Amzie Strickland
Amzie Ellen Strickland was an American character actress who began in radio, made some 650 television appearances, had roles in two dozen films, appeared in numerous television movies and also worked in TV commercials. In a seven-decade career, from the 1930s to 2001, she amassed well over 100 credits.
Radio
Strickland began as a radio actress during the old time radio era and her various radio roles included those shown in the table below.| Program | Role |
| Call the Police | Libby |
| The Fat Man | Cathy Evans |
| Our Gal Sunday | Erica Dorn |
| The Romance of Helen Trent | Harriet Eagle |
Television
In 1963 Strickland appeared as Ruth Arlen on The Virginian in the episode titled "The Mountain of the Sun." Strickland appeared on such programs as Adam-12, Dragnet, with Jack Webb, Gunsmoke, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, Make Room for Daddy, The Twilight Zone, My Three Sons, Leave It To Beaver, , Alias Smith & Jones, Happy Days, Carter Country, Bonanza, The Golden Girls, The Facts of Life, The Jeffersons, Three's Company, ER, 7th Heaven, Ellen, Wings, ALF, Dragnet, Father Dowling Mysteries, Full House, Ned and Stacey, Perry Mason and Knight Rider,"My Favorite Martian". Her TV movies include Tower of Terror, Three's Company and Inherit the Wind.In 1966, Strickland played the widow Laticia Daigle in the episode "The Lady and the Sourdough" of the syndicated western series Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor. Paul Brinegar was cast as Rupert Johnson, who entered a partnership to cook for a feisty miner, Tom Despo in return for half of the gold that Despo finds. Johnson then meets Miss Daigle, a baker, and soon develops other plans. That same year, she appeared as Martha Hall, wife of chicken farmer Alfred Hall in the comedy episode "The Four Dollar Law Suit". In the story line, Hall sues an insurance company for underpayment of $4 after Hall's chicken coop burns to the ground. J. Pat O'Malley portrays attorney Wilson.