Priscilla Alden Morrill (June , â€" November , ) was an American
actress. She is best known for playing Edie Grant on the sitcom The
Mary Tyler Moore Show in and .Born and raised in Boston,
Massachusetts, Morrill attended the Carnegie Institute before making
her stage debut opposite John Carradine in Julius Caesar. She made her
Broadway debut in The Relapse with Cyril Ritchard.Morrill's first
television performance was on the Outer Limits episode "The Man with
the Power" in . She went on to guest star on numerous television
series, such as Barnaby Jones in the episode titled, “ The Last
Contract†(//); and television movies. Morrill had recurring roles on
Family, Bret Maverick, Santa Barbara, and Newhart.In addition to
guest-starring roles, she also co-starred in two short-lived series:
In the Beginning starring McLean Stevenson, and Baby Makes Five
starring Peter Scolari. Morrill made a guest appearance in MacGyver,
in the season two episode "D.O.A.: MacGyver" as Helen Wilson. She made
her last onscreen appearance on an episode of Coach in . Jean
Stapleton stated in an interview for the Archive of American
Television that Morrill was the stand-in for her in the ninth-season
episode of All in the Family, "A Girl Like Edith", in which Stapleton
had a dual role.
actress. She is best known for playing Edie Grant on the sitcom The
Mary Tyler Moore Show in and .Born and raised in Boston,
Massachusetts, Morrill attended the Carnegie Institute before making
her stage debut opposite John Carradine in Julius Caesar. She made her
Broadway debut in The Relapse with Cyril Ritchard.Morrill's first
television performance was on the Outer Limits episode "The Man with
the Power" in . She went on to guest star on numerous television
series, such as Barnaby Jones in the episode titled, “ The Last
Contract†(//); and television movies. Morrill had recurring roles on
Family, Bret Maverick, Santa Barbara, and Newhart.In addition to
guest-starring roles, she also co-starred in two short-lived series:
In the Beginning starring McLean Stevenson, and Baby Makes Five
starring Peter Scolari. Morrill made a guest appearance in MacGyver,
in the season two episode "D.O.A.: MacGyver" as Helen Wilson. She made
her last onscreen appearance on an episode of Coach in . Jean
Stapleton stated in an interview for the Archive of American
Television that Morrill was the stand-in for her in the ninth-season
episode of All in the Family, "A Girl Like Edith", in which Stapleton
had a dual role.
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