- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 1″ (1.55 m)
- Ann Morgan Guilbert was best known to television audiences as the Rob and Laura Petrie's neighbor Millie Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) and as Fran Fine's feisty Grandma Yetta on The Nanny (1993). She gave memorable performances in film and television and on stage throughout her distinguished career, and recently starred in Nicole Holofcener's 2010 Sundance Film Festival selection, Please Give (2010).
She last appeared on Broadway in "A Naked Girl on the Appian Way" (2005), with Jill Clayburgh and Hamish Linklater. This was her second appearance on Broadway; she had appeared many years earlier in "The Billy Barnes Revue".
Other stage appearances include "The Matchmaker," "Arsenic and Old Lace", "The Road to Mecca", "Life Lines: An Afternoon with Ann Guilbert", "A Lie of the Mind", "Three Men on a Horse", "To Kill A Mockingbird", "Harvey", "Foxfire", "Blooding Wedding", "Misalliance", "Green Grow the Lilacs", "The School for Scandal", "The Royal Family", "Major Barbara", "Fifth of July", "Growing Gracefully", "Life Times Ten", "Nobody's Safe Here", "The Legacy", "'night, Mother", and "The Immigrant: A Hamilton County Album", where she created the role of Alma, for which she won the 1988 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Non-Resident Production, at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage.
She was a graduate of Stanford University's Department of Speech and Drama. While at Stanford, she met producer/writer George Eckstein. They married and had two daughters, actress Hallie Todd, and longtime acting teacher and writer, Nora Eckstein. They divorced in 1966, and Ann married character actor Guy Raymond in 1969. They were together until his death in 1997. Ann Morgan Guilbert died on June 14, 2016, aged 87, after a battle with cancer.
- IMDb mini biography by: annguilbert.com/siegerrob76@gmail.com (updated posthumously)
- SpousesGuy Raymond(September 8, 1969 - January 26, 1997) (his death)George Eckstein(1951 - July 1966) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesIvy Withrow(Grandchild)
- She was 70 years old when she performed 'Grandma Yetta', Fran's seriously forgetful grandmother, for the last time on The Nanny (1993).
- Was fired from the 'Billy Barnes Revue' after she and other cast members failed to make it back to New York on time after a flight from Chicago, where they had taped an episode of Playboy's Penthouse (1959). As a result, that night's Revue's performance was cancelled and $800 had to be returned to the ticket holders.
- The daughter of a physician, Dr. Gerald Guilbert, and his wife, Cornelia (née Morgan). Her paternal grandfather, Lionel Guilbert, was an immigrant from the U.K.
- Her ashes were given to her oldest daughter.
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