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| death_place = Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | death_cause = Breast cancer | alma_mater = University of Mississippi | employer = | occupation = Actress | title = Miss Mississippi 1958 Miss America 1959 | predecessor = Marilyn Van Derbur | successor = Lynda Lee Mead | spouse = (his death) | children = 3 }} Mary Ann Mobley (February 17, 1937 – December 9, 2014) was an American actress, television personality and Miss America 1959. ==Career== Mary Ann Mobley was born in 1937 in Brandon, Mississippi. After serving her reign as Miss America 1959, Mobley embarked on a career in both film and television. She signed a five-year contract with MGM. She made her first five television appearances on ''Burke's Law'' from 1963-1965, and went on to make multiple appearances on ''Perry Mason''; ''Love, American Style''; and ''Fantasy Island''. She had a recurring role as Maggie McKinney Drummond on ''Diff'rent Strokes'' in the final season of the series, having taken over the role from Dixie Carter. She would later guest star as Karen Delaporte, a snide head of a historical society who crossed swords with Dixie's character, Julia Sugarbaker, in Carter's later series, ''Designing Women''. She also made appearances on ''Match Game '76'' as one of the celebrity panelists. She ended her television career in 1994 with an appearance on ''Hardball''. She was Awarded the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year — Actress in 1965. She was active in many charitable causes and was awarded the Outstanding Young Woman of the Year Award in 1966 by Lady Bird Johnson. Most recently, she appeared in the documentary film Miss America which aired on PBS in 2002.〔http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/filmmore/index.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Ann Mobley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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