Georgia Engel
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Engel in 1977
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| Born |
Georgia Bright Engel July 28, 1948 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education |
Walter Johnson High School Academy of the Washington Ballet |
| Alma mater | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Occupation | Actress, voice artist, comedian |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Notable work | Original voice of Bobbie in Open Season (2006–10) Mrs. Lamonsoff in Grown Ups 2 (2013) |
| Home town | Honolulu, Hawa'ii, U.S. |
| Television | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77) |
| Parent(s) | Benjamin Franklin Engel (father) Ruth Caroline Hendron (mother) |
| Relatives | Robin Ruth Engel (sister) |
Georgia Bright Engel (born July 28, 1948) is an American film, television, and stage actress who is best known for her role as Georgette Franklin Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Engel was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Ruth Caroline (née Hendron) and Benjamin Franklin Engel, who was a Coast Guard admiral. Engel attended the Kodiak Island Borough School District, and Walter Johnson High School and the Academy of the Washington Ballet from which she graduated. She earned her college degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Her sister, Robin Ruth Engel, was Miss Hawaii, 1967.
After college, Engel appeared in musical productions with Washington's American Light Opera Company. She moved to New York City in 1969, appearing Off-Broadway in Lend an Ear, and for a year as Minnie Fay in the Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!, starting in December 1969. A 1971 off Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves eventually played in Los Angeles, where Engel was seen by Mary Tyler Moore and her husband, producer Grant Tinker, her soon-to-be employers.
Engel appeared as Georgette Franklin Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1972 until the show ended in 1977. The role won her two Emmy nominations. After that series ended, she teamed up with former Mary Tyler Moore Show co-star Betty White for The Betty White Show during its first and only (1977–78) season. She later co-starred in two short-lived 1980 sitcoms, Goodtime Girls, as Loretta Smoot, and in Jennifer Slept Here featuring Ann Jillian.
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