'Mary Tyler Moore Show' actress Georgia Engel dies at 70

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Source: WBAY, ABC affiliate in Green Bay, WI

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Georgia Engel, who played the charmingly innocent, small-voiced Georgette on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and amassed a string of other TV and stage credits, has died. She was 70.

Engel died Friday in Princeton, New Jersey, said her friend and executor, John Quilty. The cause of death was unknown because she was a Christian Scientist and didn't see doctors, Quilty said Monday.

Engel was best known for her role as Georgette on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," whose character was improbably destined to marry pompous anchorman Ted Baxter, played by Ted Knight.


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Oh crap, I always got a good laugh from her.

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1. Ted & Georgette wedding scene - Mary Tyler Moore Show

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7. The dear departed John Ritter is the preacher

He died at only 54, in the same hospital he was born in.

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10. Thanks

for sharing this. Takes me back to my youth.

[LiberalFighter]

2. Only 70? Wow!

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4. I'm suprprised she made it that far, since she was a "Christian Scientist."

They won't see a doctor, for anything wrong.

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8. +1

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13. Probably something totally cureable.........

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3. So many classic comedic personalities

Thanks for posting.

[NurseJackie]

5. Oh dear... I'm sorry to see her go. She always made me smile!

It was good to see her again on "Hot in Cleveland" ... what a sweet character!

[Lulu KC]

6. Georgette!!! n/t

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9. This is a great quote from her on the IMDB website

Although I play silly parts, in order for others to share in the laughter I think it's important to have a heart that's full of joy and gratitude. Joy is a very holy thing and we can never own it. We can only reflect it.

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She just seemed like a genuinely nice person in all the interviews I've seen of her. I am surprised, though, she was only 70.

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11. She may

have played silly parts, but on MTM every once a while her wisdom shown through her character.

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12. What a great ensemble of comedians that show was.

And the others from the era like it.