Marion Ramsey
Marion Ramsey (born May 10, 1947 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † January 7, 2021 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress and singer .
life and career
Ramsey started her career as a musical performer in the 1960s. In 1971 she starred opposite Barry Bostwick in the rock opera Soon at the Ritz Theater on Broadway, and in 1973 she appeared in Harold Rome's musical adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind in Los Angeles. In 1974 she appeared alongside Bette Davis in the flopped musical Miss Moffat , which was discontinued after only 15 performances. On New York's Broadway she appeared in the musicals Grind , Eubie! and Hello, Dolly with.
Between 1976 and 2018 she stood in front of the camera for various film and television productions. She has appeared in films such as Family Secrets , Recipe for Disaster , Return to Babylon and Lavalantula - Attack of the Fire Spiders , and she has guest roles in popular series such as MacGyver and Die Nanny . She became known to a wider audience as the policewoman Laverne Hooks in the first six Police Academy films. Ramsey died in Los Angeles in January 2021 at the age of 73.
Filmography (selection)
- 1976: The Jeffersons ( The Jeffersons , TV series, an episode)
- 1984: Family Secrets (TV movie)
- 1984: Police Academy - Dumber than the police allow (Police Academy)
- 1985: Police Academy 2 - Now it's just getting started (Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment)
- 1986: Police Academy 3 - ... and nobody can stop you (Police Academy 3: Back in Training)
- 1987: Police Academy 4 - And now it's going on (Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol)
- 1988: Police Academy 5 - Assignment Miami Beach (Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach)
- 1989: Police Academy 6 - Resistance futile (Police Academy 6: City Under Siege)
- 1990: MacGyver (TV series, episode 6x07)
- 1992: Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series, episode)
- 1994: The Nanny ( The Nanny , TV series, episode)
- 2003: Recipe for Disaster (TV movie)
- 2013: Return to Babylon
- 2015: Lavalantula - Attack of the fire spiders ( Lavalantula , TV movie)
- 2016: 2 Lava 2 Lantula
- 2018: When I Sing
Web links
- Marion Ramsey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marion Ramsey in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Marion Ramsey in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Dan Dietz: The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015, p. 45, ISBN 1-442-25165-4
- ↑ Dan Dietz: The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015, pp. 206-207, ISBN 1-442-25165-4
- ^ Dan Dietz: The Complete Book of 1970s Broadway Musicals Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015, pp. 255–256, ISBN 1-442-25165-4
- ^ Stage Fright , Opera News, Issue 79, No. 1, 2014
- ↑ A high voice became a trademark: “Police Academy” star Marion Ramsey is dead. In: n-tv.de . January 8, 2021, accessed January 8, 2021 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramsey, Marion |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 2021 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |