Nancy Walker as Rosie the Waitress

Nancy Walker (May 10, 1922 – March 25, 1992) was an American actress. She was sometimes mistaken for being Jewish (likely due to her having played one of the most famous "Jewish mothers" in film or television history), but she was not Jewish. She would tell people she was "Black Irish". Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Rosie the Waitress (Nancy Walker) Rosie the Waitress is a fictional character who was featured in television and print advertisements for Bounty paper towels from 1970 to 1990. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Married twice, she had a daughter Miranda with musical theatre teacher David Craig (who was Jewish), who taught "singers to act and actors to sing". Miranda grew up to become an advertising copywriter. Commercialism redirects here. ... A copywriter is a person who writes text, or copy, for clients. ...

Both Craig and their daughter are now deceased.

Born Anna Myrtle Swoyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1922 (although some sources have cited 1921 as her year of birth), she held a life-long feeling of abandonment by her mother, who died while she was an infant. She and her sister, Betty Lou Barto, grew up in large cities where their father, who was a performer, entertained in vaudeville. Walker made her Broadway debut in 1941 in Best Foot Forward. The role would also provide Walker with her film debut when a movie version, starring Lucille Ball, was filmed in 1943. A subsequent appearance was in the MGM musical Broadway Rhythm, in which she had a featured musical number, "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet." This song was written especially for her by Leonard Bernstein. This article is becoming very long. ... Official language(s) English, Pennsylvania Dutch Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Best Foot Forward (1943) is a film version of the hit 1941 Broadway musical comedy. ... Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actor, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... The musical film is a film genre in which several songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. ... Broadway Rhythm is an MGM Technicolor musical film released in 1944. ... Leonard Bernstein (pronounced BERN-styne)[1] (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ...

A diminutive four feet, ten inches (1.50 m) tall, Walker was difficult to cast; however, thanks to her dry comic delivery, she continued acting throughout the 1940s and 1950s and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1955. Dozens of television guest appearances and recurring roles followed that would provide her with steady work. Her work spanned five decades, including comedies, dramas and variety shows. Nancy co-starred with Phil Silvers in the 1960 musical, Do Re Mi. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Do Re Mi is a theater musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and book by Garson Kanin. ...

She achieved her greatest success playing Ida Morgenstern, the mother of Valerie Harper's Rhoda Morgenstern, initially in a number of guest appearances on "Mary Tyler Moore" and then as a regular in its spinoff, "Rhoda". During much of the time she was co-starring in that hit situation comedy, she was also a regular on the successful Rock Hudson detective series "McMillan and Wife", portraying Mildred the maid. These two roles would bring her seven Emmy Award nominations. She also starrred in two short-lived situation comedies, "Blansky's Beauties" (an arms-length spin-off of "Happy Days"), and "The Nancy Walker Show", both during the 1976-1977 season, giving her the rare distinction of being in two failed series within the same year. She returned to "Rhoda" (from which she'd departed a year earlier) at the beginning of the 1977-1978 season, remaining with the show for the rest of its run. During this time, Walker had begun to direct episodic television, including episodes of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", "Rhoda", and the hit situation comedy "Alice". Image:Muppetsplits. ... Rhoda was an American situation comedy and a television spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... The Mary Tyler Moore Show was an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Rhoda is an American situation comedy and a television spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... McMillan and Wife was an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978. ... An Emmy Award. ... Blanskys Beauties was an American sitcom which ran on the ABC network in 1977. ... Happy Days was a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

One of Walker's last major film roles was as a master criminal posing as the deaf-mute maid Yetta in the 1976 all-star comedy spoof Murder by Death. Murder by Death is a 1976 ensemble comedy movie, written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. ...

Her later years brought her diminished success. Walker continued to be a regular presence on television, however, playing Rosie, a New Jersey diner waitress in a series of commercials for Bounty paper towels from 1970 to 1990. She helped make the product's slogan, "The Quicker Picker Upper", a common catchphrase. Rosie the Waitress (Nancy Walker) Rosie the Waitress is a fictional character who was featured in television and print advertisements for Bounty paper towels from 1970 to 1990. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... A diner in Freehold Borough, New Jersey This article is about a type of restaurant. ... Italic textBold text This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... A paper towel is a piece of absorbent paper made for the general purposes of towels, but most often used for drying hands. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ...

In 1980, Walker made her feature film directorial debut, directing disco group The Village People and olympian Bruce Jenner in the pseudo-autobiographical musical Can't Stop the Music. The film was a box office failure, although it later became something of a camp/cult favorite. This was the only movie theater film ever directed by Walker. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Village People were a disco band of the late 1970s. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... William Bruce Jenner (born October 28, 1949 in Mount Kisco, New York) is a U.S. track athlete. ... Cant Stop the Music is a musical comedy film directed by Nancy Walker in 1980. ...

In the early 1980s, Walker directed for the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre in Florida, and acted in The Gin Game in a theatre in Denver. The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Burt Reynolds (born Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... This article refers to the state capital of Colorado. ...

She continued to appear in television guest roles and earned one final Emmy Award nomination in 1987 for a recurring role (as regular Estelle Getty's estranged sister, "Aunt Angela") on NBC's hit TV series "The Golden Girls". 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher on July 25, 1923 in New York City) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress (theatre and screen). ... NBC (an abbreviation for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired Saturday nights on NBC from September 14, 1985 to May 9, 1992. ...

Walker was a reformed smoker, but she died from lung cancer at the age of 69 in Studio City, California. At the time of her death, she was co-starring in the situation comedy "True Colors" (about an interracial blended family), playing the grandmother. Her ashes were scattered in the Virgin Islands. Lung cancer is the malignant transformation and expansion of lung tissue, and is the most lethal of all cancers worldwide, responsible for up to 3 million deaths annually. ... Studio City is a district in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. ...

Bushes from her rose garden, retained by daughter Miranda, were willed by Miranda to actress Doris Roberts (of "Everybody Loves Raymond"), a longtime friend, and now thrive in Roberts' garden. Doris May Roberts (b. ... Everybody Loves Raymond, sometimes referred to as Raymond, is a long-running American sitcom broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. ...

External links

• Nancy Walker at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/w/Nancy%20Walker/nancy_walker.htm