Georgia Bright Engel (born July 28, 1948, in Washington, D.C.) is an American film and television actress. She is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
She is probably best known as Georgette Franklin Baxter from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," on which Engel appeared from 1972 until the show ended in 1977. The role won her two Emmy nominations.
After that series ended, she teamed up with former "Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-star Betty White for "The Betty White Show" during its first and only (1977-1978) season. She then co-starred on the short-lived 1980 sitcom, "Goodtime Girls," as Loretta Smoot.
Engel also had recurring roles on "Coach" as Shirley Burleigh, and on "Everybody Loves Raymond" as Robert Barone's mother-in-law, Pat MacDougall.
She also starred as the voice of Love-a-Lot Bear in The Care Bears Movie (1985).
Engel later returned to her stage roots. In 2006, she appeared on Broadway in the musical, "The Drowsy Chaperone," with Sutton Foster and Edward Hibbert....
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