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Jeannine Riley
Jeannine Riley
	Riley in 1964
Born	Jeannine Brooke Riley; October 1, 1940 (age 84); Fresno, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Pasadena Playhouse
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1962–1991
Known for	Petticoat Junction

Jeannine Brooke Riley (born October 1, 1940)^[1] is an American actress.

Early years

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Riley,^[2] she was born in Fresno, California, and moved with her family to Madera, California,^[3] after her father left the Army.^[1] She had two years' education in acting and other aspects of show business at the Pasadena Playhouse.^[2]

Career

Early in her career, Riley performed on television in Fresno and in underwater ballet at a hotel.^[1]

She appeared in guest roles on numerous television series (Route 66, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West) and a few feature films such as The Big Mouth (1967), Fever Heat (1968), The Comic (1969) and Electra Glide in Blue (1973).^[4] In 1963, Riley appeared as Amelia Pryor on The Virginian in the episode "Run Away Home." Also in 1963 on Wagon Train in the episode "The Davey Baxter Story".

Winning the role over 300 competitors,^[2] Riley portrayed Billie Jo Bradley on the first two seasons of the CBS sitcom Petticoat Junction (1963–1965).^[5]^: 828 Riley left the series in 1965 to pursue movies. She also had a regular cast member role on the comedy variety series Hee Haw (1969–1971).^[5]^: 448 She played Lulu McQueen (a take-off on Ginger Grant, played by Tina Louise, from Gilligan's Island) on the western sitcom Dusty's Trail, which aired in 1973–74.^[5]

In 2020, Riley released The Bolder Woman: It's About Time (ISBN 979-8550679210), a book she wrote "to instruct women how they can still fulfill their dreams no matter how old they get."^[6]

Partial filmography

Five Finger Exercise (1962) - Girl (uncredited)
Strike Me Deadly (1963) - Lori Grant
The Big Mouth (1967) - Bambi Berman
Fever Heat (1968) - Sandy Richards
The Comic (1969) - Lorraine Margaret Bell
Electra Glide in Blue (1973) - Jolene
The Outfit (1973) - Prostitute (uncredited)
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976) - Lulu McQueen
Lone Star Bar & Grill (1983) - Arlene
Timebomb (1991) - Landlady (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lisanti, Tom (7 May 2015). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. McFarland. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-4766-1241-6. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hale, David (September 22, 1963). "Jeannine Riley Sets Heer Sights On Becoming Star". The Fresno Bee. p. 28. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Nix, Tami Jo (2021-02-14). "Riley writes to Bolder Woman". the-madera-tribune. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ Greenspun, Roger (August 20, 1973). "Screen: Guercio's 'Electra Glide in Blue' Arrives". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ^c Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
^ Nix, Tami Jo (2021-02-13). "Riley writes to Bolder Woman". The Madera Tribune. Madera, California: Madera Printing and Publishing Co., Inc. pp. 1, 3. Riley's purpose, she said, is to instruct women how they can still fulfill their dreams no matter how old they get.