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Ilene Graff is an American actress and singer.




Life and career


The Queens, New York native began her professional career as a teenager when she performed as a background singer and commercial actress while attending Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village. She graduated from Ithaca College in 1970.
Graff's Broadway credits include Promises, Promises, Grease, and I Love My Wife. Her television work includes Barnaby Jones, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Three's Company, Lewis & Clark, and St. Elsewhere. From 1985 until 1990, she played what is possibly her best known role, Marsha Cameron Owens, the wife of Bob Uecker's character, George, in the sitcom Mr. Belvedere.
In addition to her roles on television, Graff also appeared in the motion picture Ladybugs playing the girlfriend of Rodney Dangerfield and mother of Jonathan Brandis. Her recent screen credits include films The Things We Carry, Ma-i pa-deo, and Loving Annabelle.




Personal life



Graff is the daughter of Jerry Graff, a member of the musical group The Pied Pipers. While performing in Grease she met and married composer Ben Lanzarone, and they have one daughter, Nikka, born 1983. Graff is the older sister of Tony Award-nominated actor, film producer, writer, film director and former Short Circus member Todd Graff and cousin of Tony winner Randy Graff. She serves as the spokesman for the AMC Cancer Research Center.




Select filmography


Hart of Dixie .... Ellen Aim (6 episodes, 2011-2015)
The Things We Carry (2009) .... Ellen Aim
My Father (2007) .... Nancy Parker ... aka Ellen Aim (South Korea: DVD title)
Loving Annabelle (2006) .... Mother Immaculata
Living with Fran .... Jessica (1 episode, 2006)
Haunted .... Emily Eastway (1 episode, 2002)
South Pacific (2001) (TV) .... Singing Ngana ... aka Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific (USA: complete title)
Touched by an Angel .... Gloria Brewer (1 episode, 1997)
Abandoned and Deceived (1995) (TV)
Sisters.... Cynthia (1 episode, 1994)
Ladybugs (1992) .... Bess
Walter & Emily .... Dr. Barbara Morris (1 episode, 1992)
Opposites Attract (1990) (TV) .... Frannie
Mr. Belvedere .... Marsha Cameron Owens (117 episodes, 1985–1990)
Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990; TV) .... Marilyn Worth ... aka The Great American Sex Scandal
New Love, American Style (1 episode, 1986) .... Love at First Sight/Love and the Judge (1986; TV)
St. Elsewhere .... Heidi Brechman (1 episode, 1985)
Earthlings (1984) (TV) .... Jane Lassiter
The Paper Chase.... Carolyn (1 episode, 1983)
Three's Company .... Daphne Smith (1 episode, 1983)
Charley's Aunt (1983; TV) .... Kitty Verdun
Remington Steele.... Ivy Shapiro (1 episode, 1982)
Madame's Place.... Gloria Beecham Meade (1 episode, 1982)
Mork & Mindy .... Tracy /Receptionist ... (4 episodes, 1981-1982)
Lewis & Clark .... Alicia Lewis (3 episodes, 1981)
Laverne & Shirley .... Monique Dobson (1 episode, 1980)
Beulah Land (1980; TV mini-series) .... Annabel Davis
Angie.... Debbie (1 episode, 1980)
Supertrain .... Penny Whitaker (3 episodes, 1979)
Barnaby Jones .... Stephanie Capello (2 episodes, 1979)




References






External links


Official website
Ilene Graff at the Internet Broadway Database
Ilene Graff at IMDb

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