Career
She was perhaps best known for her recurring role as Mississippi Hawkins in the drama Matlock. Also, she made a guest appearance on The Monkees in the season two episode, "The Fairy Tale," as The Fairy of The Locket (January 8, 1968).
Mississippi
Shalet made over 200 guest appearances on episodic television shows.They include Bonanza, Born Free (television series), and Cagney & Lacey. She was the author of the 1994 fiction novel Grief in a Sunny Climate (). Shalet was married to fellow actor Michael Strong, with whom she appeared in an episode of the television detective series Harry O.
Shalet died on February 23, 2006 — her 71st birthday.
