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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 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 best known for her role as Phyllis Stephens, Darrin's neurotic, interfering mother, on the television sitcom Bewitched,[5]:97 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 also guest-starred as the mother of Marilyn Munster's would-be suitor in an episode of The Munsters.
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]:119 Donald Hollinger's mother on That Girl,[5]:1065 Irene Brady in The Tom Ewell Show,[5]:1092 Howard Sprague's mother on The Andy Griffith Show, Miss Ramsey on Hazel, Mrs. White on The Lucy Show episode "Lucy and the Missing Stamp", Eileen Ruby, Harry Ruby's wife, in Make Room For Daddy episode "Danny Goes On USO Tour", Dick Van Dyke's mother on The New Dick Van Dyke Show, and Ethel Kendricks on the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs", Gertrude Mills on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Rawhide S2 E24 as Kalla, Gypsy Queen.
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). 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).[10]
Death
According to her former daughter-in-law, Cloris Leachman, Mabel Albertson died on September 28, 1982, of Alzheimer's disease at St. John's Hospital, after suffering seven years of poor health[11] in Santa Monica, California at age 81. Her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1928 Gang War Reporter in the Prologue
1939 Mutiny on the Blackhawk The Widow
1952 About Face Mrs. Carter Uncredited
1952 My Pal Gus Mrs. Frisbee Uncredited
1953 She's Back on Broadway Velma Trumbull
1953 So This Is Love Mary Garden
1954 About Mrs. Leslie Mrs. Sims
1954 Black Widow Sylvia Uncredited
1955 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki Teresa Andrews
1955 The Cobweb Regina Mitchell-Smyth
1956 Ransom! Mrs. Partridge
1956 Forever, Darling Society Reporter
1957 Four Girls in Town Mrs. Conway
1957 Man Afraid Maggie
1958 The Female Animal Irma Jones
1958 The Long, Hot Summer Elizabeth Stewart
1958 Home Before Dark Inez Winthrop
1959 The Hangman Amy Hopkins
1959 Don't Give Up the Ship Mrs. Trabert
1959 The Gazebo Miss Chandler
1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals Mrs. McDowall
1961 All in a Night's Work Mrs. Kingsley Sr.
1962 Period of Adjustment Mrs. Alice McGill
1966 A Fine Madness Chairwoman
1967 Barefoot in the Park Harriet
1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Mrs. Hatch
1972 What's Up, Doc? Mrs. Van Hoskins
Early years
Mabel Ida Albertson was born on July 24, 1901, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to 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 best known for her role as Phyllis Stephens, Darrin's neurotic, interfering mother, on the television sitcom Bewitched,[5]:97 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 also guest-starred as the mother of Marilyn Munster's would-be suitor in an episode of The Munsters.
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]:119 Donald Hollinger's mother on That Girl,[5]:1065 Irene Brady in The Tom Ewell Show,[5]:1092 Howard Sprague's mother on The Andy Griffith Show, Miss Ramsey on Hazel, Mrs. White on The Lucy Show episode "Lucy and the Missing Stamp", Eileen Ruby, Harry Ruby's wife, in Make Room For Daddy episode "Danny Goes On USO Tour", Dick Van Dyke's mother on The New Dick Van Dyke Show, and Ethel Kendricks on the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs", Gertrude Mills on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Rawhide S2 E24 as Kalla, Gypsy Queen.
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). 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).[10]
Death
According to her former daughter-in-law, Cloris Leachman, Mabel Albertson died on September 28, 1982, of Alzheimer's disease at St. John's Hospital, after suffering seven years of poor health[11] in Santa Monica, California at age 81. Her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1928 Gang War Reporter in the Prologue
1939 Mutiny on the Blackhawk The Widow
1952 About Face Mrs. Carter Uncredited
1952 My Pal Gus Mrs. Frisbee Uncredited
1953 She's Back on Broadway Velma Trumbull
1953 So This Is Love Mary Garden
1954 About Mrs. Leslie Mrs. Sims
1954 Black Widow Sylvia Uncredited
1955 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki Teresa Andrews
1955 The Cobweb Regina Mitchell-Smyth
1956 Ransom! Mrs. Partridge
1956 Forever, Darling Society Reporter
1957 Four Girls in Town Mrs. Conway
1957 Man Afraid Maggie
1958 The Female Animal Irma Jones
1958 The Long, Hot Summer Elizabeth Stewart
1958 Home Before Dark Inez Winthrop
1959 The Hangman Amy Hopkins
1959 Don't Give Up the Ship Mrs. Trabert
1959 The Gazebo Miss Chandler
1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals Mrs. McDowall
1961 All in a Night's Work Mrs. Kingsley Sr.
1962 Period of Adjustment Mrs. Alice McGill
1966 A Fine Madness Chairwoman
1967 Barefoot in the Park Harriet
1970 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Mrs. Hatch
1972 What's Up, Doc? Mrs. Van Hoskins
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