Georgia Engel Biography
Born: July 28, 1948
A beloved comedic actress whose breakthrough performance in the Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show helped convince a disgruntled Ted_Knight to stick with the series despite disappointment with his character, Georgia Engel's golden comic talents are only matched by her unmistakable blonde locks and remarkable zeal for her craft. A native of Washington, D.C., who studied her craft at The University of Hawaii, Engel appeared in Milos_Forman's Taking_Off and Jacques_Deray's The_Outside_Man before joining the cast of The_Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show in a one-time role that was quickly expanded when producers made note of her comic abilities. Engel remained with the series until the end of its run in 1977, during which time she was nominated for two Emmy awards for her winning performances. If subsequent appearances on such short-lived sitcoms as The_Betty_White_Show and Goodtime Girls found Engel's career floundering somewhat in the late-'70s/early-'80s, post-Mary_Tyler_Moore era, a six-year stint in the popular television series Coach in the early '90s found her back in top form. Of course that was only the beginning to Engel's comeback period, and following the cancellation of Coach in 1997, her success carried over into the new millennium with a recurring role on Everybody_Loves_Raymond. Minor voice work in Dr._Dolittle_2 preceded a return to the big screen in the 2002 comedy The_Sweetest_Thing, after which she made an appearance in theater opposite I Dream of Jeannie's Barbara_Eden in +The Odd Couple: The Female Version. Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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