Recently Dead

Dody Goodman, the daffy comedian known for her frequent, very talkative guest spots on Jack Paar's late-night talk show in the 1950's and for her later gigs as Louise Lasser's mother on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and as the assistant principal in the Grease movies, died Sunday at Englewood Hospital in New Jersey. She was 93. Goodman, who'd been living in the Actors Fund Home in Englewood since October, had been ill for a long time. Dan Goggin, who put Goodman in his off-Broadway show, Nunsense, said, "Dody had the most impeccable comic timing. When we had her in the show, she was the only person on Earth who could walk on stage, say, 'Are you ready to start?' and bring the house down. Within seconds, the audience was eating out of her hand." (USA Today)

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