Флоренс Стэнли: Американская актриса (1924–2003)

American actress (1924–2003)

Florence Stanley (born Florence Lenore Schwartz; July 1, 1924 – October 3, 2003) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best known for her roles in Barney Miller (1975–1977) and its spinoff Fish (1977 1978), My Two Dads (1987–1990), and Nurses (1991–1994), and the voice of Wilhelmina Bertha Packard in the franchise of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Stanley attended Senn High School and Northwestern University. Stanley began performing professionally in the 1940s. Her earliest theatrical performances include The Importance of Being Earnest with the Touring Players, Bury The Dead at New York's Cherry Lane Theatre, and Machinal. She began using the stage name Florence Stanley at some point in her career. During the 1950s, Stanley appeared in numerous live TV shows, and gave an acclaimed performance as Clytemnestra in the New York Shakespeare Festival's 1964 production of Electra, opposite Lee Grant, who played the title role. Stanley began her long career on Broadway as Maureen Stapleton's understudy in a 1965 revival of The Glass Menagerie. In 1966, she took over the role of Yente in Broadway's Fiddler On The Roof from Bea Arthur, leaving in 1971 (after more than 2,000 performances) to open in Neil Simon's The Prisoner of Second Avenue, directed by Mike Nichols. In 1972, she went on to tap dance in the Broadway production of The Secret Affairs Of Mildred Wild, and in 1981 went back to work for Neil Simon in the Broadway production of Fools.

Her film roles began in 1967 with Up the Down Staircase starring Sandy Dennis. In 1973, she was asked by director Mike Nichols to play a small role in his film The Day of the Dolphin starring George C. Scott. She recreated her role in the film version of The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975), and was again cast by Nichols for The Fortune (1975), starring Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Stockard Channing. She went on to appear in the television series Joe and Sons for CBS in 1975; that same year Barney Miller producer Danny Arnold cast Stanley as Bernice Fish, the wife of Detective Fish (played by Abe Vigoda). Vigoda's and Stanley's characters were spun off in 1977 Fish. She also appeared in the 1994 film Trapped in Paradise starring Nicolas Cage, Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey. Stanley played Edna "Ma" Firpo in the movie.

On October 3, 2003, at age 79, Stanley died of complications from a stroke at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Year Title Role Notes1967 Up the Down Staircase Ella Friedenberg 1970 Jenny Woman at Playground Uncredited1973 The Day of the Dolphin Women's Club 1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue Pearl 1975 The Fortune Mrs. Gould 1987 Outrageous Fortune Ticket Agent 1991 Dinosaurs Ethyl Hinkleman Phillips Voice1993 Trouble Bound Grandma Martucci 1994 Trapped in Paradise Ma Firpo 1995 A Goofy Movie Waitress Voice1998 The Odd Couple II Hattie 1998 Bulworth Dobish 2000 The Brainiacs. com Grandma Tyler 2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire Mrs. Packard Voice2001 According to Spencer Grandma 2003 Down with Love Dry Cleaner's Wife 2003 Atlantis: Milo's Return Mrs. Packard Voice, final film role