Most Recent Role: Sara Bower on True Colors
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Birthday: 5-10-1922
Birth Name: Anna Myrtle Swoyer
Date of Death: 3-25-1992
Cause of Death: lung cancer
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Birthday: 5-10-1922
Birth Name: Anna Myrtle Swoyer
Date of Death: 3-25-1992
Cause of Death: lung cancer
Noted character actress Nancy Walker was born in Philadelphia in 1922 (some sources state 1921). Best-known to television fans for her role as Rhoda's mother Ida on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda and as the housekeeper Mildred on McMillan and Wife , Walker also starred in two shows that failed to attract audiences - the series The Nancy Walker Show and the sitcom Blansky's...
Most Recent Appearance
Feeling Up!
Thursday 27 February 1992 on FOX
Ellen's worried when her sister thinks an 'up with feelings' guru is the man of her dreams.
As one of her final works in theater, Nancy Walker directed the Broadway play UTBU (featuring Margaret Hamilton and Tony Randall) for seven performances at the Helen Hayes Theater in 1966.
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Despite being firmly identified with her "Jewish mother" role as Ida Morgenstern, Nancy Walker was not Jewish (though her second husband was). She was fond of telling people that her origins were "Black Irish."
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Nancy worked on the FOX show True Colors until very close to her death. Her "TV daughter" Valerie Harper (who played Rhoda Morgenstern) was quoted as saying, "I love the fact that she went out like she came in...with greasepaint on."
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At 4'11" in height, Walker was always cast in comedy and character actress roles during her career. She is one of 69 famous women listed on the "Who's Who of Short People" list at the Short Person Support (SPS) website.
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Not only did Nancy Walker star in two series canceled in one television season (The Nancy Walker Show - Fall 1976 and Blansky's Beauties - Winter/Spring 1977), but these shows were backed by two of TV's most successful producers of the time, Norman Lear and Garry Marshall.
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Nancy Walker: (speaking to her husband after their delayed 40th wedding anniversary party) Now I can go in peace. This was the last dream of my life come true.
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Other Appearances
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Blansky's Beauties
Nancy Blansky |
Family Affair (1966)
Emily Turner [ season 5 ] |
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Mama's Boy
Molly McCaskey |
McMillan and Wife
Mildred |
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Rhoda
Ida Morgenstern |
The Nancy Walker Show
Nancy Kitteridge |
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Herself |
Toast of the Town
Herself |
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$10,000 Pyramid
Nancy Walker & John Schuck Herself |
ABC Weekend Specials
Columbus Circle Dolores Rockefeller |
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ABC Weekend Specials
Jeeter Mason and the Magic Headset Rock (voice) |
Bridget Loves Bernie
The Little White Lie That Grew And Grew Ruthie |
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Cher
Show 3 Guest Star |
Cher
Show 17 Guest Star |
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Stars In
Blansky's Beauties
Blansky's Beauties was a very short-lived ABC situation comedy that arose at the height of the "spin-off" craze of the 1970s. Starring Nancy Walker as Nancy Blansky, the show took place in Las... more
Family Affair (1966)
Family Affair was one of those successful family comedies of the 1960's. Bill Davis' carefree existence as a swinging bachelor was just about perfect. A highly paid consulting engineer, he... more Mama's Boy
more McMillan and Wife
Police Commissioner Stewart McMillan of San Francisco is a man with ponderous responsibilities. By good fortune, his wife Sally is something of a genius. They live in the city and have a... more Rhoda
Rhoda which began in the fall of 1974, began each episode (at least the 1st season) with Valerie Harper stating: "My name is Rhoda Morgenstern. I was born in the Bronx, New York in December,... more The Nancy Walker Show
Sarcastic, wisecracking Nancy Kitteridge had an ideal life. Ten months of the year she was an active career woman, head of the Nancy Kitteridge Talent Agency which she ran from her Hollywood... more
Blansky's Beauties was a very short-lived ABC situation comedy that arose at the height of the "spin-off" craze of the 1970s. Starring Nancy Walker as Nancy Blansky, the show took place in Las... more
Family Affair (1966)Family Affair was one of those successful family comedies of the 1960's. Bill Davis' carefree existence as a swinging bachelor was just about perfect. A highly paid consulting engineer, he... more Mama's Boy
more McMillan and Wife
Police Commissioner Stewart McMillan of San Francisco is a man with ponderous responsibilities. By good fortune, his wife Sally is something of a genius. They live in the city and have a... more Rhoda
Rhoda which began in the fall of 1974, began each episode (at least the 1st season) with Valerie Harper stating: "My name is Rhoda Morgenstern. I was born in the Bronx, New York in December,... more The Nancy Walker Show
Sarcastic, wisecracking Nancy Kitteridge had an ideal life. Ten months of the year she was an active career woman, head of the Nancy Kitteridge Talent Agency which she ran from her Hollywood... more
