Mabel Albertson
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Mabel Albertson was an American actress.

Albertson was born in Lynn, Massachusetts
Lynn, Massachusetts
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, the daughter of Russia
Russia
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n-born Jewish immigrants Flora Craft and Leopold Albertson. Her brother was actor Jack Albertson
Jack Albertson
Jack Albertson was an American character actor dating to vaudeville. A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure , Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Amos Slade in the 1981 animated film The Fox...

. Albertson's mother, a stock actress, supported the family by working in a shoe factory.

She was best known as Phyllis Stephens, Darrin's neurotic, interfering mother on the television
Television
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 sitcom
Situation comedy
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 Bewitched
Bewitched
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, who inevitably ended her stays at the Stephens' home by saying, "Frank [her husband], take me home. I've got another sick headache."

She also played Donald Hollinger's mother on That Girl
That Girl
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, Howard Sprague
Howard Sprague
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's mother on The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show
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,
Dick Preston's mother on The New Dick Van Dyke Show
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
The New Dick Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom starring Dick Van Dyke that aired on CBS from 1971 to 1974. This was Van Dyke's first return to series television since The Dick Van Dyke Show.-Production:...

,
and Mrs. Van Hoskins, a wealthy woman whose jewels are stolen, in the screwball comedy
Screwball Comedy
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, What's Up, Doc?
What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)
What's Up, Doc? is a 1972 screwball comedy film released by Warner Bros., directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, and Madeline Kahn...

(1972).

Her son George Englund was once married to Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman is an American actress of stage, film and television. She has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award...

. Her grandson George Englund, Jr. was once married to Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone
Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct...

.

She died of Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
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 on September 28, 1982, at the age of 81, in Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica, California
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. Mabel Albertson's remains were cremated and scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

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