View Full Version : Dena Dietrich, Dorothy's Sister Gloria, Dies at 91


JamesG
11-23-2020, 08:35 PM
Dena Dietrich, Actress who Played Mother Nature in Margarine Commercials, Dies at 91
by Mike Barnes
11/23/20


Dena Dietrich, the veteran actress who gained pop-culture renown for her turn as a hoodwinked Mother Nature in a decade-long series of margarine commercials, has died. She was 91.

Dietrich died Saturday of natural causes at a health care facility in Los Angeles, her friend of more than 40 years, actress, composer and author Freddie Weber, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Dietrich also starred opposite Peter Falk and Lee Grant in the original 1971-73 Broadway production of The Prisoner of Second Avenue and played the sister of Bea Arthur's Dorothy on a 1991 episode of NBC's "The Golden Girls".

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dena-dietrich-actress-who-played-mother-nature-in-margarine-commercials-dies-at-91

TVLegend
11-23-2020, 08:47 PM
There were rumors that she died previously in the past. I preferred the first Gloria a lot better but R.I.P. Dena Dietrich.

TV Guy
11-24-2020, 12:03 AM
It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.

She was also Helen Roper’s snotty sister.

TVShowAddict
11-24-2020, 06:33 PM
There were rumors that she died previously in the past. I preferred the first Gloria a lot better but R.I.P. Dena Dietrich.

They had different Gloria's? Who was the first Gloria?

TVShowAddict
11-24-2020, 06:33 PM
She lived a long blessed life, she is a decent actress, rest in peace

TVShowAddict
11-24-2020, 08:20 PM
Never mind, I looked her up, now I remember her, yeah, I liked the first Gloria better but I do not know why they did not ask her to return in season 7....

JR1
01-22-2021, 11:11 PM
Dena said she tried out for the role of Gloria first time around. Perhaps Doris Belack (the first Gloria) wasn't available to return?