Dody Goodman Biography
Dody Goodman (October 28, 1914 – June 22, 2008) was an American character actress. She played the mother of the title character in the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, her distinctive high-pitched voice announcing the show's title at the beginning of each episode. She was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show in the 1950s, and cast member of The Mary Tyler Moore Hour in 1979.
Aside from film and television appearances, she also voiced Miss Miller in the television series Alvin and the Chipmunks and the film spin-off The Chipmunk Adventure. She also played on Punky Brewster, as Punky's teacher.
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Freddie Dismisses Mrs. Stimler's Message List
Freddie:
What are you looking at? You never saw a guy who slept with a fish before? Get back to work!
Mrs. Stimler: [to Allen]
Oh Mr. Bauer, you had a million messages. I wrote them down here. You got calls from CBS, NBC, ABC, AP, UPI, Time, Ted Turner, Newsweek, Marineland, Ripley's Believe it or Not, and Mrs. Paul.
Freddie:
Not now, Mrs. Stimler. All right.
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Father's Call Requires Response
Allen:
Are there any messages?
Mrs. Stimler: [goes back to working]
Oh, yes.
Allen: [pause]
And they are?
Mrs. Stimler:
Huh? Oh, your father called. He wants you to call him back.
Allen: [pauses]
Mrs. Stimler, our father passed away about five years ago. Do you remember?
Mrs. Stimler: [confused look]
Right. Shall I get him for you?
Allen:
No, thank you.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
