Marge Redmond
Biography
Marge Redmond was an American actress and singer who began performing with her high school drama group and later worked in musicals for stock companies in Cleveland. She became known for her role as Sister Jacqueline on the ABC sitcom The Flying Nun, which ran from 1967 to 1970, and she earned an Emmy nomination as a supporting actress in a comedy. Her television guest work included Ben Casey, Perry Mason, Law & Order, and a recurring role on Matlock. She also portrayed Sarah Tucker, the innkeeper in a series of 1970s Cool Whip commercials. Her films included The Trouble with Angels (1966), The Fortune Cookie (1966), Family Plot (1976), and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993). On stage, she understudied for Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing and for Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd, appeared in the 1981 Broadway staging of The Dresser, and took an Off-Broadway part in The Exact Center of the Universe in 1999. She died in 2020.
95years old at death
- Born Cleveland
- Died West Hills
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Marjorie Redmond
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 27 years1966 to 1993
Every film, newest first
- 1993Hear No EvilIMDb rating 5.0
- 1993Manhattan Murder MysteryIMDb rating 7.3
- 1976Family PlotIMDb rating 6.8
- 1966The Fortune CookieIMDb rating 7.2
- 1966The Trouble with AngelsIMDb rating 7.3
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Getting ready for a role
Marge Redmond's stage work included understudying Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing, and much later she did the same for Angela Lansbury in the original Broadway run of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd.
A change of course
Redmond was well known for playing Sarah Tucker, a sage innkeeper, in a series of Cool Whip television commercials during the 1970s.
Marge Redmond movies on Netflix
Hear No Evilas Mrs. Kendall
Manhattan Murder Mysteryas Mrs. Gladys Dalton
Family Plotas Vera Hannagan
The Fortune Cookieas Charlotte Gingrich
The Trouble with Angelsas Sister Liguori
Worked with
Marge Redmond made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.










Films together
Bruce Dern1 film together, 1976
Bruce Dern's page Family Plot1976IMDb rating 6.8Redmond as Vera HannaganDern as George Lumley
Martin Sheen1 film together, 1993
Martin Sheen's page Hear No Evil1993IMDb rating 5.0Redmond as Mrs. KendallSheen as Lt. Brock
Ed Lauter1 film together, 1976
Ed Lauter's page Family Plot1976IMDb rating 6.8Redmond as Vera HannaganLauter as Joseph Maloney
Anjelica Huston1 film together, 1993
Anjelica Huston's page Manhattan Murder Mystery1993IMDb rating 7.3Redmond as Mrs. Gladys DaltonHuston as Marcia Fox
Diane Keaton1 film together, 1993
Diane Keaton's page Manhattan Murder Mystery1993IMDb rating 7.3Redmond as Mrs. Gladys DaltonKeaton as Carol Lipton
Karen Black1 film together, 1976
Karen Black's page Family Plot1976IMDb rating 6.8Redmond as Vera HannaganBlack as Fran
Woody AllenDirector, 1 film, 1993
All films by Woody Allen Manhattan Murder Mystery1993IMDb rating 7.3Redmond as Mrs. Gladys Dalton
Alfred HitchcockDirector, 1 film, 1976
All films by Alfred Hitchcock Family Plot1976IMDb rating 6.8Redmond as Vera Hannagan
Billy WilderDirector, 1 film, 1966
All films by Billy Wilder The Fortune Cookie1966IMDb rating 7.2Redmond as Charlotte Gingrich
Online
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