Deirdre nelson biography of alberta

American actress (–)

Alberta Nelson (August 14, – April 29, ) was an American television and film actress. After several dramatic parts in television in the early s, she made four appearances on The Andy Griffith Show.

Deirdre nelson biography of alberta

Early years

Nelson was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Frank Alton Nelson (–) and Katherine Storkel Stephens Nelson (–). Her only sibling was a half-sister, Irene Stephens McAleer (–). After graduating from the Andrews School for Girls in Willoughby, Ohio, in , she briefly attended St.

John's Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio. In the late s, she moved to New York City, where she modeled and did theatre acting.

Career

With the urging and assistance of her cousin, the theatrical producer John Kenley (February 20, – October 23, ), Nelson ventured into acting with the Erie Playhouse in Erie, Pennsylvania, and eventually played the lead in a production of The Seven Year Itch.^[1] She went on to appear in Broadway plays