Mitzi McCall, whose five-decade resume in entertainment included 11 films, 14 TV shows and many animated series voice-overs, died August 8 at her home in Studio City, CA, at age 91. No details on cause were immediately available.
Her husband and comedy partner, Charlie Brill, confirmed her death in a Facebook post. “I lost my Mitzi last night. Rest in peace my one and only love…Rest in peace and laughter.”
McCall and Brill appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, better known as the U.S. television debut of The Beatles; the pair’s act can be seen on the DVD of the Beatles’ appearance on the show. They were interviewed in 2005 for Public Radio International’s “Big Break” episode of This American Life regarding their Beatles-Sullivan experience, including a dressing room encounter with John Lennon.
McCall started her entertainment career on the Kiddie Castle program on KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Moving to Hollywood, she appeared on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and was also a series regular on such series as Life Goes On and (with her husband) on Silk Stalkings.
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She provided the voice of Auntie Marina in the animated series Snorks, the voice of Mother Goose in Mother Goose and Grimm, the voice of Sylvia Jenkins in Free for All, and a variety of voices on The Paw Paws.
McCall made guest appearances on the TV shows Seinfeld, The Twilight Zone, Maude, Dharma & Greg and Chuck, as well as voice-over work for many cartoons. In 1971, she was the voice of Penny on The Flintstones spinoff The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
McCall and Brill had a comedy recording, From Our Point of View, released in 1967 by ABC Records.
She is survived by her husband.
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