Randy Stuart
Actor · Died July 20, 1996, aged 71 · Iola, Kansas, USA
Randy Stuart, born as Elizabeth Shaubell (October 24, 1924 – July 20, 1996), was an American actress in film and television. A familiar face in several popular films of the 1940s and 1950s, and later in Western-themed television series, she is perhaps best remembered as Louise Carey, the wife of Scott Carey, played by Grant Williams, in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), a science-fiction classic named in 2009 as “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant to be preserved for all time in the Library of Congress's National Film Registry. A screen test in the play The Women led to Stuart being placed under contract at 20th Century Fox. Her film debut was uncredited in the 1947 picture, The Foxes of Harrow. Stuart plays the birth mother of main character Stephen Fox, in the film's initial scene. In 1948, she played Peggy, a knowing secretary (and collaborator with star Clifton Webb) in the comedy Sitting Pretty. She also appeared that year (sixth-billed) as the wife of a returning veteran in Apartment for Peggy with William Holden and Jeanne Crain. In 1949, she portrayed Lieutenant Eloise Billings, an object of desire for Cary Grant, in the Howard Hawks film I Was a Male War Bride, also starring Ann Sheridan. That same year, she appeared opposite Jose Ferrer in Otto Preminger's psychological noir, Whirlpool. Stuart was billed on posters as a supporting player in the comedy / musical Dancing in the Dark, starring William Powell and Betsy Drake. In 1950, Stuart was briefly in that year's Best Picture, All About Eve, as a telephone friend of Anne Baxter. She had fourth billing in the noir comedy Stella, with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature. In 1951, she appeared as Marge Boyd in I Can Get It For You Wholesale, in what might have been her breakout role. In 1952, Stuart teamed again with Grant and Drake in the comedy Room for One More for Warner Bros. After 1957's Incredible Shrinking Man, she was cast as Nancy Dawson in the 1958 western film, Man from God's Country, starring George Montgomery. She also guest-starred about that time in Montgomery's short-lived television western television series, Cimarron City. n the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stuart (known by her married name, Betty Wallis) was instrumental in developing the alumni program at Chaminade College Preparatory School in West Hills, California, from which her two youngest children had graduated. She was listed as a resource for information for the school. She later was director of alumni affairs at Cal State Northridge. Stuart was married to Kenneth Wayne Smith (1943-1945), Edward Charles George (1947-1954; one child), Lane Allan (aka Albert Wootten, 1954-1968; three children), and Ernest Dineen Wallis (1971-1982). The first three marriages ended in divorce, and the last ended with Wallis's death. Stuart died of lung cancer on July 20, 1996, at the age of 71 in Bakersfield, California.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 12, 1924
- July 20, 1996 (aged 71)
- Iola, Kansas, USA
- Actor
- 12 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are Randy Stuart's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 6 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Louise Carey in The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Randy Stuart's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Randy Stuart's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
26 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.
Hawaiian Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
The Silent Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Lawman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Man from God's Country(1958)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Maverick(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Star in the Dust(1956)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Hazard House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Giving Thanks Always (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Biff Baker U.S.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
This Is the Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Room for One More(1952)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all filmsChevron Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
All About Eve(1950)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Stella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Whirlpool(1950)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Dancing in the Dark(1949)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
I Was a Male War Bride(1949)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Fan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Apartment for Peggy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
The Street with No Name(1948)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Sitting Pretty(1948)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Emergency (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 26 titles, 25 of them dated from 1948 to 1959.
Biggest box office
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Highest rated
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Film career
- 1948Screen debut· Sitting Pretty
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Randy Stuart's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
None of their 12 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Randy Stuart work with?
People who share at least 2 of Randy Stuart's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Betsy Drake shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Betsy DrakeShared titles: Room for One More (1952), Dancing in the Dark (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Betsy Drake
- Cary GrantShared titles: Room for One More (1952), I Was a Male War Bride (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Cary Grant
Composers and cinematographers
- Cyril J. MockridgeShared titles: Dancing in the Dark (1949), I Was a Male War Bride (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Cyril J. Mockridge
- Norbert BrodineShared titles: I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Sitting Pretty (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Norbert Brodine
Producers
- Albert ZugsmithShared titles: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), Star in the Dust (1956)See all 2 shared titles with Albert Zugsmith
