Dody Goodman
Born: 1914-10-28 in Columbus, Ohio, USA
Died: 2008-06-22
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2017
- The Grease Story as Blanche Hodel (archive footage)
2007
- Black Ribbon as Aunt Gayle
1996
- Boston Common as Mrs. Gunderson
1995
- Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare as Grandma Dotty Dooley
- Cops n Roberts
1994
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #9 as Miss Miller (voice)
1993
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol as Miss Miller (voice)
1992
- Frozen Assets as Mrs. Patterson
- Samantha as Mrs. Higgins
- Here and Now as William Grandmother
1991
- Cool as Ice as Mae
1988
- Splash, Too as Mrs. Stimler
1987
- The Chipmunk Adventure as Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
1985
- Private Resort as Mrs. Rawlings
- I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later as Scheherazade
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Beverly Hills
- Punky Brewster
- Splash as Mrs. Stimler
- Crazy like a Fox
1983
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Max Dugan Returns as Mrs. Litke
- Just Our Luck
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Gretchen Parks
- Grease 2 as Secretary Blanche Hodel
1980
- Texas
- Valentine Magic on Love Island as Ida Kramer
1978
- Grease as Blanche Hodel
- Flying High
- Diff'rent Strokes as Sophia Drummond
1977
- The Love Boat as Patricia Seldon
- Forever Fernwood
1976
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Martha Larkin Shumway
- Silent Movie as Tourist Woman (uncredited)
1974
- Dinah! as Self
1964
- Bedtime Story as Fanny Eubank
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956
- The Steve Allen Show as Self
- Stanley as Betty
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self