Florence Stanley
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Florence Stanley | |
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Born | Florence Lenore Schwartz July 1, 1924 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | October 3, 2003 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 79)
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1940–2003 |
Spouse |
Martin Newman (m. 1951) |
Children | 2 |
Website | www |
Florence Stanley (born Florence Lenore Schwartz;[1][2] July 1, 1924[3] – October 3, 2003) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best known for her roles in Barney Miller (1975–1977) and its spinoff Fish (1977-1978), My Two Dads (1987–1990), and Nurses (1991–1994), and the voice of Wilhelmina Bertha Packard in the franchise of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Early life and career
Born in Chicago, Illinois,[3] to Jacob Schwartz and Hanna Weil,[2][4] Stanley attended Senn High School and Northwestern University.[5]
Stanley began performing professionally in the 1940s. Her earliest theatrical performances include The Importance of Being Earnest with the Touring Players, Bury The Dead at New York's Cherry Lane Theatre, and Machinal. She began using the stage-name Florence Stanley at some point in her career.
During the 1950s, Stanley appeared in numerous live TV shows, and gave an acclaimed performance as
In 1966, she took over the role of Yente in Broadway's
Film roles
Her film roles began in 1967 with Up the Down Staircase starring Sandy Dennis. In 1973, she was asked by director Mike Nichols to play a small role in his film The Day of the Dolphin starring George C. Scott. She recreated her role in the film version of The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), and was again cast by Nichols for The Fortune (1975), starring Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Stockard Channing. She went on to appear in the television series Joe and Sons for CBS in 1975;[7]: 536 that same year Barney Miller producer Danny Arnold cast Stanley as Bernice Fish, the wife of Detective Fish (played by Abe Vigoda). Vigoda's and Stanley's characters were spun off in 1977 - Fish.[7]: 345-346 She also appeared in the 1994 film Trapped in Paradise starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey. Stanley played Edna "Ma" Firpo in the movie.
Later roles
In 1966 she was a voice actress on the gothic inspired soap opera Dark Shadows voicing the supposed ghost of a sobbing woman in the basement.[citation needed]
On television, Stanley portrayed Margaret Wilbur, a family court judge who assigned custody of a twelve-year-old girl to two former boyfriends of the girl's late mother on
In 2001, she provided the voice of Wilhelmina Packard in
Death
On October 3, 2003, at age 79, Stanley died of complications from a
Partial filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1967 | Up the Down Staircase | Ella Friedenberg | |
1970 | Jenny |
Woman at Playground | Uncredited |
1973 | The Day of the Dolphin | Women's Club | |
1975 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Pearl | |
1975 | The Fortune | Mrs. Gould | |
1987 | Outrageous Fortune | Ticket Agent | |
1991 | Dinosaurs | Ethyl Hinkleman Phillips | Voice |
1993 | Trouble Bound | Grandma Martucci | |
1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Ma Firpo | |
1995 | A Goofy Movie | Waitress | Voice |
1998 | The Odd Couple II | Hattie | |
1998 | Bulworth | Dobish | |
2000 | The Brainiacs.com | Grandma Tyler | |
2001 | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Mrs. Packard | Voice |
2001 | According to Spencer | Grandma | |
2003 | Down with Love | Dry Cleaner's Wife | |
2003 | Atlantis: Milo's Return | Mrs. Packard | Voice, final film role |
References
- ISBN 978-0-7864-4373-4.
- ^ a b "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K3Y-GFV4 : 10 February 2023), Florence Lenore Schwartz, .
- ^ ISBN 0786421894.
- ^ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPC-ZLCX : Wed Nov 15 09:46:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Florence Lenore Schwartz and Jacob Schwartz, 8 Jul 1924.
- ^ "Our Town". Chicago Tribune. March 2, 1947. pt. 3, p. 2. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- New York Times. August 12, 1964.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ ProQuest 236336681.
TV, pic and legit thesp Florence Stanley died Oct. 3 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles from complications after a stroke. She was 79. [...] Stanley's TV roles included [...] Judge Margaret Wilbur on "My Two Dads." She also helmed numerous episodes of the latter skein. [...] In 2001, she was nominated for an Annie Award for voice acting in an animated feature for her role as Mrs. Packard in Disney's 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire.'
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- ^ Florence Stanley: Filmography. TCM.