Helen Page Camp
American actress (1930–1991)
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Helen Page Camp (December 27, 1930[citation needed] – August 1, 1991[1]) was an American actress.
Helen Page Camp | |
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Publicity Photo of Helen Page Camp | |
| Born | December 27, 1930 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | August 1, 1991 (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1968–1991 |
Early years
Born to Austin and Helen (née Landes) Camp in Washington, D.C., Camp's career began onstage, most notably Off Broadway in New York City.[citation needed]
Career
Her first known or credited screen appearance in film or television came in 1968, when she was 37 years old, as "Lucy" on Here Come the Brides.[citation needed]
Film
In 1971, she was in the movie Cold Turkey as Mrs. Watson.[citation needed]
Television
Later, she made guest appearances on popular shows such as The Wild Wild West, Maude (six different roles; most notably with James Coco as the swinging married couple "Channing and Hortence McGrath"), All in the Family, Cheers, Gimme a Break!, Thirtysomething and Newhart.[2]
In early 1976, the characters of Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) from Happy Days were spun off into an equally successful eponymous sitcom, Laverne & Shirley, and Camp was cast in two episodes as the girls' landlady, Mrs. Havenwurst, but the role was short-lived. In the fall of 1976, actress Betty Garrett permanently replaced her as Laverne and Shirley's new landlady, Mrs. Babish.
Camp portrayed Tanya Terwilliger on The Tony Randall Show (1976-1978),[3]: 1095 Millie Capestro on 13 Queens Boulevard (1979),[3]: 1073 and the title character's mother on Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978),[3]
In 1990, Camp assumed the role of Margaret Furth on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.[citation needed] Ms. Camp's final television role saw her as Hope Lacey in the "Faith, Hope & Charity" episode of MacGyver (S6.E18) that aired on March 18, 1991.
Death
Camp died in Los Angeles, California after a stroke on August 1, 1991, at the age of 60.[1]
Filmography
A partial list of roles in both film and television follows:
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Cold Turkey | Mrs. Watson | |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show | Mrs. Prince / Myrna Hoover | 2 episodes |
| 1972 | Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mrs. Wendel | directed by Brian De Palma |
| 1972-78 | Maude | Nurse/Mother Mary Keaton/Hortence McGrath | 6 episodes |
| 1973 | Gunsmoke | Woman/Seva Ballou | 2 episodes |
| 1973 | The Girls of Huntington House | Nurse Caulfield | ABC Movie of the Week |
| 1974 | Dirty Sally | Mrs. Fromley | S1.E12 - "The Hanging of Cyrus Pike" |
| 1975 | Happy Days | Miss Wheaton | S2.E23 - "Goin' To Chicago" |
| 1975-76 | Kojak | Mrs. Chester/Mrs. Waring | 2 episodes |
| 1976 | All's Fair | Nurse Adams | S1.E9 - "Happy Anniversary: Part 2" |
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | Mrs. Havenwurst | 2 episodes |
| 1976 | The Nancy Walker Show | Agnes/Alice | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Telefon | Emma Stark | |
| 1977 | The Tony Randall Show | Tanya Terwilliger | S2.E7 - "Love vs. Excitement" |
| 1978 | The Incredible Hulk | Sarah | S1.E12 - "The Waterfront Story" |
| 1978 | Eight Is Enough | Clerk | S2.E15 - "A Hair of the Dog" |
| 1978 | The Waltons | Allie | S6.E20 -"The Return" |
| 1978 | The New Maverick | Mrs. Flora Crupper | TV film (ABC) |
| 1979 | 13 Queens Boulevard | Mildred Capestro | 9 episodes |
| 1979 | Angie | Mother Janet | S2.E4 - "Marie's Crush" |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place | Miss Gucci | S1.E9 - "Murray and the Liquor Board" |
| 1979-80 | A New Kind of Family | Aunt Mazie | 2 episodes |
| 1980 | Galactica 1980 | Saleslady | S1.E4 - "The Super Scouts" |
| 1981 | Stand by Your Man | Mother Pugh | TV film (CBS) |
| 1981 | It's a Living | Catherine | S1.E8 |
| 1982 | Hart to Hart | Mrs. Essen | S3.E18 - "Deep in the Hart of Dixieland" |
| 1982 | Fast-Walking | Ted's Wife | |
| 1982 | Maggie | Sister Louise | S1.E7 - "Mark's Shrink" |
| 1982 | The Escape Artist | Neighbor | |
| 1982 | Best Friends | Maid | |
| 1983 | The Love Boat | Marsha Newman | S6.E17 - "Gopher's Daisy/Our Son, the Lawyer/Salvaged Romance" |
| 1983 | Knots Landing | Mrs. Grace | S4.E15 - "To Have and to Hold" |
| 1985 | Diff'rent Strokes | Mrs. Gordon | S8.E8 - "Speak No Evil" |
| 1986 | Newhart | Alma Sproat | S4.E23 - "Replaceable You" |
| 1986 | St. Elsewhere | Mrs. Deangelis | S5.E3 - "A Room with a View" |
| 1987 | Gimme a Break! | Mrs. Bennett | S6.E21 - "Parents' Week: Part 1" |
| 1987 | Mama's Family | Pearl | S3.E15 - "Porn Again" |
| 1987 | What a Country! | Sydelle Garver | S1.E25 - "The Apartment" |
| 1988 | Small Wonder | Bank teller | S3.E14 - "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" |
| 1988 | Cop | Estelle Peltz | |
| 1988 | Family Ties | Vera | S7.E4 - "Beyond Therapy" |
| 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Audience Woman #2 | |
| 1988 | Scandal in a Small Town | Mrs. Bengston | TV film (NBC) |
| 1990 | Life Goes On | Selma | S1.E19 - "Becca and the Underground Newspaper" |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Margaret Furth | 3 episodes |
| 1990 | Dear John | Aunt Trudy | S3.E7 - "Hole in One" |
| 1990 | Thirtysomething | Mrs. Lerner | S3.E16 - "Her Cup Runneth Over" |
| 1991 | MacGyver | Hope Lacey | S6.E18 -"Faith, Hope & Charity"[4] |
| 1991 | The Wonder Years | Opal Arnold | S4.E13 - "Who's Aunt Rose?" |