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 Conchata Ferrell | ||||
| Personal Information | ||||
| Gender: | Female | |||
| Birth name: | Conchata Galen Ferrell | |||
| Born: | March 28, 1943 | |||
| Birthplace: | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. | |||
| Died | October 12, 2020 (aged 77) | |||
| Deathplace: | Sherman Oaks, California, U.S. | |||
| Career/Family Information | ||||
| Years active: | 1970-2020 | |||
| Character information | ||||
| Appeared on: | Good Times | |||
| Character played: | Miss Johnson in "Willona, the Fuzz" in Season 5 | |||
Conchata Galen Ferrell (born March 28, 1943-died October 12, 2020) made a guest appearance on Good Times as Miss Johnson, Willona's supervisor on her new department store security detective job who must constantly spy on her to make sure Willona is doing her job watching for possible shoplifting in the Season 5 episode "Willona, the Fuzz". Conchata, a veteran actress who has had a long career in mostly TV series and film roles, is perhaps best and most recently known for her role as Berta, the middle-aged housekeeper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, for which she received a 2005 and a 2007 Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She was previously nominated in 1992 for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Susan Bloom on L.A. Law.
Personal life[]
Ferrell was born in Charleston, WV, the daughter of Mescal Loraine (née George) and Luther Martin Ferrell, [1][2]and grew up in Circleville, Ohio.[3][4] She attended West Virginia University, and graduated from Marshall University with a degree in social studies in education. She is married to Arnie Anderson and has one daughter, Samantha.
Career[]
Conchata began her career on the stage, appearing in the original Broadway cast of Lanford Wilson's Hot L Baltimore and winning both the Drama Desk and Obie Awards for the off-Broadway The Sea Horse. A successful character actress, her career has spanned three decades and includes supporting roles in such films as Network, Mystic Pizza, Edward Scissorhands, Erin Brockovich, Crime and Punishment in Suburbia, Mr. Deeds and K-PAX. Her other television credits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hot L Baltimore, Teen Angel, B.J. and the Bear, Good Times, Hearts Afire, Townies, Night Court, and Push, Nevada. She played Mrs. Werner in the episode of Quincy M.E. titled "Into the Murdering Mind" (1982). She has also made memorable appearances portraying blunt, authoritative judges (The "Jagged Sledge" episode of Sledge Hammer! in 1987, and on "The One With Joey's Porsche" episode of Friends in 1999).
Personal life and death[]
Ferrell married Arnie Anderson in about 1986.[5] She had a daughter, Samantha (born c. 1982), and two stepdaughters (born in c. 1976 and c. 1979). [5][6]
Ferrell died on October 12, 2020, from complications following a cardiac arrest at the Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, California. She was 77 years old.
References[]
- ↑ Conchata Ferrell Biography (1943-) (March 28, 1943). Retrieved on January 7, 2014.
- ↑ Conchata Ferrell Biography. Retrieved on January 7, 2014.
- ↑ Conchata Ferrell (en-US) (September 26, 2018).
- ↑ Gates, Anita. "Conchata Ferrell, Memorable Maid on ‘Two and a Half Men,’ Dies at 77", The New York Times, October 13, 2020. (in en-US)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Stewart, Susan. "Heavyweight Attorney: For Conchata Ferrell Of 'L.A. Law', Fat Works Fine", Chicago Tribune, November 7, 1991.
- ↑ Conchata Ferrell.
External links[]
- Conchata Ferrell article at Wikipedia
- Conchata Ferrell at the Internet Movie Database
