Georgia Engel

Georgia Bright Engel (July 28, 1948 – April 12, 2019) was an American actress. She is best known for having played Georgette Franklin Baxter in the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1972 to 1977, Pat MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond from 2003 to 2005, and Mamie Sue on Hot in Cleveland from 2012 to 2015.<ref name=times1/><ref name=over>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and a BAFTA award.

Early life

Georgia Engel was born in Washington, DC, the daughter of Ruth Caroline (née Hendron) and Benjamin Franklin Engel, who was a vice admiral in the United States Coast Guard.<ref name="Genzlinger"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Engel attended the Kodiak Island Borough School District, Walter Johnson High School, and the Academy of the Washington Ballet from which she graduated. She earned her theater degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.<ref name=times1>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=over/>

Career

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The wedding of Georgette and Ted in 1975

After college, Engel appeared in musical productions with Washington's American Light Opera Company. She moved to New York City in 1969, appearing off-Broadway in Lend an Ear, and for a year as Minnie Fay in the Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!, starting in December 1969.<ref>" Hello, Dolly! Cast replacements" Playbill (vault), accessed March 31, 2016</ref> A 1971 off-Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves eventually played in Los Angeles, where Engel was seen by Mary Tyler Moore and her husband, producer Grant Tinker, her soon-to-be employers.<ref name=times1/><ref>Gans, Andrew. "DIVA TALK: Chatting with Drowsy's Georgia Engel PLUS Audra McDonald and [title of show] on Disc" Playbill, August 11, 2006</ref>

Engel portrayed the character Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1972 until the sitcom ended in 1977.<ref>The Mary Tyler Moore Show Template:Webarchive museum.tv, accessed March 31, 2016</ref> The role won her two Emmy nominations. After that sitcom ended, she teamed up with former Mary Tyler Moore Show co-star Betty White for The Betty White Show during its only (1977–78) season. She later co-starred on two short-lived 1980s sitcoms, Goodtime Girls as Loretta Smoot,<ref>Terrace, Vincent. "Goodtime Girls", Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, Volume 2, VNR AG, 1985, Template:ISBN, p. 174</ref> and in Jennifer Slept Here featuring Ann Jillian.<ref>"Two New Fantasy TV Shows Make Unimaginative Debuts". The Toledo Blade. November 4, 1983. Retrieved October 22, 2014.</ref>

Engel had a recurring role on Coach as Shirley Burleigh, and starred as the voice of Love-a-Lot Bear in The Care Bears Movie (1985). She played a good witch in a 2007 recurring role<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> of Esmeralda<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> on the now-defunct NBC soap opera Passions.<ref name="Newcomb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Engel received consecutive Emmy Award nominations as outstanding guest actress in a comedy series in 2003, 2004, and 2005 for her role on Everybody Loves Raymond as Robert Barone's mother-in-law, Pat MacDougall.<ref>"Georgia Engel Emmy" emmys.com, accessed March 31, 2016</ref>

Engel made her "big screen" debut in Miloš Forman's first English-language movie Taking Off (1971),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/{{#if: 0067820

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She lent her distinctive voice to the animated films Open Season (2006),<ref>Open Season tcm.com, accessed March 31, 2016</ref> Open Season 2 (2008),<ref>Open Season2 tcm.com, accessed March 31, 2016</ref> Open Season 3 (2010)<ref>Open Season 3 tcm.com, accessed March 31, 2016</ref> and Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001).

Engel returned to her stage roots in 2006, appearing on Broadway in the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, with Sutton Foster and Edward Hibbert. She created the role of Mrs. Tottendale, which she continued to perform, leaving the Broadway production as of April 1, 2007.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. Lovely in the End: Georgia Engel Exits Drowsy Chaperone April 1 "Lovely in the End: Georgia Engel Exits Drowsy Chaperone' April 1"] playbill.com, April 1, 2007</ref> She was featured in the North American tour, performing in Toronto in September 2007,<ref>Jones, Kenneth. "Georgia Engel to Star in Drowsy Tour; Additional Dates Revealed" Playbill, July 5, 2007 Retrieved January 2, 2022</ref> through engagements at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco, in August 2008,<ref>Richter, Judy. " The Drowsy Chaperone, San Francisco" aislesay.com, accessed August 2, 2015</ref> and at the Denver Performing Arts Complex in October 2008.<ref>Moore, John. " 'Drowsy Chaperone' Embodies Georgia Engel's Optimism" Denver Post, October 10, 2008. Retrieved January 2, 2022</ref>

