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Hey Jeannie aired from September 1956 until May 1957 on CBS and briefly in syndication in 1958.

Jeannie MacLennan ( Jeannie Carson), was a sweet, naive young Scotish lass who had arrived in the United States with no job and no place to live. After clearing immigration ( which evidently didn't mind her lack of employment), she went on a tour of New York with cab driver Al Murray ( Allen Jenkins). For reasons he never fully understood, he offered to become her sponsor. Jeannie moved in with Al and his sister Liz ( Jane Dulo), and then set about learning about her adopted country, its strange customs, and stranger people.

Hey Jeannie was canceled after it's first season but returned in first run syndication in 1958 under the title ,The Jeannie Carson Show. In this version Jeannie had become an Airline Stewardess. Charlie O'Connell(Jack Kirkwood) was Jeannie's landlord and Mabel (Vera Vague), was her boss, the chief stewardess. This second version only lasted for 6 episodes.

Two years after this filmed series had completed its run, ( 1960), it was brought back in reruns , as an ABC summer series under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.

Here is Jeannie Carson's Obituary

Actress Jean Carson, 82
Jean Carson dies
AP
Nov 9, 2005

PALM DESERT, Calif. -- Actress Jean Carson, who appeared in dozens of television shows and movies and on Broadway, has died. She was 82.

Carson died Nov. 2 in a convalescent home in Palm Desert, where she had moved after suffering a stroke, The Desert Sun reported.

Carson was perhaps best known for playing "Fun Girl" Daphne on "The Andy Griffith Show." She only appeared in three episodes but Daphne and her line "hello, doll," which she said as she flirted with Sheriff Andy Taylor, have become a part of Mayberry mythology.

After the stroke, Carson posted a message on her Web site, www.hellodoll.com, thanking fans for their support.

"When I look at all the kind words that were sent and how The Andy Griffith Show has affected people's lives, I am ever more grateful to be part of the show and its continued effect on the future," she wrote.

Carson also appeared in "The Red Buttons Show," "Ellery Queen", "The G.E. Theater", "Wagon Train," "The Untouchables," "Philco Television Playhouse," "The 20th Century Fox Hour," "Your Lucky Strike Theater," "The Betty Hutton Show," "Wagon Train," "Sugarfoot" and "The Untouchables." She appeared in a "Twilight Zone" episode, "A Most Unusual Camera," that Rod Serling had written with her in mind, according to her Web site.

Carson was born Feb. 28, 1923, in Charleston, W.Va., and began her acting career on Broadway in 1948, appearing in George S. Kaufman's "Bravo." In 1949, she appeared in "Bird Cage" and was nominated for a Tony for Most Promising Newcomer.

Her film credits include "I Married a Monster from Outer Space," "Gunn" and "Fun with Dick and Jane."

Carson retired in the early 1980s but remained active in theater groups in the Palm Springs, Calif., area.

She is survived by her sons, Tracy Alexander and Carson Parlan, both of Palm Springs.

A memorial service will be held Dec. 4 at Casa Cody Bed and Breakfast in Palm Springs.

For The Official Jeannie Carson Website go to http://www.hellodoll.com/