Midge Ware
Midge Ware Colton (born Muriel Florence Bendelson; October 20, 1927 – June 3, 2020) was an American model and stage, screen and television actress. She had a over 30 years career in show business.

Born in The Bronx, New York, Ware was the daughter of taxi driver Samuel Bendelson and Mitzi Restenbaum Bendelson. She had twin brothers. Her schoolmates nicknamed her Midge, and she eventually had that made her legal name. She graduated from George Washington High School in Manhattan.

Before she became an actress, Ware was a model whose picture was used on the magazine covers more than 100 times. Universal signed her to a film contract in 1950. She debuted on film in "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951).

Ware performed on Broadway in "The Fifth Season" (1953) and "Maybe Tuesday" (1958).

On television, Ware was guest hostess on "Truth or Consequences", and she portrayed Louise Scruggs on "The Beverly Hillbillies". She also appeared on, among other shows, "The Donna Reed Show", "Gunslinger", "The Phil Silvers Show", "The Rifleman", "Police Woman", and "Quincy, M.E."

On August 7, 1954, Ware married actor Art Batanides in Las Vegas. It was her second marriage. They divorced in the early 1960s, and she married David Moessinger, a director and writer, in 1965.

She died on June 3, 2020, aged 92, in Westlake Village, California.
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