Mabel Albertson

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Mabel Albertson
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Mabel Albertson on an episode of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Born Mabel Ida Albertson
(1901-07-24)July 24, 1901
Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Cause of death Complications of Alzheimer's disease
Resting place Ashes scattered at the Pacific Ocean
Education New England School of Speech and Expression
Occupation Actress
Years active 1928–1975
Television Bewitched (1964-1971)
Spouse(s) Harold Austin Ripley (divorced)
Ken Englund (1937–1950; separated)
Children Patricia "Pat" Englund (b. 1925)
George Englund (b. 1926)
Parent(s) Leopold Albertson (father)
Flora Craft (mother)
Relatives Jack Albertson (younger brother)
June Wallace Thompson (sister-in-law)
Maura Dhu Studi (niece)

Mabel Ida Albertson (July 24, 1901 – September 28, 1982) was an American actress.

Early years

Mabel Ida Albertson was born on July 24, 1901, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to her expecting parents, Flora Craft and Leopold Albertson, who were Russian-born Jewish immigrants.[1][2] Her younger brother was actor Jack Albertson. Albertson's 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]

Television

Albertson was known for her role as Phyllis Stephens, Darrin's neurotic, interfering mother on the television sitcom Bewitched,[5]:{{{3}}} who invariably ended her stays at the Stephens' home by saying to her husband, "Frank, take me home. I have a sick headache." She appeared in at least one episode of the courtroom drama series, Perry Mason: as Carrie Wilson in the season 6, 1962 episode entitled "The Case of the Hateful Hero".[6]

Albertson played the mother of Barbara Whiting Smith and Margaret Whiting in Those Whiting Girls.[7] She also played Susannah's mother in Accidental Family,[5] Alice's mother in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,[5]:{{{3}}} Donald Hollinger's mother on That Girl,[5]:{{{3}}} Irene Brady in The Tom Ewell Show,[5]:{{{3}}} Howard Sprague's mother on The Andy Griffith Show, Miss Ramsey on Hazel, and Dick Van Dyke's mother on The New Dick Van Dyke Show.

Radio

Albertson was heard on Dress Rehearsal, Joe Rines' Dress Rehearsal, and the Phil Baker Show.[8] She was also a writer for radio programs.[9]

Film

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 (1955).[10] She was also seen in She's Back on Broadway, About Mrs. Leslie, Forever Darling, The Long, Hot Summer, Don't Give Up the Ship,[3] On a Clear Day You Can See Forever[9] and as Mrs. Van Hoskins, a wealthy woman whose jewels are stolen, in the screwball comedy film, What's Up, Doc? (1972).

Stage

Albertson's Broadway credits include The Egg (1962) and Xmas in Las Vegas (1965).[11]

Personal life

Albertson's son George Englund was once married to actress Cloris Leachman.[12]

Death

According to her ex-daughter-in-law, Cloris Leachman, Mabel Albertson died on September 28, 1982, Albertson died of Alzheimer's disease at the St. John's Hospital, after suffering seven years of poor health[13] in Santa Monica, California at age 81. Her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. Her brother Jack Albertson, who had died 10 months before, also had his ashes scattered there.[12]

References

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  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. open access publication - free to read
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 6.
  6. ↑ "The Case of the Hateful Hero" details, imdb.com; accessed January 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. open access publication - free to read
  8. ↑ Sies, Luther F. (2014). Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-5149-4. Pp. 203, 350, 520.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. open access publication - free to read
  10. ↑ Clip from Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki on YouTube
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Mabel Albertson at the Internet Movie Database
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. open access publication - free to read

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