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Helen Page Camp
American actress (1930–1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Helen Page Camp (December 27, 1930[citation needed] – August 1, 1991[1]) was an American actress.
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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
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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.
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Death
Camp died in Los Angeles, California after a stroke on August 1, 1991, at the age of 60.[1]
Filmography
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A partial list of roles in both film and television follows:
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