Anne Guilbert - # 135

Ann Morgan Guilbert, Millie on "Dick Van Dyke Show," dies

She was number 135 on the list.

Ann Morgan Guilbert, beloved as the next-door neighbor on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and seen recently on CBS' comedy "Life in Pieces," has died.

Guilbert died of cancer in Los Angeles on Tuesday, her daughter Nora Eckstein said. She was 87.

Recent TV appearances included a starring role on the hospital comedy "Getting On" and a guest shot on "Grey's Anatomy." She was a regular as feisty Grandma Yetta on the 1990s sitcom "The Nanny," and in the early 1960s, played Millie Helper, Laura Petrie's gabby pal, on the acclaimed "Van Dyke" series.

She starred in Nicole Holofcener's 2010 Sundance Film Festival selection, "Please Give."

Guilbert had extensive theater credits, including the 2005 Broadway play, "A Naked Girl on the Appian Way," and productions of "The Matchmaker," ''Arsenic and Old Lace," ''Waiting for Godot," ''To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Harvey."

She began her career in the Los Angeles musical variety cabaret act originated by composer Billy Barnes, which toured throughout California. In 1959, "The Billy Barnes Revue" opened in New York as an off-Broadway production, then moved to Broadway.

One of its fans was writer-producer Carl Reiner, who remembered Guilbert when he was assembling his cast for "The Dick Van Dyke Show."

A native of Minneapolis, Guilbert graduated from Stanford University's Department of Speech and Drama, where she met the late producer-actor George Eckstein. They married and had two daughters, actress Hallie Todd ("Lizzie McGuire") and Eckstein, a writer, actress and acting teacher.

After her 1966 divorce, she married actor Guy Raymond, who died in 1997.

Guilbert is survived by her two daughters.

Filmography

Film

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1962      Two for the Seesaw        Molly    

1963      The Man from the Diners' Club   Ella Trask            

1964      One Man's Way                Mrs. Grayle        

1968      How Sweet It Is!                Bibi       

1969      Viva Max!            Edna Miller        

1995      Grumpier Old Men          Francesca 'Mama' Ragetti            

1998      Sour Grapes       Mrs. Drier           

2010      Please Give         Andra   

Television

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1961      My Three Sons Verna Foster      Episode: "Unite or Sink"

1961–1966          The Dick Van Dyke Show               Millie Helper      Recurring role

1962      You're Only Young Once                Connie Fletcher                 TV film

1966      Hey, Landlord    Mrs. Henderson                Episode: "Pursuit of a Dream"

1967      'Good Morning World    Harriet Hatfield                 Episode: "You vs. Me"

1967      The Andy Griffith Show Ella         Episode: "Aunt Bee's Cousin"

1967, 1970          Dragnet 1967     Marnie Prout / Bessie McDermott            Episodes: "The Big Neighbor", "Burglary: Helpful Woman"

1968      Adam-12              Ruth Elkins          Episode: "Log 1: The Impossible Mission"

1969      I Dream of Jeannie           Thelma Crawford             Episode: "Jeannie for the Defense"

1969      Room 222            Mrs. Garrett       Episode: "Fathers and Sons"

1971      The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill           Martha Grimes TV film

1971      The New Andy Griffith Show       Nora      Supporting role

1971      The Partridge Family       Mrs. Bruner        Episode: "The Undergraduate"

1971      Love, American Style      Mrs. Manfried   Segment: "Love and the Tuba"

1972      Second Chance Charlene              TV film

1972, 1974          Emergency!        Tilly Meers / Cora             Episodes: "Women", "Surprise"

1973      Chase    Mae Monroe      Episode: "Pilot"

1975      The Ghost Busters           The Witch            Episode: "Which Witch Is Which?"

1975      On the Rocks      Mrs. Palik            Episode: "Dear John"

1976      Maude Mathilda              Episode: "Walter's Stigma"

1976      Amelia Earhart Esther Biddles    TV miniseries

1981      Barney Miller     Ms. Swallock      Episode: "Stress Analyzer"

1989      Cheers Marge Thornhill                Episode: "Call Me, Irresponsible"

1989      Newhart              Aunt Bess            Episode: "Georgie and Bess"

1990      Murder, She Wrote         Harriet De Vol    Episode: "Murder: According to Maggie"

1990–91               The Fanelli Boys                Theresa Fanelli Main role

1991      Blossom               Elizabeth              Episode: "You Can't Go Home"

1991, 1996          Seinfeld                Evelyn   Episodes: "The Pen", "The Cadillac"

1991, 1993          Empty Nest         Mama Todd        Episodes: "Windy", "Mama Todd, the Sequel"

1992–1994          Picket Fences     Myriam Wambaugh        Recurring role (seasons 1–3)

1993      Home Improvement       Wilson's Mother               Episode: "To Build or Not to Build"

1993–1999          The Nanny          Yetta Rosenberg               Recurring role

2004      The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited            Millie Helper      TV film

2005      Curb Your Enthusiasm    Lenore Episode: "Kamikaze Bingo"

2007      State of Mind     Faye Fleischman               Episode: "Passion Fishing"

2007      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit             Church lady        Episode: “Alternate”

2012      Happily Divorced              Myrna   Episode: "The Burial Plotz"

2012      Friend Me           Mrs. Nesbitt       Episode: "Evan Is Now Friends with Vrementashen"

2012      Before We Made It          Lily         TV film

2013      Modern Family Grams   Episode: "ClosetCon '13"

2013–2015          Getting On          Birdy Lamb          Recurring role

2014      The Winklers      Chef       TV film

2015      Grey's Anatomy                Gabby Margraff                Episode: "Old Time Rock and Roll"

2016      Life in Pieces      Gigi        Episodes: "Soccer Gigi TV Mikey", "CryTunes Divorce Tablet Ring"