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Mabel Albertson

American actress (–)

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Born

Mabel Ida Albertson


()July 24,

Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.

DiedSeptember 28, () (aged&#;81)

Santa Monica, California, U.S.

EducationNew England School of Speech and Expression
OccupationActress
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Mabel Ida Albertson (July 24, – September 28, ) was an American actress of television, stage, radio and film who portrayed Phyllis Stephens in the TV sitcom Bewitched.

She also appeared in Time Tunnel (So Town of Terror)

Early years

Mabel Ida Albertson was born on July 24, , in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Flora (Craft) and Leopold Albertson, who were Russian-born Jewish immigrants.[1][2] Her younger brother was actor Jack Albertson, who played Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

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  • Their mother, a stock actress, supported the family by working in a shoe factory.[1]

    Albertson graduated from the New England School of Speech and Expression.[3]

    Albertson traced her show business career back to age 13, when she was paid $5 per performance to play piano behind palm trees for a reader.

    She later moved to California and became involved with the Pasadena Playhouse.[4]

    She "moved directly into professional stage work in stock, vaudeville, and night clubs, appearing with Jimmy Durante."[3]

    Career

    Film and television

    Albertson portrayed Phyllis Stephens, Darrin's neurotic, interfering mother, on the televisionsitcomBewitched,[5]:&#;97&#; who invariably ended her stays at the Stephens' home by saying to her husband, "Frank, take me home.

    I have a sick headache." She also played the mother of Jack Benny (seven years her senior) on several episodes of his television series. During –, she played Mabel, the mother-in-law of Paul Lynde on The Paul Lynde Show.

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    She appeared in at least one episode of the courtroom drama series Perry Mason: as Carrie Wilson in the Season 6, episode titled "The Case of the Hateful Hero". Albertson also guest-starred as the mother of Marilyn Munster's would-be suitor in the first broadcast episode of The Munsters, "Munster Masquerade".

    Dragnet "The Bullet" Albertson played Jessie Gaynor, and she played the mother of Barbara and Margaret Whiting in Those Whiting Girls.[6] She also played the dean of a women's college in an episode of The Tab Hunter Show, Susannah's mother in Accidental Family,[5] Alice's mother in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,[5]:&#;&#; Donald Hollinger's mother on That Girl,[5]:&#;&#; Irene Brady in The Tom Ewell Show,[5]:&#;&#;Howard Sprague's mother on The Andy Griffith Show, Miss Ramsey on Hazel, Mrs.

    White on The Lucy Show episode "Lucy and the Missing Stamp", Eileen Ruby, Harry Ruby's wife, in Make Room For Daddy episode "Danny Goes On USO Tour", Dick Van Dyke's mother on The New Dick Van Dyke Show, and Ethel Kendricks on the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs", Gertrude Mills on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.

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    In the episode of Gunsmoke, "Cows and Cribs", she played Ma Smalley, a kindly boarding house owner. In the episode of Gunsmoke, "Kate Heller", she played the title character, as well as "Gody Baines" in a episode (Long, Long Trail). In she played Madam Adella in the Bonanza episode "A Dollar's Worth of Trouble". In Season 1 (/53) of Adventures of Superman, she played Kate White, Perry White's sister in the episode "Drums of Death" originally aired January 16, A memorable early film role for Albertson was as a proper banker's wife who is repulsed by the bucolic title characters in Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki ().

    She was also seen in She's Back on Broadway, So This Is Love, About Mrs. Leslie, Forever, Darling, The Long, Hot Summer, Don't Give Up the Ship,[3]On a Clear Day You Can See Forever[7] and as Mrs. Van Hoskins, a wealthy woman whose jewels are stolen, in the screwball comedy film What's Up, Doc? ().

    Other works

    Albertson was heard on Dress Rehearsal, Joe Rines' Dress Rehearsal, and the Phil Baker Show.[8] She was also a writer for radio programs.[7] Albertson's Broadway credits include The Egg () and Xmas in Las Vegas ().[9]

    Death

    According to her former daughter-in-law, Cloris Leachman, Mabel Albertson died on September 28, , of Alzheimer's disease at St.

    John's Hospital, after suffering seven years of poor health[10] in Santa Monica, California at age Her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.[citation needed]

    Filmography

    References

    1. ^ ab"Jack Albertson's Kinship to Cloris Leachman".

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    2. ^Berkvist, Robert (January 7, ). "Jack Spreads A Little Sunshine - Jack Spreads Sunshine".

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    5. Grace Albertson List of Movies and TV Shows - TV Guide
    6. The New York Times. Retrieved January 23,

    7. ^ abc"Mabel Albertson scrapbook: ". The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts. New York Public Library. Retrieved February 18,
    8. ^Leadabrand, Russ (December 17, ).

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      "Mabel Albertson Enjoys Roles In Variety of Stage Plays". Independent Star-News. California, Pasadena. Independent Star-News. p.&#; Retrieved February 16, &#; via

    9. ^ abcdeTerrace, Vincent (). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, through .

      McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN&#; P. 6.

    10. ^Bird, Bill (July 1, ). "A Wedding a Day on TV". Pasadena Independent. California, Pasadena. Pasadena Independent. p.&#; Retrieved February 16, &#; via
    11. ^ ab"Veteran Actress Is Actually A Softy".

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    12. ^Sies, Luther F. (). Encyclopedia of American Radio, , 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN&#; Pp. , ,
    13. ^"Mabel Albertson". Playbill Vault.

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    14. ^"Mabel Albertson is dead at 81". Santa Cruz Sentinel. California, Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz Sentinel. September 30, p.&#; Retrieved February 16, &#; via

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