Showing posts with label Georgia Engel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgia Engel. Show all posts

Monday, April 15, 2019

Georgia Engel Dead at 70


Georgia Engel, who rose to fame as soft-spoken Georgette Franklin on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died on April 12 in Princeton, New Jersey. She was 70.

Engel's friend and executor John Quilty says the cause was undetermined because the actress, who was a Christian Scientist, did not consult doctors, The New York Times reported Monday.

The actress has said her The Mary Tyler Moore Show role was meant to be a one-episode guest spot, but Engel went on to appear in almost 60 episodes of the top-rated comedy. She received two nominations for her work on MTM

Friday, August 10, 2012

Heather Locklear To Guest In Multi-Episode HOT IN CLEVELAND Arc

The ‘Cleveland’ ladies are back and hotter than ever! Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White return for the fourth season of TV Land’s hit sitcom HOT IN CLEVELAND, taping in front of a live studio audience on Friday, August 31, and premiering Wednesday, November 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. TV bombshell Heather Locklear (DYNASTY; MELROSE PLACE) and Jay Harrington (SUMMERLAND) will both be in multi-episode arcs, and Regis Philbin returns for the season premiere. Additionally, Georgia Engel (THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW; PASSIONS) and Michael McMillian (TRUE BLOOD) will reprise their roles – Engel as Mamie, who has a love/hate friendship with Elka (White), and McMillian as Owen, the long-lost son that Joy (Leeves) gave up for adoption.