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Florence Stanley Biography ((?)-)

Born July 1 in Chicago, IL; daughter of Jack and Hanna (maiden name, Weil) Schwartz; married Martin Newman. Addresses: Agent: Artists Agency, 10000Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 305, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, director

Birth Details

July 1,

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (New York debut) Mother, Machinal, Gate Theatre, 1960
• Clytemnestra, Electra, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1964
• Stand-by for the role of Amanda Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1965
• Yente, Fiddler on the Roof, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1965
• Pearl, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Eugene O'Neill Theatre,New York City, 1971
• Bertha Gale, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1972
• Housemother, A Safe Place, New Dramatists, New York City, 1974
• Yenchna, Fools, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 1981
• Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA, 1982
• The Palace of Amateurs, Plaza Theatre, Dallas, TX, 1983
• Thelma Cates, 'night Mother, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, 1984
• Bella, What's Wrong with This Picture?, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1985
• Emma Bovary, It's Only a Play, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1986
• Leah, Reunion, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1986
• Stage Work
• Director, Delmore, Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1982
• Film Appearances
• Ella Friedenberg, Up the Down Staircase, Warner Bros., 1967
• Club woman, The Day of the Dolphin, AVCO-Embassy, 1973
• Pearl, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Warner Bros., 1975
• Mrs. Gould, the landlady, The Fortune (also known as Spite andMalice), Columbia, 1975
• Ticket agent, Outrageous Fortune, Buena Vista, 1987
• Granny, Trouble Bound, 1992
• Ma Firpo, Trapped in Paradise, 1994
• Voice of waitress, A Goofy Movie (animated), 1995
• Hattie, The Odd Couple II (also known as Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II), Paramount, 1998
• Dobish, Bulworth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Fay, Culture, 1998
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Adele, Mickey and Nora, CBS, 1987
• Ebba, Maybe Baby, NBC, 1988
• Cynthia Corman, A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Murder (also known as Darling, Let's Kill the Neighbors, Honey, Let'sKill the Neighbors, and A Perfect Little Murder), NBC, 1990
• Series
• Ghost of Josette du Pres Collins, Dark Shadows, 1967
• Aunt Josephine, Joe and Sons, CBS, 1975-76
• Bernice Fish, Barney Miller, ABC, 1975-77
• Bernice Fish, Fish, ABC, 1977-78
• Judge Wilbur, My Two Dads, NBC, 1987
• Voice of Grandma Ethyl, Dinosaurs, 1991-94
• Dr. Riskin, Nurses, 1991-92
• Muriel Lipschitz, The Simple Life, CBS, 1998
• Episodic
• The widow, "The Taming of the Shrew," Studio One, 1950
• Edith, "Coinage of the Realm," Harry O, 1974
• Mrs. Rothman, "Murder," Night Court, 1987
• Judge Wilbur, "The Game Show," Night Court, 1989
• Elsie Engelhaupt, Drexell's Class, Fox, 1991
• Civil Wars, ABC, 1992
• Ruth Woodbine, Cybill, CBS, 1996
• Mrs. Stanley, Mad About You, NBC, 1997
• Miriam Sass, Mad About You, NBC, 1997
• Beatrice, "Let Go," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1998
• Saleswoman, Oh Baby, Lifetime, 1998
• Voice, Family Guy, Fox, 1999
• Pilots
• Marjorie Waller, Sonny Boy, CBS, 1974
• Specials
• ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration--25 and Still the One, ABC, 1978

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• The New York Times, September 16, 1986, pp. 50.