Mabel Albertson

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Mabel Ida Albertson (born July 24, 1901 in Lynn , Massachusetts , † September 28, 1982 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American character actress.

life and career

Mabel Albertson was born into a Jewish family of Polish-Russian descent, her younger brother was the Oscar-winning actor Jack Albertson . The mother was a stage actress and Mabel had been on stage since the age of 13. She played the following decades in plays, vaudeville shows and nightclubs, among others at the side of Jimmy Durante . She also took part in numerous radio productions. She made her film debut as early as 1928 in the supporting role of a reporter in Gang War alongside Jack Pickford , but it was not until the early 1950s - when she was over 50 years old - that she turned to the film and television business on a large scale.

Albertson usually played in supporting comedic roles, often as a snooty or eccentric elderly lady or as the overprotective mother-in-law of the main character. The best-known example of this is the role of the neurotic mother-in-law of the "witch" Elizabeth Montgomery in the popular television series In Love with a Witch . In other television series she played the mothers of Tom Ewell and Dick Van Dyke . She also played the dominant mother-in-law of Jerry Lewis in the comedy Nobody Leaves the Ship (1959) and Anthony Franciosa in the drama Time to Adjust (1962). Her better-known film roles include Aunt Harriet in Barefoot in the Park (1967) opposite Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, and the old millionaire Mrs. Van Hoskins, whose jewels are stolen, in Is' what, Doc? (1972) alongside Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal . In the mid-1970s, Albertson retired from acting.

A divorced marriage with Harold Ripley between 1923 and 1928 had two children, including the filmmaker George Englund . From 1936 until the divorce in 1951, she was married to the screenwriter Ken Englund (1914-1993), who co-wrote , among other things, Das Doppelleben des Herr Mitty . Mabel Albertson died in 1982 at the age of 81, the last time she suffered from Alzheimer's disease .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1928: Gang War
  • 1939: Mutiny on the Blackhawk
  • 1952: About Face
  • 1954: The Spider (Black Widow)
  • 1955: The Lost (The Cobweb)
  • 1955–1957: Those Whiting Girls (TV series, 26 episodes)
  • 1956: My Angel and Me (Forever, Darling)
  • 1956: kidnapping (ransom!)
  • 1957–1963: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke ; TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 1958: The Long, Hot Summer (The Long, Hot Summer)
  • 1958: Before Night Falls (Home Before Dark)
  • 1959: The Executioner (The Hangman)
  • 1959: The Gazebo
  • 1959: Nobody leaves the ship (Don't Give Up the Ship)
  • 1960: Fruits of a Passion (All the Fine Young Cannibals)
  • 1960–1961: The Tom Ewell Show (TV series, 31 episodes)
  • 1961: All in a Night (All in a Night's Work)
  • 1962: Period of Adjustment
  • 1964–1971: In Love with a Witch ( Bewitched ; TV series, 18 episodes)
  • 1966: Samson can't be beaten (A Fine Madness)
  • 1966: Bonanza (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1966–1968: The Andy Griffith Show (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1966–1970: Sweet, but a little crazy ( That Girl ; TV series, 5 episodes)
  • 1967: Barefoot in the Park (Barefoot in the Park)
  • 1970: On a Clear Day ... (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever)
  • 1971: The Boss ( Ironside ; TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1972: Is' what, Doc? (What's Up, Doc?)
  • 1975: Ladies of the Corridor (TV movie)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mabel Albertson | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved February 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Clipped From Santa Cruz Sentinel . In: Santa Cruz Sentinel . Santa Cruz, California September 30, 1982, pp. 10 ( newspapers.com [accessed February 19, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Albertson, Mabel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albertson, Mabel Ida (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American character actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Lynn , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1982
Place of death Santa Monica , California