For the summers of 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2010, Engel appeared in various productions at The Muny Theater in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri. She also appeared in Show Boat in August 2010 as Parthy.<ref>Gans, Andrew. Gary Beach, Georgia Engel, Danny Gurwin, Michel Bell Ride a Show Boat at the Muny Starting Aug. 9" playbill.com, August 9, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2022</ref> In July 2005, she appeared in Mame as Agnes Gooch,<ref>Teachout, Terry. "A Hot Time in the Old Town" Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2005</ref> in June 2007, she appeared in Oklahoma! as Aunt Eller,<ref>Lipton, Brian Scott. "Brown, Callaway, Engel, Hocking, Jue, et al. Set for the Muny", theatermania.com, May 7, 2007, accessed August 2, 2015</ref> and in July 2009, she appeared as Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In June 2010, Engel appeared at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine, production of The Drowsy Chaperone as Mrs. Tottendale.<ref>Peter, Thomas. Kressley, Engel and Larsen Headline 'The Drowsy Chaperone' at Ogunquit Playhouse" Playbill, June 9, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2022</ref> In October through December 2010, Engel was featured in the Vineyard Theatre's off-Broadway production of Middletown, written by Will Eno.<ref>" 'Middletown': Georgia Engel & Michael Park join cast" Retrieved 17 June 2015</ref><ref>" 'Middletown' Listing" vineyard.com, accessed August 3, 2015</ref>

In 2012, she appeared in episodes of The Office as Irene, an older lady being helped by Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper). She also appeared in two episodes of Two and a Half Men as the mother of Lyndsey McElroy, Alan's girlfriend. The character also became a lesbian lover of Alan's mom, Evelyn.<ref>'Two and a Half Men': Georgia Engel cast as Evelyn's lesbian love interest Template:Webarchive, March 5, 2012</ref> In March 2012, 35 years after the close of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Engel was reunited with Betty White in the third season of Hot in Cleveland as Mamie Sue Johnson, best friend of White's character Elka, in a recurring role.<ref>Alyse Whitney. "The TVLine-Up: TV Worth Watching Wednesday", TVLine, March 28, 2012</ref>

Engel appeared in the new Annie Baker play John, which opened off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre on July 22, 2015 (previews), directed by Sam Gold. The play ran to September 6, 2015.<ref>Clement, Olivia. "Annie Baker and Sam Gold Reunite for World Premiere of 'John' " Playbill, June 18, 2015</ref> The cast also featured Lois Smith.<ref>Clement, Olivia. "World Premiere of New Annie Baker and Sam Gold Collaboration, 'John', Begins Tonight" Playbill, July 22, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2022</ref> Engel won a 2016 Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress and was nominated for the 2016 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play for her role in this play.<ref>"2016 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations Announced" Playbill, March 30, 2016</ref>

Engel starred in the musical Gotta Dance, which premiered at the Bank of America Theatre, Chicago, on December 13, 2015, and ran until January 17, 2016. The cast also featured Stefanie Powers, Lillias White, and André De Shields. The musical was directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, with a book by Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin, and the score by Matthew Sklar and Nell Benjamin.<ref>Viagas, Robert. "Broadway-Bound Gotta Dance, Starring Lillias White, André De Shields and Georgia Engel, Bows in Chicago" Playbill, December 13, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2022</ref> The musical, under the new title of Half Time, played a limited engagement at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey. The production opened on May 31, 2018, and was scheduled to run to July 1, 2018.<ref>Hetrick, Adam. "New Musical 'Half Time', Starring André De Shields, Georgia Engel, Donna McKechnie, and Lillias White, Begins Paper Mill Run" Playbill, May 31, 2018</ref>

