Biography
According to Hollywood lore, red-headed Mary Castle was awarded a contract with Columbia Pictures due solely to the fact that she resembled that company's greatest star
Rita Hayworth. (A rather scurrilous rumor had Castle actually forced into undergoing plastic surgery to become Hayworth's double!) The results were a few minor Westerns, including
Prairie Roundup (1951), a
Charles Starrett oater;
Texans Never Cry (1951), opposite
Gene Autry; and
When the Redskins Rode (1951). She defected to Universal but was only offered more of the same, including
Gunsmoke (1953) with
Audie Murphy. In 1955, Castle replaced
Kristine Miller as
Jim Davis' leading lady in Republic Pictures' only attempt at television, the anthology series
Stories of the Century. Her screen career lasted until 1960. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide