Los Angeles: Famous comedian and actor Mitzi McCall is no more in this world. According to Variety, McCall breathed her last on Thursday in Burbank. She was 93 years old.
McCall will always be remembered for her notable work as part of the comedy duo “McColl and Brill” with her husband, actor and comedian Charlie Brill. The pair became television identities, making appearances on numerous variety shows, including a memorable appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” during The Beatles’ American debut in 1964 – a moment that has since become television history.
McCall entered the world of showbiz in the late 1940s with a stage debut in 1948’s “Strange Bedfellows” at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. In the early 1950s, she hosted the Kiddie Castle program on KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, establishing herself as a versatile and engaging performer. By 1953, she began appearing on Studio 10 on KGTV in San Diego, California, reports Variety.
In a decades-spanning career, she appeared on shows such as “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”, “Life Goes On”, “Silk Stalkings”, “Seinfeld”, “Roseanne”, “Dharma & Greg”, “Becker”, “The Twilight Zone” and “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody”.
He also had a successful career as a voice-over artist, bringing characters to life in such animated series as “Snorks”, “Mother Goose and Grimm”, “The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show”, “The Flintstones” and “The Jetsons”. He also voiced the Glyptodon in the animated feature “Ice Age”.
McCall’s film career includes films such as “The White Palace”, “The Cry Baby Killer”, “Machine-Gun Kelly”, “War of the Satellites” and “Young at Heart”. He worked with entertainment legends such as Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin and Robin Williams.
She also worked as a screenwriter on television shows such as “Eight Is Enough”, “One Day at a Time”, “Alf” and “Charles in Charge”. According to her publicist, she was also a guide and light to many in the industry, known for her “warmth, generosity and unwavering support for fellow actors”.
Her survivors include her husband of 64 years, Charlie Brill, her daughter Jeannie, and nieces Toni Howard and Wendy Goldberg.
