An actress who starred on a beloved 80s sitcom and appeared in projects featuring comedy legends Rodney Dangerfield and Robin Williams was spotted in Los Angeles.
This star, 76, portrayed matriarch Marsha Cameron Owens in the 80s series Mr. Belvedere, a sitcom following an English butler working for an American family.
She also had a minor role in the hit series Mork & Mindy, the show starring the late Robin Williams as the titular extraterrestrial.
It wasn’t just small screens this actress graced either, this star landing the part as Dangerfield’s girlfriend in the 1992 sports-comedy Ladybugs.
This multi-talented leading lady even delighted audiences on Broadway.
Can you guess who this talented actress is?
An actress who starred on a beloved 80s sitcom and worked alongside comedy legends Rodney Dangerfield and Robin Williams was spotted in Los Angeles
If you guessed Ilene Graff, you were right!
Graff appeared to be running errands while out in Los Angeles on Tuesday, lightly bundled up for a brisk winter day.
The Hollywood icon opted for a casual yet classic look for her outing.
Sunglasses over her eyes, she protected against a chill with a white zip-up sweater, brown slacks, and white trainers.
A bold red manicure injected some Hollywood glam into her look.
Graff’s acting resume boasts several project featuring leading legends and time on The Great White Way.
She portrayed Sandy in Grease and even conceiving of the role of Cleo in I Love My Wife.
On screen, Graff appeared in two episodes of the comedy series Mork & Mindy, the classic sitcom starring the late Robin Williams as an alien from out of space who befriends Mindy McConnell (Pam Dawber).
She also played the late Rodney Dangerfield’s girlfriend in the 1992 comedy Ladybugs.
However, she is perhaps best known for her role in Mr. Belvedere.
The show ran from 1985 to 1990 and followed an English butler working for an American family
If you guessed Mr. Belvedere Ilene Graff, you were right!
Graff appeared to be running errands during her sunny day out
She kept it casual in a cream zip-down sweater and brown slacks
Originating from Gwen Davenport’s 1947 novel Belvedere, and further popularized by the 1948 film Sitting Pretty, the series centers around an English butler named Lynn Aloysius Belvedere.
Christopher Hewett portrayed the titular butler, while Bob Uecker — who passed away in January at the age of 90 — played George Owens, the head of the American family he serves.
The show also starred Rob Stone as Kevin Owens, Brice Beckham as Wesley T. Owens, and of course Graff as Marsha Cameron Owens, a law student and mother.
They shot their final episode after five years on air in 1990, a day Graff remembers well.
‘It was terrible,’ she told Rewind Magazine. ‘I mean the show wasn’t terrible, but the emotions were running high. I think most of our major emotions came out during the first show of the night, the dress rehearsal, which is also on tape that they use.
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Graff, pictured 1985 for Mr. Belvedere, played mother and law student Marsha Cameron Owens
‘Emotions were running high,’ Graff said of filming the final episode
‘That’s when the shock of it kind of hit. So that by the time we did the second taping, we were a little bit more under control and not sobbing.’
Graff has stayed in touch with her castmates and even refers to her on-screen children as her ‘kids.’
‘Knowing things were never going to be the same, but I’m happy to report that we have maintained relationships all through the years.
‘I still refer to the kids as “my kids” – as opposed to my daughter, my biological daughter. But when there’s “my kids” – and people always know who I’m talking about. We have stayed in touch, and we do get together. So, it was wonderful.’