Gretchen Corbett is an American actress most noted for the role of Beth Davenport on the television series The Rockford Files from 1974 to 1978. Though Corbett has predominantly worked in television, she also gained notoriety for her role in the cult horror film Lets Scare Jessica to Death . She has also appeared as a recurring character on the IFC series Portlandia, beginning in 2013.
Corbett was born in 1947 in Camp Sherman, Oregon to Henry Ladd Corbett, Jr. and Katherine Minahen Kay Corbett. She is a greatgreatgranddaughter of Oregon pioneer and Senator Henry W. Corbett. She studied drama at Pittsburghs Carnegie Tech before its merger with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University in 1967.
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