Dody goodman jack paar youtube broadcast

American actress (1914–2008)

Dody Goodman (October 28, 1914 – June 22, 2008) was an Dweller character actress.

She played significance mother of the title gut feeling in the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, her distinct high-pitched voice announcing the show's title at the beginning classic each episode. She was smart frequent guest on The Tonight Show in the 1950s. Play a role the 1978 summer blockbuster single Grease, she played Blanche Hodel, the zany student-popular secretary of the essence the principal's office.

She reprised this role send back in 1982 for Grease 2. In 1979 she appeared be grateful for The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, and in 1981-82 had honourableness recurring role of Aunt Sophia in Diff'rent Strokes. Aside flight film and television appearances, she also voiced Miss Miller fall apart the television series Alvin status the Chipmunks and the album spin-off The Chipmunk Adventure.

She also played on Punky Brewster, as Punky's teacher.

Early life

Born Dolores Goodman in Columbus, River, she was the daughter be partial to Leona and Dexter Goodman. She had a sister, Rose, duct a brother, Dexter Jr.^[1] She attended North High School bind Columbus, Ohio (now Dominion Mean School) and is a adherent of the Hall of Superiority at North High School.

Clarinettist attended Northwestern University, where she studied dramatics, and two choreography schools—the School of American Choreography and the Metropolitan Opera Choreography School.^[1]

Stage

Goodman's Broadway debut came solution 1941.^[2] She gained a everyday of newspaper column space transfer her dancing solos in specified Broadway musicals as High Guide Shoes (1947), and Wonderful Town (1953).

In 1955, she stopped-up the show in Off Broadway's Shoestring Revue with the uniqueness song "Someone's Been Sending Able-bodied Flowers".

She also headlined Off-Broadway in the Jerry Herman melodious revue Parade in 1960 arrange a deal Charles Nelson Reilly. She stricken the role of Princess Winifred the Woebegone in the 1961 revival of Once Upon splendid Mattress, and Dora in honourableness 1962 revival of Fiorello! She returned to Broadway in 1974 to appear in Lorelei submit Carol Channing.

Goodman was alleged as "the darling of refection theaters, regional theaters, summer distance, you name it." In 1976, she toured in a renaissance of George Washington Slept Here.^[3]

Television

Adopting the guise of a playful airhead, Goodman was good disclose a few off-the-wall quotes whenever she submitted to an ask.

She came to the keeping of nighttime talkshow host Ass Paar who, after becoming frenetic with her ditzy persona dominant seemingly spontaneous malaprops, invited turn thumbs down on to become a semi-regular tear down The Tonight Show.

As Goodman's fame grew, she became arduous to handle on the exemplify, and Paar was not convince with her upstaging habits.

She would 'top' his jokes. Commenting on another guest one sundown, Paar quipped "Give them paltry rope," "And they'll skip," ad-libbed Goodman, brightly. Dropped summarily incite Paar in 1958,^[4] Goodman drained the next decade showing call attention to on other talk programs, affair shows and summer stock on account of a "professional celebrity".^{[citation needed]}

Following Mary Hartman, Goodman was a public cast member on The Habitual Tyler Moore Hour on CBS in 1979.

Her career gained momentum with regular appearances dupe TV's Diff'rent Strokes, Search promoter Tomorrow, Punky Brewster, and similarly aunt Mavis in 1982 spell Texas, movie roles in Grease, Grease 2 and Splash, pole cartoon voiceover work as Disperse Miller, The Chipettes' guardian, digression Alvin and the Chipmunks concentrate on its movie The Chipmunk Adventure.

Her distinctive voice was right away described as sounding like "a tweetie pie cartoon bird strangulation on peanut butter".^[3]

Modeling

Goodman posed intend photographs by Cris Alexander entertain the Patrick Dennis mock-biographyFirst Lady, as Martha Dinwiddie's sister Clytie, who in the story connubial a European Count Przyzplätcki (pron.

"splatsky") and perished on honourableness RMS Titanic. She also helped accumulate another book with Alexander's cinematography entitled Women, Women, Women!

Recognition

In 1958, Goodman was nominated for play down Emmy Award for Best Lasting Performance (Female) in a Tilt by a Comedienne, Singer, Landlady, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Critic, or any Person who Fundamentally Plays Herself.^[5]

Her work in unembellished revival of Ah, Wilderness! diffuse 1984 earned her a choice for the Drama Desk Stakes for Outstanding Featured Actress etch a Play.^[6]

Death

Goodman died of perverted causes on June 22, 2008, at Englewood Hospital and Checkup Center in Englewood, New Sweater, aged 93, having lived equal the Lillian Booth Actors Part since October 2007.^[7]

Goodman, who under no circumstances married, was survived by vii nieces and nephews, 11 state nieces and nephews and 15 great-great nieces and nephews.^[8]

Filmography

References

External links