Beverly Sanders

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Beverly Sanders
Occupation(s) Comedian, actress, voice artist
Years active1962–present

Beverly Sanders is an American actress, comedian, and voice artist.

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Biography

Sanders is married to Harvey Newmark, first bass violist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. [1]

On television, Sanders has appeared in guest roles on several series' including Emergency! , Kojak , The Mary Tyler Moore Show , Rhoda , Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman , The Love Boat , Quincy, M.E. , Barney Miller and Night Court . Sanders was a regular on the NBC sitcom Lotsa Luck for one season during 1973-74. Her feature film credits include Magic (1978) and And Justice for All (1979).

Sanders starred in a one-woman show on stage entitled Yes Sir, That's My Baby in the 1990s. She began writing the play after taking a UCLA writing class. The show details her failure to conceive a baby being more than 40 years old and frustrations of the adoption process.[ citation needed ]

Sanders has appeared in more than 300 TV commercials. She played the Arm & Hammer Baking Soda spokesperson Louise for nearly a decade. [2]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971–1972 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Rayette, the waitress3 episodes
1972 Love, American Style Carol Baxter"Love and the Unbearable Fiance"
1972 Ironside SalesladyEpisode: "Who'll Cry for My Baby"
1973 Emergency! Leslie NobleEpisode: "Honest"
1973–1974 Lotsa Luck Olive SwannSeries regular, 22 episodes
1974 Sanford and Son Nora SimpsonEpisode: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker"
1974–1977 Rhoda Susan AlbornRecurring character, 6 episodes
1974 Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers BambiEpisode: "A Date with Robert"
1975 Kojak StellaEpisode: "Queen of the Gypsies"
1975 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Susan MillerEpisode: "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose"
1975 Kate McShane Episode: "Accounts Receivable"
1975 Queen of the Stardust Ballroom DianeTV movie
1976 The Love Boat Rita MerritTV movie pilot for series
1976HickeyNettyUnsold TV pilot, written & directed by Alan Alda
1976 Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby Hollywood columnistTV movie
1977 The McLean Stevenson Show FannyEpisode: "Money Troubles"
1977 Family Mrs. GilroyEpisode: "We Love You, Miss Jessup"
1977–1978 C.P.O. Sharkey Chief Gypsy Koch3 episodes
1978SparrowTammyTV movie
1978 Fantasy Island Stephanie MarieEpisode: "Bet a Million/Mr. Irresistible"
1978 Barney Miller Lorraine SiegelEpisode: "The Kidnapping" (hour-long episode)
1979 Quincy, M.E. NurseEpisode: "For the Benefit of My Patients"
1980 Hart to Hart Mrs. Ann MagerEpisode: "A Question of Innocence"
1980–1981 One Day at a Time SelmaEpisodes: "Triple Play"; "Out of Bounds"
1980 Trapper John, M.D. Meter MaidEpisode: "Hot Line"
1981 It's a Living BarbaraEpisode: "Up on the Roof"
1981 CHiPs Muriel HigginsEpisode: "Home Fires Burning"
1981 Mork & Mindy Caroline McConnellEpisode: "Mork and the Family Reunion"
1982 The Fall Guy Episode: "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harold"
1982 Too Close for Comfort Nurse GaynorEpisode: "Seventh Month Blues"
1983 The Other Woman Linda GleasonTV movie
1984 Lottery! Episode: "Miami: Sharing"
1984 St. Elsewhere Mitzi Clarenden2 episodes
1985 Cover Up Dee Dee PeireEpisode: "Who's Trying to Kill Miss Globe?"
1985–1986 Too Close for Comfort Marsha3 episodes
1985 The Jetsons (voice)Episode: "Elroy in Wonderland"
1985 Amazing Stories SusanEpisode: "Guilt Trip"
1986 Mary Episode: "The Death Threat"
1987 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius Mrs. RobinsonTV movie
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Mrs. SchluterEpisode: "Sons of Gunz"
1987 Full House Mindy GladstoneEpisode: "The Return of Grandma"
1988 Night Court Mrs. CooperEpisode: "Hit the Road, Jack"
1988Annie McGuireHillaryEpisode: "The Ferry"
1988 Duet Mrs. McGeeEpisode: "One Man Out"
1989 Moonlighting Adelaide SappermanEpisode: "When Girls Collide"
1990 A Family for Joe Doctor BennettTV movie
1990Thanksgiving DayRusty CareyTV movie
1992 Capitol Critters (voice)Episode: "Of Thee I Sting"
1992 Delta Mrs. Shirley RatiganEpisode: "The Cabin and the Credit Card"
1994 The George Carlin Show TammiEpisode: "George Gets Caught in the Middle"
1995 Kirk CashierEpisode: "Night at the Movies"
1996 The Faculty Mrs. WilsonEpisode: "Opportunity Knockers"
1996 Baywatch Ethel BeeberEpisode: "Buried"
1997PaybackBarbaraTV movie
1997 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Chair (voice)Episode: "A River of Candy Corn Runs Through It"
2002 Leap of Faith EmployeeEpisode: "Pilot"
2002 Providence Episode: "Things Have Changed"
2004 Grounded for Life NunEpisode: "Mystery Dance"
2004 Charmed Mrs. MullenEpisode: "Charmed Noir"
2005 Veronica Mars Elaine Van LoweEpisode: "Kanes and Abel's"
2007All I Want for ChristmasMrs. CTV movie
2008–2009 Entourage Eric's Receptionist3 episodes
2010 Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster Wanda GrubwortTV movie

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 ...And Justice for All Sherry
1978 Magic Laughing Lady
1986 Just Between Friends Judy
1986The Malibu Bikini ShopBerta Hilgard
1996Shooting LilyMary (Lily's Mom)
2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Photographer
2005Behind the CurtainJessica ZielinskiShort film
2012The Debt CollectorEvelyn PearlShort film

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  2. "Beverly Sanders". Women in Theater. Retrieved February 4, 2021.