Florida Friebus
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Florida Friebus | |
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 Friebus in 1968 | |
| Born | October 10, 1909 |
| Died | May 27, 1988 (aged 78) |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Other names | Florida Freebus Florida Freibus |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1929-1978 |
Florida Friebus (October 10, 1909 – May 27, 1988) was an American writer and actress of stage, film, and television. Friebus's best-known roles were Winifred "Winnie" Gillis, the sympathetic mother of Dwayne Hickman's character Dobie Gillis on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and as Mrs. Lillian Bakerman on The Bob Newhart Show.
Early years
Born in Auburndale, Massachusetts, Friebus hailed from an East Coast theatrical family that included her father, Theodore Friebus, a leading stage actor with Boston's Castle Square Players in the early 1900s and a minor silent-film actor, and her maternal grandmother, Georgine Flagg, who scandalized her own family in the late 19th century by venturing onstage as a player with Augustin Daly's stock company in Manhattan. She married actor Richard Waring, in 1934. The couple divorced in 1952. Friebus never remarried.[1]
Career
She appeared on television in such programs as The Joseph Cotten Show, The Ford Theatre Hour, Perry Mason, Bachelor Father, Father Knows Best, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,The Rookies, Peyton Place, Ironside, Gunsmoke, Sanford and Son, Ben Casey, The Doris Day Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Room 222, The Partridge Family, Chico and the Man, Barnaby Jones, Alice, The Bob Newhart Show, and Rhoda.[2]
Death
Friebus died of cancer in 1988 in Laguna Niguel, California, aged 78.[2]
Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | High School Confidential! | Mrs. Staples | Uncredited |
| 1978 | Jennifer | Miss Tooker | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1950 | Lights Out | 1 episode | |
| Escape | 1 episode | ||
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | 1 episode | ||
| 1950–1951 | The Philco Television Playhouse | 2 episodes | |
| 1950–1953 | Kraft Television Theatre | 3 episodes | |
| 1953 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1 episode | |
| 1954 | Lamp Unto My Feet | 1 episode | |
| 1956 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Karoline | 1 episode |
| The Alcoa Hour | Mrs. Franklin | 1 episode | |
| 1957 | The Joseph Cotten Show | Helen Fogarty | 1 episode |
| 1957–1958 | Bachelor Father | Mrs. Banks Mrs. Marquand |
3 episodes |
| 1958 | Father Knows Best | 1 episode | |
| 1959 | Playhouse 90 | 1 episode | |
| The Donna Reed Show | Helen Brooks | 1 episode | |
| 1959–1963 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Winifred Gillis | 87 episodes |
| 1960 | The Chevy Mystery Show | Lois Halsey | 1 episode |
| 1963 | Perry Mason | Marian Lamont | 1 episode |
| 1964 | The New Phil Silvers Show | Mrs. Bradshaw | 1 episode |
| Peyton Place | Maggie Riggs | Unknown episodes | |
| 1965 | My Mother the Car | Miss McFee | 1 episode |
| 1966 | This Is the Life | 1 episode | |
| Ben Casey | 1 episode | ||
| 1968 | Ironside | Middle-Aged Woman | 1 episode |
| 1971–1972 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Mrs. Marshall Nun |
2 episodes |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son | Woman | 1 episode |
| Ghost Story | Mrs. Prescott | 1 episode | |
| The Doris Day Show | Miss Peabody | 1 episode | |
| Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | 1 episode | ||
| 1972–1978 | The Bob Newhart Show | Mrs. Lillian Bakerman | 17 episodes |
| 1973 | Room 222 | 1 episode | |
| Cannon | Julie McElroy | 1 episode | |
| Gunsmoke | Mrs. Tavers | 1 episode | |
| The Partridge Family | Mrs. Hendleman | 1 episode | |
| The Rookies | Sister Elizabeth | 1 episode | |
| 1973–1977 | Barnaby Jones | Molly McMurty Connie Graham |
2 episodes |
| 1974–1978 | Rhoda | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1975 | Chico and the Man | Althea Nelson | 1 episode |
| Miles to Go Before I Sleep | Ruth | Television movie | |
| Love Nest | Jenny | Television movie | |
| Kate McShane | 1 episode | ||
| 1976 | Amelia Earhart | Miss Perkins | Television movie |
| Switch | Fiona | 2 episodes | |
| 1978 | Kaz | 1 episode | |
| ABC Weekend Special | Miss Kelly | 1 episode | |
References
- ^ Florida Friebus papers, 1926-1988, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; accessed July 9, 2015.
- ^ a b IMDb profile; imdb.com; accessed July 4, 2015.
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