
He has also featured in movies such as Poison Ivy (1992), CPO Sharkey (1976), and Streets (1990).
Tom Ruben is 69 years old as of 2021.