Veteran comedian-actor Mitzi McCall is no longer with us. DiversityMcCall died Thursday in Burbank. She was 93.
McCall will always be remembered for her notable work as part of the comedy duo McCall and Brill with her husband, actor and comedian Charlie Brill. The pair became a television icon, making appearances on a number of variety shows. One of those memorable shows is 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 her first appearance on stage at the Pittsburgh Playhouse in ‘Strange Bedfellows.’ 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 had begun appearing on Studio 10 on KGTV in San Diego, California. In a decades-long 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 and Cody,
He also had a successful career as a voice-over artist, bringing characters to life in animated series such as The Snorks, Mother Goose and Grimm, The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, The Flintstones And The Jetsons. He also voiced Glyptodon in the animated feature Ice Age,
MacColl’s film career included the following roles 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. He also worked as a screenwriter on television shows such as Eight is enough, one day at a time, Alf And Charles in charge.
She was also a guide and light to many in the industry, known for her “warmth, generosity and unwavering support for her fellow actors,” according to her publicist. Her survivors include her husband of 64 years, Charlie Brill, her daughter Jeannie, and nieces Toni Howard and Wendy Goldberg.
