View Full Version : Ann Morgan Guilbert (Millie Helper) 1928-2016


Zoneboy
06-15-2016, 05:14 PM
Link (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ann-morgan-guilbert-star-dick-van-show-dies-39885185)

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 perky 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."

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 Nora 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.

shotzette
06-15-2016, 05:45 PM
She was hilarious on The Dick Van Dyke show. RIP, Millie.

Damn you, 2016.

Mr. Television
06-15-2016, 06:26 PM
She was so funny on TDVDS. R.I.P. Ann. :(

AB
06-15-2016, 06:34 PM
Rest in peace. I really enjoyed her as Millie on The Dick Van Dyke Show and as Yetta on The Nanny.

lakesgirl
06-16-2016, 09:37 AM
RIP. I recently saw her in Getting On. It wasn't until later that I realized this was the same actress that played Millie on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

sabrelucynut
06-16-2016, 10:23 PM
Ann was just great in both of her famous tv roles. I hope that one of the channels does a Millie marathon and also hope somebody brings back The Dick Van Dyke show.

OH Nuts!
06-16-2016, 11:22 PM
RIP to an entertaining actress.