Eileen Chesis
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Eileen Chesis is an American actor who appeared as a child in several American network television series of the 1960s.
, 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
.
Her only television work as an adult was in 1975, where she played "Scuba Duba" 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.
She married lawyer Richard Devirian on March 8, 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. Her other television work as a child consisted of appearances in LassieLassie (1954 TV series)
Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973...
, in the crime-drama The Detectives
The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season...
, in the medical-drama The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)
The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging, and Ralph Bellamy, which aired sixty-two new episodes plus selected rebroadcasts on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964.-Series premise:...
, and in the western Destry
Destry (TV series)
Destry is a Western television series starring John Gavin that aired on the ABC television network from February 14, 1964 until May 8, 1964...
— she also appeared (as two different characters) in two different episodes of Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...
.
Her only television work as an adult was in 1975, where she played "Scuba Duba" in the live-action super-hero series The Secrets of Isis. It was rumored she was selected to take the place of Debra Winger
Debra Winger
Mary Debra Winger is an American actress. Three-times an Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival...
in portraying Wonder Girl (aka Drusilla, the younger sister of Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....
),
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.
Personal life
Eileen Chesis was born in California in 1954.She married lawyer Richard Devirian on March 8, 1975.