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Georgia Engel, Gentle-Voiced ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ Actress, Is Dead at 70
NY Times ^ | April 15, 2019 | Neil Genzlinger

Posted on 04/15/2019 5:27:42 PM PDT by lowbridge

Georgia Engel, whose distinctive voice and pinpoint comic timing made her a memorable part of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” on which she played Georgette Franklin, girlfriend and eventually wife of the buffoonish TV newsman Ted Baxter, died on Friday in Princeton, N.J. She was 70.

John Quilty, her friend and executor, said the cause was undetermined because Ms. Engel, who was a Christian Scientist, did not consult doctors.

Ms. Engel was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on “Mary Tyler Moore,” which she joined in 1972, during the show’s third season.

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To: lowbridge

She was a hoot as Amy’s ultra religious Mother on Everybody Loves Raymond. The scene when she sneaks out in the early AM to have a smoke and runs into Robert having a smoke as well was a classic. ( Both were hiding their smoking habit)


41 posted on 04/15/2019 7:13:37 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: lowbridge

She was a master of deadpan


42 posted on 04/15/2019 7:19:24 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: Bonemaker

Olivia de Havilland’s got almost a decade on her pushing 103.


43 posted on 04/15/2019 7:20:03 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: lowbridge

RIP.

Very funny actress.


44 posted on 04/15/2019 7:20:49 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: lowbridge

RIP.


45 posted on 04/15/2019 7:23:41 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Moonman62
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46 posted on 04/15/2019 7:28:36 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: lowbridge

Rest In Peace, Mrs Ted Baxter. What a funny lady...


47 posted on 04/15/2019 8:59:44 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: lowbridge

Once Rhoda left, Georgette was my favorite character on MTM.


48 posted on 04/15/2019 9:25:03 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: Roccus

It was funny then, probably not now, the crappy way Ted Baxter treated Georgette. Bob Newhart treated Suzanne Pleshette just as shabbily and we cracked up. of we even noticed. Archie Bunker was a little too on the nose, though.


49 posted on 04/15/2019 9:40:44 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: centurion316

And Rhoda, who did consult with doctors when she got brain cancer several years ago and wasn’t given very long to live, is still with us, and has outlived both Mary Tyler Moore and Georgette.


50 posted on 04/15/2019 10:10:06 PM PDT by murron
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To: Dawgreg

Here ya go (5 second mark)- you’re right, that was excellent!!!

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x523lei


51 posted on 04/16/2019 3:29:06 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: dp0622
What’s a Christian Scientist?

Someone who dies young. Lost a friend at 52. No idea why he died because he never went to the doctors.

52 posted on 04/16/2019 5:10:05 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Opportunities multiply as they are seized.)
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To: sparklite2

I could never understand what Georgette saw in Ted, but they fit. IMO the writers made a terrible pairing of the two, but I’m not really the creative type, so whaddo I know.....

(Same for Emily and Bob, lol)


53 posted on 04/16/2019 6:11:01 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: KosmicKitty

Good Grief. Sorry.


54 posted on 04/16/2019 7:38:54 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Dawgreg

Yes! I remember it! What made shows like Raymond so funny besides the great lines, was the actors who could deliver them with perfect timing, comic gestures and expressions, and the way they played off each other. That show never gets old for me, and the episodes with Amy’s mom and dad were some of the best.


55 posted on 04/16/2019 7:54:27 AM PDT by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

LOL..........thanks Cowgirl. I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes. That was one of the funniest scenes of that show.


56 posted on 04/16/2019 9:45:47 AM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: FrdmLvr

Yes! I remember it! What made shows like Raymond so funny besides the great lines, was the actors who could deliver them with perfect timing, comic gestures and expressions, and the way they played off each other. That show never gets old for me, and the episodes with Amy’s mom and dad were some of the best.

You got that right. Great casting and great acting. Even though Marie gets under my skin sometime because she’s so evil (in a nice way) it was a great show.......;)


57 posted on 04/16/2019 9:48:56 AM PDT by Dawgreg
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