R.I.P. Georgia Engel

[Larry6417]

Posted: 4/15/19 at 8:29pm

I had the pleasure to sit and chat with her about ten years ago. A lovely, sweet, caring, and talented person.

I saw her in My One and Only, but tonight her greatest episodes of the Mary Tyler Moore Show will be on my TV.

R.I.P. Georgia.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 4/15/19 at 8:32pm

Copying and pasting my post from theo ther thread, because why not? 

So sad to hear this. She’s was undeniably one of a kind. 

Her performance in Annie Baker’s “John” was absolutely unforgettable (in the best kind of way). 

I also had the pleasure of seeing her in “Roman Holiday” in San Francisco. She was saddled with some lousy material, and carried the burden of being an extraneous character who wasn’t in the original film. And yet, she brought her singular brand of strange, quirky humor to the role and ended up getting the biggest laughs of the evening.

[bk]

Posted: 4/15/19 at 8:38pm

This is mind-boggling to me.  Someone posted about this - ONE person - a friend on Facebook who worked with her.  That was on April 12th, which is when she died.  Why does it take three DAYS for this news to hit BroadwayWorld and elsewhere.  Baffled.

[gleek4114]

Posted: 4/15/19 at 8:41pm

This breaks my heart. I mostly knew her from Raymond reruns as a kind (yeah I’m youngish), but was a big fan of her theatrical career too. I love Drowsy. A few years ago I was trying to see GOTTA DANCE, in Chicago but never got it together. I wish now I had pushed harder to see it, if only to experience her brilliance in person. I posted it on Facebook and I’ll post it here too, she was a true original. Completely and totally unique in every way.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/15/19 at 8:50pm

bk said: "This is mind-boggling to me. Someone posted about this - ONE person - a friend on Facebook who worked with her. That was on April 12th, which is when she died. Why does it take three DAYS for this news to hit BroadwayWorld and elsewhere. Baffled."

she died on Friday 4/12

 

[Niles Silvers]

Posted: 4/15/19 at 8:58pm

Christian Scientist did not seek medical attention.  She was so quirky on stage and screen. 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/15/19 at 9:44pm

I think about her performance in “John” almost daily. What a sad loss.

[Comeback06]

Posted: 4/15/19 at 11:21pm

I saw her in  Half Time (the revised version of Gotta Dance) at the Paper Mill Playhouse last year.  Ms. Engel was delightful along with a very talented cast doing their best to make the show work.

She will be missed.

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 1:20am

Very saddened to hear this. Grew up with her on Mary Tyler Moore and got to see her do her magic in The Drowsy Chaperone in L. A.and in John, not even 2 years ago. Gone way too soon. R.I.P. Georgia.

[bk]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 1:27am

Robbie2 said: "bk said: "This is mind-boggling to me. Someone posted about this - ONE person - a friend on Facebook who worked with her. That was on April 12th, which is when she died. Why does it take three DAYS for this news to hit BroadwayWorld and elsewhere. Baffled."

she died on Friday 4/12

"

Um, isn't that what my post says?

[Loopin’theloop]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 4:24am

bk said: "This is mind-boggling to me. Someone posted about this - ONE person - a friend on Facebook who worked with her. That was on April 12th, which is when she died. Why does it take three DAYS for this news to hit BroadwayWorld and elsewhere. Baffled."

Isn’t sometimes about waiting for the family/estate to release an official announcement? I would think Theatre publications slightly more honourable than most mainstream ones (slightly) 

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 6:17am

RIP

[AADA81]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 8:43am

Great episodes of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' featuring Georgia:

"The Georgette Story"

"A Boy's Best Friend"

"Ted's Wedding"

"The Ted & Georgette Show"

They're all on You Tube.  She was so funny and talented and brought so much laughter to so many.  RIP

[mamaleh]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 8:48am

Sad news.  I was so hoping she would return to the Signature or in a Broadway venue.  I thought she was fantastic in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE and JOHN.  A great loss.  

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 9:05am

My first experience with her was obviously The Office and then a couple years later I got to see her in Gotta Dance. The show was painful, but man was she a pleasure to watch. She just had so much energy and you could tell she loved being up on that stage. She’ll be missed

[ariel175]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 2:40pm

She was one of my favorites on Everybody Loves Raymond and Mary Tyler Moore.  She also played a recurring character on Betty White's Hot in Cleveland, there was a whole episode where all the women of Mary Tyler Moore showed up as members of Elka and Mamie-Sue's bowling team reunited.  It was particularly poignant because Valerie Harper had just announced her battle with cancer.  R.I.P Georgia, give our love to Mary and Ted.  

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 3:13pm

ariel175 said: "She was one of my favorites on Everybody Loves Raymond and Mary Tyler Moore. She also played a recurring character on Betty White's Hot in Cleveland, there was a whole episode where all the women of Mary Tyler Moore showed up as members of Elka and Mamie-Sue's bowling team reunited. It was particularly poignant because Valerie Harper had just announced her battle with cancer. R.I.P Georgia, give our love to Mary and Ted."

That episode also was sad when I immediately realized they never showed Mary standing or walking. All the other ladies would arrive, get up, etc in the scenes but Mary always started them already sitting. I didn't worry too much at the time, but it was obvious she was declining in health. 

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 3:52pm

[HereAndThere2]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 4:07pm

I will miss that wonderful voice.

[NYCblurb]

Posted: 4/16/19 at 11:18pm

I love these ones so much:

Karen Carpenter & Georgia here sing something sweet and special (with Karen near the end of her life) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puMBY7ebtv8

From MTM show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq1CelntHpY

[goodlead]

Posted: 4/17/19 at 11:15am

As a student at the University of Hawaii, she played Philia in "A Funny Thing..." An inspired choice.

[EthelMae]

Posted: 4/17/19 at 1:59pm

How do you post a picture from your own private photo file here on the chat line? I tried but I can’t figure it out. I click the icons above here but none of them let me do it. That I can see anyway.

I have a couple of lovely pictures of Georgia Engel that I wanted to post here.

Thx.

Updated On: 4/17/19 at 01:59 PM

[EthelMae]

Posted: 4/18/19 at 10:06am

Bumping this because I’m still wondering just how you post a picture here. Must be simple. It’s a picture from my Photo file. Nice one of Ms. Georgia Engel. Thx.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/18/19 at 10:15am

EthelMae said: "Bumping this because I’m still wondering just how you post a picture here. Must be simple. It’s a picture from my Photo file. Nice one of Ms. Georgia Engel. Thx."

You can’t post a photo file, you need to have a url for the photo file.  

I use this online site to create a url for my personal photos so I can post them.  It’ll create a url link that you paste in the photo option on this message board.  

http://tinypic.com/

 

[EthelMae]

Posted: 4/19/19 at 11:57pm

http://oi63.tinypic.com/rihv6p.jpg

 

Lovely picture of Russell Nype as Cornelius, June Helmers as Irene, Danny Lockin as Barnaby and Georgia Engel as Minnie Fay in Hello, Dolly!, 1970, St. James Theatre

Updated On: 4/20/19 at 11:57 PM