Terry Burnham

Terry Burnham
Born
Elizabeth Teresa Burnham

(1949-08-08)August 8, 1949
Los Angeles, California, US
DiedOctober 7, 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 64)[1]
Long Beach, California, US[2]
OccupationActress
Years active1955–1969[3][4][5]

Elizabeth Teresa "Terry" Burnham (August 8, 1949 – October 7, 2013[1]) was an American actress. She had most of her career as a child actress in television series. She is best known for her performance in the Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare as a Child", which originally aired in 1960.[6]

Burnham played the young daughter of Lana Turner's character in the film Imitation of Life (1959), which was widely popular. Burnham retired from acting in 1971.[6]

  1. ^ a b "'Twilight Zone' child star's belongings, remains draw devoted fans". Press-Telegram. 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2024-09-17. Fans of the show agree that Burnham, who died Oct. 7, 2013,[...]
  2. ^ Dulaney, Josh. (February 2, 2016). "Twilight Zone' fans plan marker for child star". Los Angeles Daily News. pp. 1, 8. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Pig-Tailed Blonde Has Role as Lana Turner's Daughter". Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram. March 1, 1959. p. A11. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Cissy Finds Apartment". The Ithaca Journal. October 11, 1969. p. 51. "Cissy feels the way to handle a crisis in her teen-age life is to move in with her young friend Rita Stone (Terry Burnham), but she finds that Rita's lifestyle is not necessarily her own." Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  5. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4.
  6. ^ a b Rubin, Steven Jay (2018). Twilight Zone Encyclopedia. Chicago, Ill: Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61373-888-7.