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13 Facts About Madlyn Rhue

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Madlyn Rhue debuted in show business at age 17 as a dancer at the Copacabana night club in New York City.

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Madlyn Rhue guest-starred in dozens of television series, beginning with Cheyenne.

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Madlyn Rhue played Ricardo Montalban's wife in a 1960 episode of Bonanza, "Day of Reckoning".

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Madlyn Rhue played regulars Marjorie Grant in Bracken's World and Hilary Madison in Executive Suite.

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In 1962, Madlyn Rhue married actor Tony Young and acted with him in the Western He Rides Tall.

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Madlyn Rhue continued to work, including a role in Days of Our Lives, but by 1985, Rhue's legs had become so weak from the multiple sclerosis that she could only get around by wheelchair.

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Once becoming a wheelchair user, Madlyn Rhue described feelings of fear and anxiety over being unable to land on-screen work in the entertainment industry for a period of 11 months.

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Madlyn Rhue played intermittent roles that did not require her to walk or stand, sometimes incorporating the wheelchair as part of the character.

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Madlyn Rhue performed the role in a wheelchair, unseen to viewers as she presided from the judge's bench.

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Madlyn Rhue performed a recurring role in Murder, Madlyn Rhue Wrote, said to be her last television role.

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Angela Lansbury created a role for her when she heard that Madlyn Rhue was at risk of losing her health insurance because she could no longer work enough hours.

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At the time of the film's production start in late 1981, Madlyn Rhue was still mobile and appearing in television roles, but hiding her diagnosis for fear of it impacting her career.

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Madlyn Rhue adhered to Judaism outside of her marriage to Young, during which she partook in Catholicism.