1. Georgia Engel 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.
25 Facts About Georgia Engel
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Georgia Engel was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and a BAFTA award.
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Georgia Engel was born in Washington, DC, the daughter of Ruth Caroline and Benjamin Franklin Engel, who was a Vice Admiral in the United States Coast Guard.
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Georgia Engel earned her theater degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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Georgia Engel portrayed the character Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1972 until the sitcom ended in 1977.
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Georgia Engel later co-starred on two short-lived 1980s sitcoms, Goodtime Girls as Loretta Smoot, and in Jennifer Slept Here featuring Ann Jillian.
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Georgia 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.
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Georgia Engel played a good witch in a 2007 recurring role of Esmeralda on the now-defunct NBC soap opera Passions.
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Georgia 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.
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Georgia Engel made her "big screen" debut in Milos Forman's first English-language movie Taking Off, playing "Margot", a performance that earned her a BAFTA nomination for best supporting actress.
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Georgia Engel's other film appearances include The Outside Man, Papa Was a Preacher, Signs of Life, The Sweetest Thing, and the made-for-TV movies The Day the Women Got Even and A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story.
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Georgia Engel lent her distinctive voice to the animated films Open Season, Open Season 2, Open Season 3 and Dr Dolittle 2.
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Georgia Engel returned to her stage roots in 2006, appearing on Broadway in the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, with Sutton Foster and Edward Hibbert.
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Georgia Engel created the role of Mrs Tottendale, which she continued to perform, leaving the Broadway production as of April 1,2007.
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Georgia Engel was featured in the North American tour, performing in Toronto in September 2007, through engagements at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco, in August 2008, and at the Denver Performing Arts Complex in October 2008.
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Georgia Engel appeared in Show Boat in August 2010 as Parthy.
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In June 2010, Georgia Engel appeared at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine, production of The Drowsy Chaperone as Mrs Tottendale.
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In October through December 2010, Georgia Engel was featured in the Vineyard Theatre's off-Broadway production of Middletown, written by Will Eno.
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Georgia Engel appeared in two episodes of Two and a Half Men as the mother of Lyndsey McElroy, Alan's girlfriend.
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In March 2012,35 years after the close of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Georgia 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.
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Georgia Engel appeared in the new Annie Baker play John, which opened off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre on July 22,2015, directed by Sam Gold.
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Georgia 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.
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Georgia 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.
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Georgia Engel died on April 12,2019, at the age of 70 in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Georgia Engel was buried at Cape Charles Cemetery, in Cape Charles, Virginia.