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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

  * 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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