Eileen Chesis
Eileen Chesis is an American actress who appeared as a child in several American network television series of the 1960s.
Eileen Chesis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eileen Sue Chesis 1953 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Devirian (m. after 1975) |
Television career
Her most well-known role was as Sissie Porter, one of the daughters in the one-season sit-com The Tom Ewell Show 1960-61.[1] Her other television work as a child consisted of appearances in Lassie, in the crime-drama The Detectives, in the medical-drama The Eleventh Hour, and in the western Destry — she also appeared (as two different characters) in two different episodes of Bonanza (1962-1963).
Her only television work as an adult was in 1975, where she played Nancy in the live-action super-hero series The Secrets of Isis. It was rumored she was selected to take the place of Debra Winger in portraying Wonder Girl (aka Drusilla, the younger sister of Wonder Woman), in the 1976 and 1977 seasons of the Wonder Woman television series (and, possibly, in a Wonder Girl spinoff) after Debra left the show in 1975 — however, no such role or show materialized, and this rumor cannot be verified.[2]
Film career
She appeared, despite uncredited, in the 1960 film Tall Story.
Personal life
Eileen Chesis was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1953.
She married lawyer Richard Devirian on March 8, 1975.[3]
References
- The Tom Ewell Show webpage on the Classic TV Archive website
- Wonder Girl: Debra Winger section of Wonder Girl webpage of the Comix-Live website
- California Marriage Index 1960-1985 (page 5308 of Bride 1970-79, or , page 231 of CH-)