), She made almost 50 appearances in various other television and film roles, including episodes of Crusader starring Brian Keith, Wanted: Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen, Tombstone Territory (as "Julie Dixon" in season 1 episode 33), Tales of Wells Fargo (as "Dr Alice" S2/E25) with Dale Robertson, and Harbor Command with Wendell Corey. ', https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/sue-randall-43938.php, American Female Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century American Film & Theater Personalities. Mr. Blumegarten (William Schallert) played Wally's 8th grade teacher and later was the Assistant Principal, but was never Beaver's teacher. She made her last appearance on the show in 1957. At the Mayfield school, there was also the matronly principal, Cornelia Rayburn, played by actress Doris Packer. Eddie and Lumpy tried to cheat by hiding answers in the paper towel rack in the restroom. Diane Brewster The Movie Database (TMDB) That same year, she also portrayed the titular role in "The Lita Foladaire Story," an episode of Wagon Train with Ward Bond and silent film star Evelyn Brent, in which Brewster's character had been killed before the start of the show, with her sections of the story posthumously depicted in flashbacks. Ward Cleaver: The Guardian/Separator The familys surname is Cleaver. A cleaver is a heavy, broad-bladed knife or hatchet that is used to split or separate. As an intransitive verb, the word cleave is defined as to penetrate or pass through something, such as water or air.. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. His surname is very similar in pronunciation to mendole, which is also known as a cackerel, which is a word of Old French origins. In the premiere episode, Miss Canfield sends a note home with Beaver, who believes he is going to be expelled. She is famous for her teacher role on "Leave It to Beaver." Here is everything you need to know before and after she starred on "Leave It to Beaver." Advertisement She was a Kansas native, born in March 1931 to Philip Sloan and Geraldine Craddock Brewster. She was largely a character actress in both motion pictures and television. Beaver's football team, The Lightning Eleven, played against Richard Rickover's team, The Grant Avenue Tigers', on Metzger Field in 'Beaver's Team.'. What was the name of Ward Cleaver's father? Yep, Derek Smalls from "This Is Spinal Tap" and the voice of many characters on "The Simpsons"! Diane Brewster (March 11, 1931 November 12, 1991) was an American television actress most noted for playing three distinctively different roles in television series of the 1950s and 1960s: confidence trickster Samantha Crawford in the Western Maverick[1]:668-669 with James Garner; pretty young second-grade teacher Miss Canfield in Leave It to Beaver; and doomed wife Helen Kimble in The Fugitive.