Obit: Nedra Volz, 94; TV Actress Played Many 'Old Lady' Roles (TV Housekeeper Curse!)

Los Angeles Times ^ | January 29, 2003 | Myrna Oliver

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OBITUARIES

Nedra Volz, 94; TV Actress Played Many 'Old Lady' Roles

By Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer

Nedra Volz, a character actress remembered for her early 1980s roles as housekeeper Adelaide Brubaker on the popular television comedy "Diff'rent Strokes" and postmistress Miz Emma Tisdale on "The Dukes of Hazzard," has died. She was 94.

Volz, who played her customary "old lady" role in her final film, "The Great White Hype," which was released in 1996, died Jan. 20 in Mesa, Ariz., of complications of Alzheimer's disease.

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NEDRA VOLZ
1908-2003

"Fly, fly oh little wing,
Fly to where the angels sing.
Your white bun in the clouds we will see
As your star shines for eternity."

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First Nell Carter, now Nedra! This is going to be just like the Night Court bailiff curse!

[Las Vegas Dave]

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Damn sites that thwart deep linking!

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[IncPen]

For one brief shining moment I thought the picture was Helen Thomas.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP, Miss Volz.

[battlegearboat]

You just know that woman could bake a mean pie!

[ladyinred]

She was the cutest little lady.
RIP