Gladys Marlene Wasden (August 15, 1932 – November 23, 2020), known professionally as Abby Dalton, was an American actress, known for her television roles on the sitcoms Hennesey (1959–1962) and The Joey Bishop Show (1962–1965), and the primetime soap opera Falcon Crest (1981–1986).

[1] Dalton had three children by her marriage to Jack Smith, including Kathleen Kinmont, an actress who closely resembles her mother.

However, this version of the pilot, for a show titled The Days and Nights of Captain Barney Miller, was rejected by the network, and the role wound up being recast with Barbara Barrie.

In the show, Julia is the daughter of Angela Channing (Jane Wyman) and the mother of Lance Cumson (Lorenzo Lamas).

In 1957, Dalton played roles in the Roger Corman films Teenage Doll, Carnival Rock, and The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent.

The following year, she starred in Stakeout on Dope Street, Girls on the Loose, The High Cost of Loving and Cole Younger, Gunfighter.

In 1966, Dalton played Calamity Jane in The Plainsman with Don Murray,[4] and appeared in the rarely seen film A Whale of a Tale (1976), with William Shatner and Marty Allen.