Dody Goodman

Dody Goodman was an American actress who specialized in character roles and had a distinctive high-pitched voice. Born Dolores Goodman in Columbus, Ohio, she studied dramatics at Northwestern University and attended two ballet schools before making her Broadway debut in 1941. She drew notice for dancing solos in High Button Shoes (1947) and Wonderful Town (1953), and in 1955 she stopped the show Off Broadway in Shoestring Revue. On television she became a semi-regular on The Tonight Show in the 1950s, then played the mother of the title character on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Later roles included Diff'rent Strokes, Punky Brewster, and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour. Her films included Grease (1978), Grease 2 (1982), and Splash (1984), and she voiced Miss Miller in Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Chipmunk Adventure (1987). She was nominated for an Emmy in 1958 and a Drama Desk Award in 1984.