Personal life and death

Engel was an adherent of Christian Science.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> She died on April 12, 2019, at the age of 70 in Princeton, New Jersey. Her friend John Quilty told The New York Times that the cause was unknown, as Engel did not consult doctors due to her religious beliefs.<ref name="Genzlinger">Template:Cite news</ref> She was buried at Cape Charles Cemetery, in Cape Charles, Virginia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1971	Taking Off	Margot	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1972	The Outside Man	Mrs. Joan Barnes
1978	A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story	Claire Ruth	TV film
1980	The Day the Women Got Even	Kathy Scott
1983	The Magic of Herself the Elf	Willow Song	Voice; Television special
1985	Papa Was a Preacher	'Mama' Porter
	The Care Bears Movie	Love-a-Lot Bear	Voice
1989	Signs of Life	Betty
2001	Dr. Dolittle 2	Giraffe	Voice
2002	The Sweetest Thing	Vera
2006	Open Season	Bobbie	Voice
	Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run		Voice; Short film
2007	Nunsensations	Sr. Marie Eugene	Video
	The Beast	Doris	TV movie
2008	Open Season 2	Bobbie	Voice
2010	Open Season 3
2013	Grown Ups 2	Mrs. Jayne Lamonsoff
2016	The Family Lamp	Marsha	TV film
2018	Groomzilla	Grandma Gigi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972–77	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Georgette Franklin Baxter	56 episodes Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1976–77)
1974	Rhoda	Georgette Franklin	1 episode: "Rhoda's Wedding"
1975	Dinah!	Herself	1 episode
	The Mike Douglas Show		3 episodes
1975–76	Tony Orlando and Dawn
1977	The Jacksons		1 episode
1977–78	The Betty White Show	Mitzi Maloney	14 episodes
1977–82	The Love Boat	Cleo Bagby	4 episodes
1978–83	Fantasy Island	Brenda Rappaport	5 episodes
1979	Mork & Mindy	Ambrosia Malspar	2 episodes
1980	The Associates	Wendy Turner	1 episode: "A Date with Johnny"
	Goodtime Girls	Loretta Smoot	13 episodes
1983–84	Jennifer Slept Here	Susan Elliot
1991–97	Coach	Shirley Burleigh	17 episodes
1992	Hi Honey, I'm Home!	Georgette Franklin Baxter	1 episode: "Elaine Takes a Wife"
1998	Hercules	Evelyn	2 episodes
2003–05	Everybody Loves Raymond	Pat MacDougall	13 episodes Prism Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Series (2006) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (2003–05)
2006	The View	Herself	1 episode
2007	Passions	Esmeralda	4 episodes
2008	The Oprah Winfrey Show	Herself	1 episode
	Entertainment Tonight	Herself
2012	The Office	Irene	3 episodes
	Two and a Half Men	Jean	2 episodes
2012–15	Hot in Cleveland	Mamie Sue Johnson	18 episodes
2018	One Day at a Time	Sister Barbara	1 episode: "Homecoming"

Stage

Year	Title	Role(s)	Venue(s)	Notes	Ref.
1969	Hello, Dolly!	Minnie Fay	St. James Theatre	Broadway debut	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1971	The House of Blue Leaves	performer	Truck and Warehouse Theater		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1983	My One and Only	Mickey	St. James Theatre		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1991	Nunsense	Sister Mary Amnesia	Bucks County Playhouse, Pocono Playhouse		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992	Cut the Ribbons	performer	Westside Theater		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1996	Sleeping Beauty	Mme. Sophie/Fairy Godmother	The Muny		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2000	The Pajama Game	Mabel	Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Dear World	Gabrielle	Goodspeed Opera House		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002	The Boys from Syracuse	Seeress	American Airlines Theatre		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	The Drowsy Chaperone	Mrs. Tottendale	Marquis Theatre		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007			US national tour		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	The Music Man	Mrs. Paroo	The Muny		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010	High Spirits	Madame Arcati	G&L Theatre		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	The Drowsy Chaperone	Mrs. Tottendale	Ogunquit Playhouse		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Show Boat	Parthy	The Muny		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Middletown	Librarian	Vineyard Theater		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012	Uncle Vanya	Marina	Soho Rep		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015	John	Mertis	Signature Theatre Company	Obie Award Drama Desk Award nomination Drama League Award nomination Lucille Lortel Award nomination	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Gotta Dance	Dorothy/Dottie	Bank of America Theater		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2017	John	Mertis	American Conservatory Theater		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Roman Holiday	Countess	Golden Gate Theatre		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018	Half Time	Dorothy	Paper Mill Playhouse		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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