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LOS ANGELES โ Georgia Engel, who played the charmingly innocent, small-voiced Georgette on โThe Mary Tyler Moore Showโ and amassed a string of other TV and stage credits, has died. She was 70.
โI know the world will be sad and sorry. She touched so many people,โ said her agent, Jacqueline Stander.
Engel was best known for her role as Georgette on โThe Mary Tyler Moore Show,โ the character who was improbably destined to marry pompous anchorman Ted Baxter, played by Ted Knight.
Engel also had recurring roles on โEverybody Loves Raymondโ and โHot in Cleveland.โ She was a five-time Emmy nominee, receiving two nods for the late Mooreโs show and three for โEverybody Loves Raymond.โ
She was โthe sweetest, kindest, dearest woman. And crazy talented. I will miss her,โ Valerie Bertinelli, who starred in โHot in Cleveland,โ said in a Twitter post.
Georgia Engel was the sweetest, kindest, dearest woman. And crazy talented.
I will miss her. ๐โ Valerie Bertinelli (@Wolfiesmom) April 16, 2019
Georgia Bright Engel was born in July 1948 in Washington, D.C., to parents Benjamin, a Coast Guard officer, and Ruth Engel. She studied theater at the University of Hawaii.
Her prolific career included guest appearances on a variety of series, including โThe Love Boat,โ โFantasy Island,โ โCoachโ and โTwo and a Half Men.โ Her โHot in Clevelandโ role reunited her with Betty White, her co-star in โThe Mary Tyler Moore Showโ (1972-77) and โThe Betty White Showโ (1977-78).
Engel Could Be as Upbeat as the Fictional Georgette
Engel appeared on Broadway in plays and musicals including โHello, Dolly!โ, โThe Boys from Syracuseโ and, most recently, โThe Drowsey Chaperoneโ in 2006-07. She starred in an off-Broadway production of โUncle Vanyaโ in 2012.
Engel could be as upbeat as the fictional Georgette, as was demonstrated during a panel discussion last year promoting the 2018 PBS special, โBetty White: First Lady of Television.โ
โBut if that hadnโt happened,โ she said, โI wouldnโt have been able to starโ in writer-actor Bob Martinโs โDrowsey Chaperone,โ which led to her custom-tailored role in Martinโs โHalf Time.โ The musical, about older adults who school themselves in hip hop to perform in half-time shows, was staged in New Jersey last year.
โItโs given me such joy,โ said Engel, who had hoped to see it move to Broadway.
Her real-life voice was as sweet as the one familiar from her screen roles. โWhat you see is what you get. Thatโs not a character voice โ thatโs our girl,โ a smiling White said in a 2012 interview with Engel, calling her a โpure goldโ friend and colleague.
Engelโs final credited television appearance came last year in the Netflix series โOne Day at a Time.โ
Funeral services for Engel, whose survivors include her sisters Robin Engel and Penny Lusk, will be private, Quilty said.
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