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Marion Lorne MacDougall (August 12, 1883 - May 9, 1968) was an American Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
-winning character actress.

was born in West Pittston, Pennsylvania
West Pittston, Pennsylvania

West Pittston is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River opposite Pittston, Pennsylvania. The town once produced mine screens, cut glass, crackers, and knit and silk goods....
, a small mining town halfway between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, of Scottish
Scottish people

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 and English
English people

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 immigrant parents. While her year of birth is listed as 1885 on her tombstone, it was usually listed as 1888 when she was alive and the Social Security
Social security

Social security primarily refers to a social insurance program providing social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others....
 Death Index lists it as 1883.






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Marion Lorne MacDougall (August 12, 1883 - May 9, 1968) was an American Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
-winning character actress.

Biography

She was born in West Pittston, Pennsylvania
West Pittston, Pennsylvania

West Pittston is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River opposite Pittston, Pennsylvania. The town once produced mine screens, cut glass, crackers, and knit and silk goods....
, a small mining town halfway between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, of Scottish
Scottish people

The Scots people are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celts, Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
 and English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
 immigrant parents. While her year of birth is listed as 1885 on her tombstone, it was usually listed as 1888 when she was alive and the Social Security
Social security

Social security primarily refers to a social insurance program providing social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others....
 Death Index lists it as 1883. Lorne studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
American Academy of Dramatic Arts

The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is a fully accredited two-year College or university school of music with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City and 1336 North La Brea Avenue in Hollywood, California ....
 in New York City
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. She married playwright Walter Hackett, who died in 1944.

Career

Lorne debuted on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 in 1905; she also acted in London theaters, enjoying a flourishing stage career on both sides of the Atlantic. A latecomer to films, she was quickly typed as a befuddled, nervous, and somewhat aristocratic matron. She made her screen debut in 1951, in Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, Order of the British Empire was a British filmmaker and film producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres....
's Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train (film)

Strangers on a Train is a film released in 1951 by Warner Bros. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film stars Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Hudson Walker, Leo G....
.

In the early 1950s, Lorne was seen as perpetually confused high school English teacher Mrs. Gurney on the pioneering sitcom Mr. Peepers
Mr. Peepers

Mr. Peepers is an United States television Situation comedy that aired on National Broadcasting Company from July 3, 1952 to June 12, 1955....
. Her last role, playing Aunt Clara
Aunt Clara

Aunt Clara may refer to:* Aunt Clara, a 1952 novel by Noel Streatfeild* Aunt Clara , starring Margaret Rutherford, based on the Streatfeild novel...
 in television's Bewitched
Bewitched

Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company from 1964 in television to 1972 in television....
, brought Lorne her widest fame. She played a lovable, forgetful witch, obsessed with doorknobs, who is losing her powers because of her old age and whose spells invariably end in disaster. She appeared in 27 episodes and was not replaced after she died of a heart attack
Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when the Blood flow to part of the heart is interrupted. This is most commonly due to occlusion of a coronary artery following the rupture of a Vulnerable plaque, which is an unstable collection of lipids and white blood cells in the wall of an artery....
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 during the fourth season, at age 84.

Bewitched
Bewitched

Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company from 1964 in television to 1972 in television....
 producers realized that Lorne's portrayal of the beloved Aunt Clara could not be replicated. Instead, character actress Alice Ghostley
Alice Ghostley

Alice Margaret Ghostley was a Tony Award-winning United States actor. She was best known for her roles as Esmeralda on Bewitched , as Cousin Alice on Mayberry R.F.D. and...
 was recruited to fill the gap as the newly-created Esmerelda. Lorne and Ghostley appeared side-by-side in The Graduate
The Graduate

The Graduate is a Cinema of United States comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote the piece shortly after graduating from Williams College....
 as partygoers Miss DeWitte and Mrs. Singleman the year before Lorne's death.

Lorne received a posthumous Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
 for Best Supporting Actress for her work on Bewitched
Bewitched

Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company from 1964 in television to 1972 in television....
. The statue was accepted by Elizabeth Montgomery
Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery was an United States film and television program actor whose career spanned five decades. She is best remembered for her roles as Samantha Stephens in Bewitched, as Ellen Harrod in A Case of Rape and as Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden#Film....
.

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