Lucille Benson (July 17, 1914 – February 17, 1984) was an American character actress best known for Duel (1971), Silver Streak (1976), 1941 (1979), and Halloween II (1981).
She died in 1984 at the age of 69 from liver cancer.
Filmography:
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Film roles
- 1960: The Fugitive Kind as Beulah Binnings
- 1970: WUSA as 2nd Matron
- 1970: Little Fauss And Big Halsy as 'Mom' Fauss
- 1971: Cactus In The Snow as Mrs. Sawyer
- 1971: Escape as Trudy
- 1971: Duel as Lady at Snakerama
- 1972: Women In Chains as Billie
- 1972: Heat Of Anger as Lillian McWhorter
- 1972: Slaughterhouse-Five as Billy's Mother
- 1972: Private Parts 1972 as Aunt Martha Atwood
- 1973: The Devils Daughter as Janet Poole
- 1973: Tom Sawyer as Widder Martha Douglas
- 1974: Huckleberry Finn as Widder Douglas
- 1973: The Blue Knight as Elmira Gooch
- 1973: Message To My Daughter as Woman on Train
- 1974: Mame as Mother Burnside
- 1974: The Day The Earth Moved as Miss Virginia Porter
- 1974: Reflections Of Murder as Mrs. Turner
- 1974: Betrayal 1974 as Eunice Russell
- 1975: The Runaway Barge as Madge Henshaw
- 1976: Collision Course Truman Vs Mac Arthur as Bess Truman
- 1976: The Killer Who Wouldnt Die as Flo
- 1976: Wanted The Sundance Woman as Ms. Elsie Powell
- 1976: Silver Streak as Rita Babtree
- 1977: The Strange Possession Of Mrs Oliver as Housekeeper
- 1977: The Greatest as Mrs. Fairlie
- 1977: Black Market Baby as Mrs. Krieg
- 1978: Lassie A New Beginning as Juno
- 1979: Charleston as Miss Fay
- 1979: The Country Western Murders as Mrs. Bloom
- 1979: Ebony Ivory And Jade as Mrs. Stone
- 1979: 1941 as Gas Mama
- 1981: Amy as Rose Metcalf
- 1981: Halloween II as Mrs. Elrod
- 1983: When Your Lover Leaves as Greta
Television roles
- 1955: The United States Steel Hour as Benita
- 1964: East Side West Side as First Woman in Dressing Room
- 1971: The New Andy Griffith Show as Mrs. Gaddis
- 1971: Cannon as Proprietress
- 1971: Cade's County as Maybelle
- 1972: Bonanza as Mrs. Melody
- 1972: The Delphi Bureau as Mrs. Loveless
- 1972–74: Mannix as Myra/Ida
- 1973–76: Emergency! as Annie/Martha
- 1974: Apples Way as Button Lady/Lady Artist
- 1974–76: Petrocelli as Lucille Davis/Madge Briar/Lucille Field/Angie Crawford
- 1975: Three For The Road as Gas Station Attendant
- 1976: Switch as Edna
- 1976: Police Woman as Aunt Benjamin
- 1976: The Waltons as Tilly Shanks
- 1976: The Cop And The Kid as Martha
- 1977: Nashville 99 as Birdie Huff
- 1977: Code R as Emma
- 1977: Insight as Irma
- 1978: Wonder Woman (1975) as Flo
- 1978–79: How The West Was Won as Ms. Agnes/Ms. Walker
- 1978–82: The Magical World Of Disney as Mrs. Levelor/Grandma Hopkins
- 1979: Time Express as Miss Oates
- 1979: Ramblin Man as Peg the Madam
- 1979: Trapper John, M.D. as Clarissa Mae Purcell
- 1979–80: The Ropers as Mother
- 1980: Little House on the Prairie as Miss Trimble
- 1980: The Dukes of Hazzard as Mama Coltrane
- 1980–81: Bosom Buddies as Lilly Sinclair
- 1981: Nero Wolfe as Landlady
- 1981: The Love Boat as Doris
- 1982: Simon & Simon as Mrs. Dorothy Bartlett
- 1982: Bring 'Em Back Alive as Mrs. Dooley
- 1982–83: Alice (1976) as Grace/Lucille
