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Aline Towne
Towne in an episode ofThe Public Defender (1955)
Born	Fern Aline Eggen (1919-11-07)November 7, 1919 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	February 2, 1996(1996-02-02) (aged 76) Burbank, California, U.S.
Other names	Fern Aline Waller, Fern Eggen
Alma mater	University of Iowa
Occupation(s)	Film,television actress
Years active	1950-1985
Spouse	Charles W Waller (1946-1986) (his death) (3 children)

Fern Aline Waller (néeEggen, 7 November 1919 – 2 February 1996), known asAline Towne, was an Americanfilm andtelevision actress, best remembered for her lead roles in 1950sRepublic serials, such asRadar Men from the Moon.

Early life and career

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Born Fern Aline Eggen inSt. Paul, Minnesota and raised inCharles City, Iowa,^[1]^[2]^[3] Towne was the daughter of Gertrude N. Jennings andNorwegian American design engineer Oscar Edward Eggen.^[3] She attended theUniversity of Iowa, becoming a member of theKappa Kappa Gamma sorority and graduating with aBachelor of Arts in 1942.^[4]^[5]

Towne was a Powers model.^[2]

Towne appeared in dozens of roles on television, in series such asLassie,Leave It to Beaver,Sea Hunt,Wagon Train,Maverick,The Lone Ranger,Tales of Wells Fargo, andThe Donna Reed Show. In 1952 she played Lara,Superman's mother in the first episode ofthe Adventures of Superman.^[6] She also had a small speaking role (billed as Fern Eggen) inWhite Heat (1949).^[7]^[8]

Personal life and death

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Towne was married to Bill Waller.^[2]

She died inBurbank,California in 1996.^[1]

Filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	A Woman of Distinction	Young Lady	Uncredited
1950	Harbor of Missing Men	Angelike Corcoris
1950	The Vanishing Westerner	Barbara
1950	The Invisible Monster	Carol Richards	Serial
1950	Highway 301	Madeline Welton
1951	Rough Riders of Durango	Janis Adams
1951	I Can Get It for You Wholesale	Model	Uncredited
1951	Don Daredevil Rides Again	Patricia Doyle	Serial
1951	Purple Heart Diary	Lt. Cathy Dietrich
1952	Radar Men from the Moon	Joan Gilbert	Serial
1952	Confidence Girl	Peggy Speel
1952	Zombies of the Stratosphere	Sue Davis	Serial
1952	The Steel Trap	Gail Woodley
1953	A Blueprint for Murder	Hospital File Clerk	Uncredited
1954	Trader Tom of the China Seas	Vivian Wells	Serial
1954	Gog	Dr. Kirby	Uncredited
1955	The Lone Ranger	Wife of Ben Talbot	Serial
1956	Julie	Denise Martin
1957	Man Afraid	Mrs. Wilbur Fletcher	Uncredited
1958	Maverick	Laura Miller	Trail West to Fury
1958	Tales of Wells Fargo	Nell Forrester	“Billy the Kid” S1 E21
1964	The Brass Bottle	Miss Glidden
1964	Bullet for a Badman	Saloon Girl	Uncredited
1964	Send Me No Flowers	Cora
1964	Taggart	Kate	Uncredited
1965	Mirage	Receptionist	Uncredited
1967	A Guide for the Married Man	Mousey Man's Wife
1970	Song of Norway	Mrs. Thoresen

References

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^^a ^bMayer, Geoff (2017).Encyclopedia of American Film Serials. Jefferson, NC: MacFarland & Company. p. 278.ISBN 978-0-7864-7762-3.
^^a ^b ^c"Former Charles City Girl Seen in Picture".Globe-Gazette. Iowa, Mason City. May 26, 1950. p. 7. RetrievedSeptember 24, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com.
^^a ^b"United States Census, 1930", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMJW-1JS : Sun Jul 14 18:19:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Oscar E Eggen and Gertrude Eggen, 1930.
^"Sororities as S. U.I. Pledge 175 at Ceremonies Friday; Many Iowa Citians Among Group Affiliating with Greek Letter Organizations at Close of Annual Rush Week".Iowa City Press-Citizen. September 16, 1939. p. 7. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
^"List Candidates for Degrees at Iowa State University; 82nd Commencement Will Be This Afternoon at Iowa City".The Waterloo Courier. May 10, 1942. p. 14. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
^The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 20.ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
^Goff, Ivan (1984).White Heat. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 206.ISBN 0-299-09670-X.
^Erickson, Glenn. "I Am Cody Jarrett, Destroyer of Worlds", in Silver, Alain; Ursini, James, eds. (2007).The Gangster Film Reader. Pompton Plains, NJ: Limelight Editions. pp. 141–142.ISBN 978-0-87910-332--3. "Field agent Hank Fallon began as a womanizing playboy and a devil-may-care man of action, similar to the later James Bond. When he goes undercover as Vic Pardo to become Cody's criminal apprentice, Fallon is assigned a fake 'Mrs Pardo,' a curvaceous female treasury agent named Margaret Baxter. Margaret visits Fallon in prison and carries messages back to Evans. Early drafts implied that the two agents are carrying on an affair. By the final script, Fallon's skirt chasing is reduced to a few smiles and a raised eyebrows. As deftly played by Edmond O'Brien, Hank is more happy-go-lucky than daredevil, and his prison visits with Margaret (Fern Eggen) are mild parodies of domesticity. They chat about divorce while arranging for Cody's police-monitored prison breakout."