Alberta Nelson

Alberta Nelson is an American television actress. After several dramatic parts in televison in the early 1960s, Nelson made five guest appearances on "The Andy Griffith Show," four of them as Goober Pyle's girlfriend, Flora Malherbe.

Nelson also appeared in seven moviesin the 1960s as Eric Von Zipper's girlfriend in the successful American International "Beach Party" series. She is the only person who appeared in all seven Beach Party movies, including "Beach Party," "Muscle Beach Party" and "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini." Nelson played the leather clad "rat pack" biker chick Puss (sometimes also called Alberta and in one film called Lisa), one of the comic villians who dogged the steps of America's sweethearts, Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.

After her successful girl-next-door stint as Flora on "The Andy Griffith Show" and her comedic career as biker girl Puss, Nelson starred in 1970s "The Wild Scene" as Dr. Virginia Grant, a female psychiatrist. Unfortunately, this role did not live up to the wholesome image of Mayberry's Flora. This and a 1970 appearance on "Love, American Style" would be Nelson's last credited roles.

TV filmography

The Andy Griffith Show

• Flora Malherbe - "Emmett's Anniversary (TAGS Episode)" Episode 245. February 26, 1968
• Flora Malherbe - "Goober's Replacement (TAGS Episode)" Episode 186. March 28, 1966
• Flora Malherbe - "Eat Your Heart Out (TAGS Episode)" Episode 182. February 28, 1966
• Nettie Albright - "The Return of Barney Fife (TAGS Episode)" Episode 176. January 10, 1966

Mayberry R.F.D

• Flora Malherbe - "Emmett's Retirement" Episode 23. March 10, 1969

Other Television Roles

• Love, American Style - Julia (1970)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show - Miss Reshovsky - Go Tell the Birds and Bees (episode # 5.10) November 17 1965
• Peyton Place - uncredited nurse - Episode 28 December 22, 1964
• Dr. Kildare - Dr. Ruth Carrison - Love Is A Sad Song (episode # 2.14) January 3 1963
• The New Breed - Anna - The Man with the Other Face (episode # 1.28) April 10 1962
• General Hospital - nurse (1963)
• Thriller - Marie Browning - Portrait Without a Face (episode # 2.14) December, 25 1961

Movie Filmography

• The Wild Scene (1970) - Dr. Virginia Grant
• The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) - Alberta/Puss
• How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) - Puss
• Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) - Puss (Rat Pack member)
• Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine - (1965) "bad robot" reject #12
  • aka Dr. G and the Bikini Machine (UK)
• Sergeant Dead Head - (1965) NASA secretary
  • aka Sergeant Deadhead The Astro-nut
  • aka Sergeant Deadhead, the Astronut
• Pajama Party (1964) - Alberta (Rat Pack member)
  • aka The Maid and the Martian
• Bikini Beach (1964) - Puss/Alberta (Rat Pack member)
• Muscle Beach Party (1964) - muscle girl (Lisa)
• Beach Party (1963) - rat pack member

External Links

• Alberta Nelson as Flora Malherbe
• Alberta Nelson Forum

Copyright

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Flora Malherbe" and "Alberta Nelson as Flora Malherbe".

Flora Malherbe 23:33, 11 April 2006 (CDT)