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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: RGMike on June 29, 2011, 11:49:13 AM

Title: RIP Alice Playten, 63
Post by: RGMike on June 29, 2011, 11:49:13 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/arts/alice-playten-actress-of-small-frame-big-voice-dies-at-63.html

one of my '70s faves, she won accolades for her theater work, but was best-known as the wife who made "marshmallowed meatballs" in a famous Alka-Seltzer commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLQYKCJ9zQ8

Title: Re: RIP Alice Playten, 63
Post by: urth on June 29, 2011, 05:11:44 PM

Quote from: RGMike on June 29, 2011, 11:49:13 AM

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/arts/alice-playten-actress-of-small-frame-big-voice-dies-at-63.html

one of my '70s faves, she won accolades for her theater work, but was best-known as the wife who made "marshmallowed meatballs" in a famous Alka-Seltzer commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLQYKCJ9zQ8

I remember her as a player on Martin Mull's I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved, where she played a character called "Miss Playtentype." Never heard of her before or since, but I remember that bit.

Title: Re: RIP Alice Playten, 63
Post by: Tinka Cat on June 29, 2011, 05:44:08 PM

here's Alice on the Ed Sullivan Show doing a number from a Henry, Sweet Henry, musical:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lyv67Peo4w

Title: Re: RIP Alice Playten, 63
Post by: RGMike on June 29, 2011, 08:18:54 PM

Quote from: Tinka Cat on June 29, 2011, 05:44:08 PM

here's Alice on the Ed Sullivan Show doing a number from a Henry, Sweet Henry, musical:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lyv67Peo4w

Wow, that was great! Henry Sweet Henry was a 1967 musical version of the Peter Sellers film The World of Henry Orient, about 2 teen girls who become obsessed with an actor who (unbeknownst to the girls) is a vain obnoxious boor.  (I'd forgoten that Don Ameche played the Sellers role in the stage version!).  It was something of a flop but Playten was nominated for a Supporting Tony Award.