About
| Birth Notes: | 30 April 1926, Des Moines, Iowa, USA |
| Height: | 5' 5 1/2" |
| Family: | * George Englund (19 April 1953 - 29 December 1978) (divorced); 5 children |
Filmography
| A Troll in Central Park (1994) as Gnorga |
| Alex & Emma (2003) as Grandmother |
| Hanging Up (2000) as Pat Mozell |
| Hansel and Gretel (1987) as The Witch |
| Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) as Aunt Louise |
| High Anxiety (1977) as Nurse Diesel |
| History of the World: Part I (1981) as Madame Defarge |
| Kiss Me Deadly (1955) as Christina Bailey |
| New York, I Love You (2009) as Mitzie |
| Now and Then (1995) as Grandma Albertson |
| Prancer (1989) as Mrs. McFarland |
| Scary Movie 4 (2006) as Mrs. Norris |
| Sky High (2005) as Nurse Spex |
| Spanglish (2004) as Evelyn Wright |
| The Iron Giant (1999) as Mrs. Tensedge |
| The Last Picture Show (1971) as Ruth Popper |
| The Longest Yard (2005) as Lynette |
| Young Frankenstein (1974) as Frau Blücher |
| American Cowslip (2009) as Sandy |
| Bad Santa (2003) as Grandma |
| Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) as Old Woman on Plane and Bus |
| Beerfest (2006) as Great Gam Gam |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2010) as Herself |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as Agnes |
| Buzz (2005) as Herself |
| Carnegie Hall (1947) as Dancing Nightclub Patron - Vaughn Monroe sequence |
| Charley and the Angel (1973) as Nettie Appleby |
| Crazy Mama (1975) as Melba |
| Daisy Miller (1974) as Mrs. Ezra Miller |
| Dillinger (1973) as Anna Sage |
| Expecting Mary (2010) as Annie |
| Foolin' Around (1980) as Samantha |
| Gake no ue no Ponyo (2008) as Noriko |
| Going to the Chapel (1988) as Mrs. Haldane |
| Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973) as Ronda |
| James Dean: Forever Young (2005) as Herself |
| Love Hurts (1990) as Ruth Weaver |
| Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) as Bernice Henderson |
| Manna from Heaven (2002) as Helen |
| Music of the Heart (1999) as Assunta Guaspari |
| My Boyfriend's Back (1993) as Maggie The Zombie Expert |
| My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) as Hydia |
| My Strange Uncle (1981) |
| Never Too Late (1997) as Olive |
| Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995) as Laura Evans |
| Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991) as Herself |
| Scavenger Hunt (1979) as Mildred Carruthers |
| Shadow Play (1986) as Millie Crown |
| Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) as Dola (2003) |
| Texasville (1990) as Ruth Popper |
| The Amati Girls (2000) as Dolly Amati |
| The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) as Granny |
| The Californians (2005) as Eileen Boatwright |
| The Chapman Report (1962) as Miss Selby |
| The Fields (2011) as Gladys |
| The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1991) as Narrator/The Elder Amy |
| The Mouse and His Child (1977) as Euterpe |
| The Muppet Movie (1979) as Lord's Secretary |
| The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) as Claire |
| The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2010) as Dotty Rounder |
| The People Next Door (1970) as Tina Hoffman |
| The Rack (1956) as Caroline |
| The Steagle (1971) as Rita Weiss |
| The Story of Bonnie and Clyde (2010) as Cumie Barrow |
| The Women (2008) as Maggie |
| Timberwolf (2011) as Helena Booth |
| Walk Like a Man (1987) as Margaret Shand |
| WUSA (1970) as Philomene |
| Yesterday (1981) as Mrs. Kramer |
| You Again (2010) as Helen |
Trivia
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* Attended Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). * Miss Chicago of 1946 - Miss America contest. * One son, Bryan Englund, died of an overdose of ulcer medication in 1986. * Posed "au natural" on the cover of "Alternative Medicine Digest" (issue 15, 1997) body painted with images of fruit adorning her nakedness. This was a parody, or imitation, of the famous Demi Moore body painted nude Vanity Fair photo. * Older sister of chanteuse Claiborne Cary. * Mother of actors Adam Englund, Bryan Englund, George Englund Jr., Morgan Englund and actress Dinah Englund. * Former mother-in-law of actress Sharon Stone . * Measurements: 37C-21-34 (as Miss Chicago 1946), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) * Her classmates at the Drama Department of Northwestern University included Paul Lynde, Charlotte Rae, Martha Hyer, Patricia Neal and Agnes Nixon. * Close friend of Phyllis Love . They attended Roosevelt High School, together, in Des Moines, Iowa. * She is a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. * Attended Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa * On Christmas Eve of 1962, she appeared in three prime-time television series as a guest star: 1. "Stoney Burke" (1962) {Cousin Eunice (#1.13)} 2. "Saints and Sinners" (1962) {A Night of Horns and Bells (#1.12)} 3. "The New Loretta Young Show" (1962) (episode "Anything for a Laugh"). * Has 5 grandchildren (including granddaughter Skye Englund). * She is left-handed. * Has won 9 Emmy awards (including one Daytime Emmy award), more than any actor or actress. * Along with Bill Mumy, she is one of only two actors to appear in both "The Twilight Zone" (1959) and its second television revival, "The Twilight Zone" (2002). * Served as Grand Marshal of the 120th Rose Parade on January 1, 2009. * Tossed the coin flip for the 95th Rose Bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the University of Southern California Trojans on January 1, 2009. * 1987 inductee of the Theodore Roosevelt High School Hall of Fame. * She was awarded the 1978 Joseph Jefferson Award for Guest Artist for her performance in the play, "Twigs," at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. |
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