Ann Morgan Guilbert (October 16, 1928 – June 14, 2016), sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and film actress and comedian who portrayed a number of roles from the 1950s on, most notably as Millie Helper in 61 episodes of the early 1960s sitcom ''
The Dick Van Dyke Show'', and later
Yetta Rosenberg,
Fran Fine's doddering grandmother, in 56 episodes of the 1990s sitcom ''
The Nanny''.
Life and career
Guilbert was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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, the daughter of Gerald Guilbert, a physician, and his wife, Cornelia (née Morgan). Her paternal grandfather, Lionel Guilbert, was an immigrant from England.
She attended
Solomon Juneau High School and after moving to
San Francisco
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studied theater arts at
Stanford University
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.
She began her career as a featured performer and singer in the ''
Billy Barnes Revues'' of the 1950s and 1960s.
After ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', she made guest appearances in many other television shows, including ''
Adam-12'' (the premiere episode); as well as ''
The Andy Griffith Show''; ''
Love, American Style''; ''
That Girl''; ''
I Dream of Jeannie
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''; ''
Dragnet''; ''
The Love Boat''; ''
Picket Fences''; ''
Seinfeld
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''; ''
Curb Your Enthusiasm''; ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', and ''
Life in Pieces''. From 1993 to 1999, she appeared as Yetta Rosenberg on ''
The Nanny''. In December 2004, she appeared in the reunion of ''
The Nanny'' titled ''
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember'' with
Fran Drescher and other cast members of ''The Nanny''.
Personal life
Guilbert was married to writer and producer
George Eckstein from 1951 until their divorce in 1966. They had two children together, actress
Hallie Todd and acting coach Nora Eckstein.
Her second marriage, to
Guy Raymond, lasted from 1967 until his death in 1997.
["California Marriage Index, 1960-1985", Raymond W. Guyer ctor Guy Raymondand Ann Guilbert Eckstein, September 8, 1969, Los Angeles, California. Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento; database copy of original record, archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah.]
Death
Guilbert died of
cancer
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in
Los Angeles
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on June 14, 2016, aged 87.
. ''Fox News'', June 18, 2016 An episode of ''Life in Pieces'' was dedicated to her memory.
Filmography
Film
Television
Stage
References
External links
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1928 births
2016 deaths
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Minneapolis
American women singers
American film actresses
American stage actresses
American television actresses
American people of English descent
Deaths from cancer in California
Musicians from Minneapolis
Stanford University alumni
Singers from Minnesota
Comedians from Minneapolis
American women comedians