Madge Blake, née Cummings (b. May 31, 1899, Kinsley, Kansas - d. February 19, 1969, Pasadena, California) was an American character actress most famous for her role as Aunt Harriet Cooper on ABC's Batman TV series of the 1960s.
In addition to her Batman role, Blake portrayed the baffled Margaret Mondello, mother of Larry Mondello (played by Rusty Stevens) on Leave It to Beaver (1957), gushy gossip columnist Dora Bailey in Singin' in the Rain (1952), and was a model for one of the fairies in Disney's animated version of Sleeping Beauty (1959).
Blake also played the role of "Flora McMichael", a romantic interest to Walter Brennan's "Grandpa Amos McCoy" in ABC's The Real McCoys, a popular 1950s and 1960s situation comedy about a West Virginia family that relocated to southern California.
Prior to her role in Batman, she appeared in the pilot episode of The Addams Family (broadcast in the U.S in September 1964) as Miss Comstock, an official from the Addams' children's school. Blake also appeared in a memorable episode of I Love Lucy in 1957 with George Reeves guest-starring as Superman.
Her character Aunt Harriet was added to the TV series _"Batman" (1966/II)_ partly so that there was someone else in the house to prevent the two heroes from spending all their time in their Batman and Robin costumes and partly because of nervousness behind the scenes about two young, unattached men like Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson (Batman and Robin) residing together unchaperoned.
In addition to her role as Aunt Harriet Cooper on "Batman", Madge Blake's other well-known roles include her semi-regular part as Larry Mondello's mother on "Leave It to Beaver" (1957)and gushy gossip columnist Dora Bailey in Singin' in the Rain (1952).
At one point, the producers of "Batman" wanted to fire Madge Blake, for reasons best known to themselves. Adam West, with whom she'd become friends, stood up for her and she kept her job. The next day, he found a freshly baked cake in his dressing room. To this day, West considers that one of the greatest compliments he's ever been paid.
Was one of the models for the fairies in "Sleeping Beauty" (1959).
