Introduction
Kaye Elhardt (August 28, 1935 – September 1, 2004) was an American actress with dozens of television appearances as a glamorous leading lady in a career spanning from 1956 to 1977. Best known for her comedic role as "Josephine St. Cloud" (pronounced "San Cloo") opposite James Garner and Jack Kelly in the 1959 "Pappy" episode of Maverick, Elhardt made more than forty appearances on television series. Among her three guest appearances on Perry Mason with Raymond Burr, she played defendant Ginny Talbot in the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Borrowed Baby." She also was featured on Family Affair; Highway Patrol with Broderick Crawford; Wagon Train with Ward Bond; Sea Hunt with Lloyd Bridges; seven different roles in 77 Sunset Strip with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.; Bourbon Street Beat with Andrew Duggan, Richard Long, and Van Williams; Bat Masterson with Gene Barry; My Three Sons with Fred MacMurray; Surfside Six with Troy Donahue and Van Williams; Hawaiian Eye with Robert Conrad; Bronco; Yancy Derringer with Jock Mahoney; Colt .45; Philip Marlowe with Philip Carey; and more than a score of others.
Partial filmography
- Senior Prom (1958) - Girl in Yellow (uncredited)
- The Crimson Kimono (1959) - Nun
- Stump Run (1959) - Leatha Gaskin
- Violent Midnight (1963) - Dolores Martello
- Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) - Girl in Nightclub
- The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966) - Diane
- Any Wednesday (1966) - Cecile (uncredited)
- Airport (1970) - Kay Hart - Passenger (uncredited)
- The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977) - Miss Evans (final film role)