Actress Sara Seegar, who played Mrs. Wilson on the television series "Dennis the Menace," died Sunday. She was 76.
Seegar, who in private life was known as Sara Seegar Stone, appeared as a character actress on Broadway and in London, on radio and television and as one of the town ladies in the movie version of "The Music Man.""Dennis the Menace" was broadcast from 1959 to 1963. Seegar played the second Mrs. Wilson from 1962 to 1963 after the actor playing the first Mr. Wilson, the protagonist's curmudgeonly neighbor, died and was replaced by Gale Gordon.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Josef; a daughter, Francine Lida Stone; two sisters; and four grandchildren.