Dody Goodman
Born in Columbus, Ohio, USA — Oct 28 1914• Died Jun 22 2008
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Dody Goodman (October 28, 1914 – June 22, 2008) was an American character actress. She played the mother of the title character in the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, her distinctive high-pitched voice announcing the show's title at the beginning of each episode. She was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show in the 1950s, and cast member of The Mary Tyler Moore Hour in 1979. Aside from film and television appearances, she also voiced Miss Miller in the television series Alvin and the Chipmunks and the film spin-off The Chipmunk Adventure. Sh…
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Murder, She Wrote
Beverly Hills
The Love Boat
Patricia Seldon
St. Elsewhere
Gretchen Parks
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Martha Larkin Shumway
Dinah!
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self
Punky Brewster
Crazy like a Fox
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Grease
Blanche Hodel
Boston Common
Mrs. Gunderson
Texas
Flying High
Splash
Mrs. Stimler
Just Our Luck
Here and Now
William Grandmother
Diff'rent Strokes
Sophia Drummond
Grease 2
Secretary Blanche Hodel
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
The Chipmunk Adventure
Miss Rebecca Miller (voice)
Cool as Ice
Mae
Forever Fernwood
Private Resort
Mrs. Rawlings
Silent Movie
Tourist Woman (uncredited)
Max Dugan Returns
Mrs. Litke
Bedtime Story
Fanny Eubank
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
Scheherazade
Frozen Assets
Mrs. Patterson
Splash, Too
Mrs. Stimler
Samantha
Mrs. Higgins
Cops n Roberts
The Grease Story
Blanche Hodel (archive footage)
Black Ribbon
Aunt Gayle
Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare
Grandma Dotty Dooley
Stanley
Betty
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #9
Miss Miller (voice)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol
Miss Miller (voice)
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Ida Kramer