Jeanette Miller

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Jeanette Miller
OccupationActress
Years active1955–2015
Television The Middle (2009–2015)
Dexter (2006)
Friends (1998–1999)

Jeanette Miller was an American character actress who has appeared in theatre, film, and television series, best known as Aunt Edie on the ABC comedy series The Middle , which she played from 2009 until 2015, when her character was said to have died from old age. [1] In film, she appeared in Cold Heaven , The Truman Show , Norbit , Four Christmases , and Legion .

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Filmography

Features

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982Heart, Soul and PlasticElderly womanShort film
1991 Cold Heaven Sister Katarina
1998 The Truman Show Senior citizen
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Teacher
2001 Corky Romano Phyllis
The Medicine ShowOld Lady
Not Another Teen Movie Grandma Briggs
Stuck Fern
2002Duty DatingLouise
The Third Wheel Elderly woman
Stealing Harvard Grandma
The Warriors of the 14th FairwayMonaShort film
2007 Norbit Mrs. Coleman
2008 Quality Time Talk Show Guest
Four Christmases Gram-Gram
2010 Legion Gladys Foster
2011 The Change-Up Grandma Taylor

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1955 Lux Video Theatre PattyEpisode: "Forever Female"
1984 Riptide Aunt NellieEpisode: "Diamonds Are For Never"
Hardcastle and McCormick Lady in restaurantEpisode: "Whatever Happened to Guts?"
1985 Finder of Lost Love WomanEpisode: "Connections"
1986 Circle of Violence: A Family Drama Woman singerTV Movie
Throb Lady singerEpisode: "Bus of Dreams"
1987 Beauty and the Beast Old Woman #2Episode: "Siege"
1988 Night Court Kitten LatoucheEpisode: "Harry and the Tamp"
The Diamond TrapMrs. ValinTV Movie
1989 Quantum Leap Old LadyEpisode: "Play It Again, Seymour - April 14, 1953"
Designing Women EvelynEpisode: "The Wilderness Experience"
1991 Flesh 'n' Blood DorisEpisode: "Pulling out the Weeds"
Murphy Brown SecretaryEpisode: "Uh-Oh Part 2"
1992 Designing Women Elderly womanEpisode: "Love Letters"
Hearts Afire Mrs. RichmomEpisode: "While the Thomasons Slept"
1993 Evening Shade Virginia ClockeyEpisode: "Wood and Evan's Excellent Adventure"
1994 ER FloraEpisode: "The Gift"
1995 Saved by the Bell: The New Class Mrs. FrumkinEpisode: "Screech's Millions"
MADtv Grandma1 Episode
Murphy Brown Elderly womanEpisode: "The Humboldt Doldt"
1996 Step by Step Mrs. WhitneyEpisode: "Beautiful Ladies of Wrestling"
MADtv Elderly juror1 episode
Wings Grammy LynchEpisode: "Lynch Party"
Coach Old womanEpisode: "Somebody's Babe"
Malcolm & Eddie The Old LadyEpisode: "Little Sister"
A Case of LifeDemonstratorTV Movie
1997 Star Trek: Voyager The WomanEpisode: "Random Thougths"
1998 Seinfeld Old womanEpisode: "The Wizard"
Clueless ClaireEpisode: "Friends"
Suddenly Susan SusanEpisode: "Birds Do It, Bees Do It, Even Some of These Do It"
The Brian Benben Show Betty BolinskiEpisode: "Pilot"
The Tony Danza Show Mrs. NaufmanEpisode: " Take This Job And..."
Melrose Place Eve's GrandmotherEpisode: "Lethal Wedding 4"
Friends Elderly womanEpisode: "The One with the Inappropriate Sister" (Uncredited)
1999 Home Improvement VolunteerEpisode: "Love's Labor Lost: Part 2"
Replacing Dad Miss PughTV Movie
Friends Lurker2 episodes
Just Shoot Me! Mrs. CollinsEpisode: "Finch Gets Dick"
The Pretender Zoe's GrandmotherEpisode: "Road Trip"
The Norm Show Troop LeaderEpisode: "Norm vs Christmas"
2000 Charmed Adult Christina LarsonEpisode: "Pardon My Past"
Becker Mrs. BayerEpisode: "SuperBob"
2001 Jack & Jill Old WomanEpisode: "What Weddings Do to People" (Uncredited)
2001 Providence Aunt MaryEpisode: "Meet Joe Connelly"
2001-2002 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd Crazy Grandma Taylor3 episodes
2002 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch MildredEpisode: "Free Sabrina"
MDs BerniceEpisode: "Wing and a Prayer"
2003 The Bernie Mac Show Old WomanEpisode: "Maid Man"
SpongeBob SquarePants Mrs. Johnson (voice)Episode: "The Sponge Who Could Fly"
2004 I'm with Her LillianEpisode: "Poison Ivy" (Uncredited)
The Shield Isabel NelsonEpisode: "Bottom Bitch"
Malcolm in the Middle Elderly WomanEpisode: "Kitty's Back"
According to Jim Woman in Parking LotEpisode: "Stalking Santa"
2005 My Name Is Earl Woman with purseEpisode: "Randy's Touchdown"
2006 Kitchen Confidential Very Old LadyEpisode: "Let's Do Brunch"
My Name Is Earl Bus Stop LadyEpisode: "The Professor"
Dexter Elderly NeighborEpisode: "Fathers Knows Best"
2007 Scrubs BettyEpisode: "My No Good Reason"
2008 Carpoolers Mrs. Ducketts2 episodes
2009 ER BeverlyEpisode: "And in the End..."
2009 10 Things I Hate About You VernaEpisode: "Light My Fire"
2009-2012 The Middle Aunt Edie Freehold16 episodes
2010Elevator GirlLenoreTV Movie
Brothers & Sisters LouiseEpisode: "Cold Turkey"
2011 Perfect Couples Memaw2 episodes

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