Oakland County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Bancroft, Mary (Jackson) 
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Cemetery:           Oak Grove Cemetery Milford
Name:               Mary (Jackson) Bancroft

Date Of Photograph: August 14, 2007
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Mary Jackson Bancroft
1910 - 2005

Additional Comments:
Stage, Film and TV Actress. She played 'Miss Emily Baldwin' on "The Waltons." 
Through the 1940s and 50s, she worked in summer stock and on Broadway as well 
as stage productions in Chicago and Los Angeles. On Broadway, Jackson appeared 
in shows including "Kiss & Tell," "Eastward in Eden," "The Flowering Cherry" 
and "The Trial of the Canonsville Nine." She worked primarily on TV through the 
1950s and 60s, appearing in shows including "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "My 
Three Sons," "The Andy Griffith Show" "Twilight Zone" and "Barnaby Jones." She 
was best known for her role as Miss Emily on "The Waltons" which ran from 1971-
1982. She also appeared in several Waltons specials which were produced until 
1997.Starting in the 1970s, she performed in feature films, including the roles 
as Jane Fonda's mother in "Fun with Dick and Jane, " a nun in the 
first "Airport" movie and roles in "Blume in Love" and "Coming Home." Though 
she suffered with Parkinson's disease in later years, she worked regularly on 
film projects until a stroke in 1997.

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