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Mabel Ida Albertson was born on July 24, 1901, in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to Flora (Craft) and Leopold Albertson, who were Russian-born Jewish immigrants. [1] [2] Her younger brother was actor Jack Albertson, who played Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Their mother, a stock actress, supported the family by working in a shoe ...
Feb 24, 2020 · Mabel knew she wanted to get involved in the entertainment business at a young age. When she was 13, she played the piano for $5 a performance. She graduated from the New England School of Speech and Expression. Albertson began working in stock, vaudeville, and night clubs and appeared with Jimmy Durante.
Mabel Albertson. Actress: What's Up, Doc?. When, at 50, Mabel Albertson was given the supporting role of Mrs. Carter, young actress Aileen Stanley Jr.'s mother in a Warner Bros. Technicolor musical romance, little did she know that she was starting out a movie and TV career in which she would shine as "the ultimate haughty judgmental (often wealthy) mother-in-law (or mother, or stepmother, or ...
- Actress, Director
- September 28, 1982
- July 24, 1901
When, at 50, Mabel Albertson was given the supporting role of Mrs. Carter, young actress Aileen Stanley Jr. 's mother in a Warner Bros. Technicolor musical romance, little did she know that she was starting out a movie and TV career in which she would shine as "the ultimate haughty judgmental (often wealthy) mother-in-law (or mother, or stepmother, or auntie)" in an impressive series of films ...
Mabel Albertson. Actress: What's Up, Doc?. When, at 50, Mabel Albertson was given the supporting role of Mrs. Carter, young actress Aileen Stanley Jr.'s mother in a Warner Bros. Technicolor musical romance, little did she know that she was starting out a movie and TV career in which she would shine as "the ultimate haughty judgmental (often wealthy) mother-in-law (or mother, or stepmother, or ...
- January 1, 1
- Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
- January 1, 1
- Santa Monica, California, USA
Mabel Albertson was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Albertson's earliest roles were in film, including "So This Is Love" (1953) with Kathryn Grayson, the drama "She's Back on Broadway" (1953) with Virginia Mayo and "About Mrs. Leslie" (1954). She also appeared in "Black Widow" (1954), the Marjorie Main comedy "Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki" (1955) and...
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Born in Essex Co. and died in Los Angeles Co., daughter of Russian Jewish immigrant parents Leopold Albertson, a shoemaker born in Russia on 14 May 1880, and wife (married in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, 25 Dec 1900) Flora Kraft, born in Russia on 25 Dec 1879 and died in Los Angeles Co., CA, 30 Jun 1955, who married secondly in Lynn, Essex Co., MA, 1 June 1910 Alexander Eliss Ehrlich, a barber ...
