| Beth Howland | |
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| Personal Information | |
| Birthname: | Elizabeth Howland |
| Gender: | Female |
| Born: | May 28, 1941 |
| Birthplace: | Boston, Massachustts, U.S. |
| Died: | December 31, 2015 (aged 74) |
| Deathplace: | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation/ Career: |
Actress |
| Years active: | 1959-2002 |
| Character/Series involvement | |
| Series: | Alice (TV series) |
| Episodes appeared in: | all 202 in series |
| Character played: | Vera Louise Gorman |
Elizbeth "Beth" Howland (May 28, 1941 – December 31, 2015) was an American actress. She has appeared on stage, television and in film. She was best known for her portrayal of waitress Vera Louise Gorman on the hit CBS-TV series Alice.
Career[]
Beth can be seen dancing and singing in the chorus of Li'l Abner (1959) as Clem's wife, alongside future television star Valerie Harper. After appearing in Company, she left New York to relocate to California,[1] where she made guest appearances on television series such as Love, American Style; Cannon; The Mary Tyler Moore Show (twice—once as Bert Convy's wife, once as a hook-up of Ted Bessell); Little House on the Prairie; Eight Is Enough and The Love Boat.[2][3] For her work on Alice, Howland received four Golden Globe Award nominations. She later took on numerous telefilm roles, including You Can't Take It with You (as Essie) and A Caribbean Mystery.[4]
She remained on Alice throughout its nine seasons. After the sitcom ended in 1985, Howland went into semi-retirement. She made occasional guest appearances (including Murder, She Wrote; Chicken Soup for the Soul; Sabrina the Teenage Witch; and The Tick)[5] and starred in the ABC Afterschool Special, "Terrible Things My Mother Told Me".[6][6]
Personal life[]
From 1961 to 1969, Howland was married to character actor Michael J. Pollard, with whom she had a daughter.[7]
In 2002 she married actor Charles Kimbrough, an actor of Broadway and Murphy Brown TV series fame, and remained married to him until her death in 2015. Kimbrough and Howland had appeared together in Company.
Death[]
Howland, who had been a smoker since she was a teenager until she finally quit in the early 2000s, died of lung cancer on December 31, 2015, at age 74. Per her request, her death was not reported to the media and was not made public until May 24, 2016, four days before her 75th birthday.
References[]
- ↑ Broadway World Staff (May 25, 2016). Original COMPANY Cast Member & 'ALICE' Star Beth Howland Dies at 74. Broadway World. Retrieved on May 27, 2016.
- ↑ Adams, Char (May 25, 2016). Alice Star Beth Howland Dead at 74. People. Time magazine. Retrieved on May 27, 2016.
- ↑ Kenneally, Tim (May 25, 2016). Beth Howland, Vera From Sitcom ‘Alice,’ Dies at 74. TheWrap. The Wrap News Inc.. Retrieved on May 27, 2016.
- ↑ Ellis, Ralph (May 25, 2016). Actress Beth Howland dies; played waitress on TV show 'Alice'. CNN. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved on May 27, 2016.
- ↑ Pedersen, Erik (May 25, 2016). Beth Howland Dies: Actress Who Played Vera On ‘Alice’ Was 74. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved on May 27, 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 O'Connor, John (January 19, 1988). TV Review; 'Terrible Things My Mother Told Me'. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved on May 27, 2016.
- ↑ Associated Press (AP) Staff (May 25, 2016). Actress Beth Howland, who played Vera on ’Alice’, dies at 74. New York Daily News. Daily News, L.P.. Retrieved on May 25, 2016.
External links[]
Beth Howland at the Internet Movie Database- Beth Howland article at Wikipedia
