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Jane Connell, Agnes Gooch of ‘Mame,’ Is Dead at 87
By JOHN SCHWARTZSEPT. 25, 2013
Jane Connell, a character actress best known for her portrayal of Agnes Gooch, the mousy secretary to the title character in the musical “Mame,” died on Sunday in Englewood, N.J. She was 87.
Her daughter Maggie Connell confirmed the death, at the Lillian Booth Actors Home of the Actors Fund.
Ms. Connell’s comedic flair tickled audiences for nearly six decades as she made her way from California nightclubs to the Broadway stage and beyond. In 1971, writing in The New York Times, Mel Gussow applauded her portrayal of Mrs. Hardcastle in a production of “She Stoops to Conquer.”
“She strides through this production with grace and confidence, never playing for laughs, but getting most of them,” he wrote, adding, “One would like to see her in Molière, Sheridan and Shaw.”
She performed in a dozen Broadway shows, including the revue “New Faces of 1956” and two productions of Jerry Herman’s “Mame,” with Angela Lansbury, in 1966 and 1983.
She also played Agnes Gooch in the 1974 movie version, starring Lucille Ball as Mame. There were nearly as many Off Broadway shows, including the acclaimed 1954 production of “The Threepenny Opera,” starring Lotte Lenya, as well as national tours, regional productions and a great deal of television. She appeared on sitcoms like “All in the Family,” “M*A*S*H” and “Bewitched” (she played Queen Victoria, among other roles) and, perhaps inevitably, “Law & Order.”
Jane Connell, left, sings "Gooch's Song" to Angela Lansbury in the 1967 Broadway production of "Mame." Credit Leo Friedman
“Being a child of the Depression, she said, ‘I never, ever want to be out of work,’ ” the actor Peter Ratray, a close friend of the Connell family, recounted. Jane Sperry Bennett was born on Oct. 27, 1925, in Oakland, Calif. In 1948 she married Gordon Connell, a fellow actor and musician, who survives her, along with her daughters, Maggie and Melissa Connell.
The Connells worked in some of the most famous nightclubs of the day, performing musical revues at clubs including the Purple Onion and the hungry i in San Francisco and Le Ruban Bleu and Upstairs at the Downstairs in New York. A Times review by Arthur Gelb of a 1962 Off Broadway revue, “No Shoestrings,” called Ms. Connell “one of our most gifted comediennes.”
“She has a comical way of puffing up her face like a pouter pigeon and of hitting a high note with a kind of hysterical relief that she got there,” Mr. Gelb wrote.
In later years Ms. Connell had a wealth of Broadway roles. “Everybody was rediscovering this funny older actress,” her agent, Steven Unger, said.She appeared on Broadway in three shows written by Ken Ludwig: “Lend Me a Tenor” in 1989, the Gershwin musical “Crazy for You” in 1992 and “Moon Over Buffalo,” starring Carol Burnett, in 1995. She was also in Mr. Ludwig’s “Leading Ladies,” which did not reach Broadway, in 2004. Her last Broadway role, in 2001, was in “The Full Monty,” a musical adaptation of the hit 1997 film; she took over as Jeanette, the jaded pianist, after the death of Kathleen Freeman, who created the role on Broadway. Maggie Connell said that her mother loved the life of a character actor,
Jane D Bennett of San Bruno, San Mateo County, CA was born on January 8, 1924, and died at age 79 years old on September 11, 2003. Jane Bennett was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery
Section CA Site 2766 1300 Sneath Lane, in San Bruno.
Jane Elizabeth Bennett of Green Bay, Brown County, South Carolina was born on March 15, 1920, and died at age 88 years old on April 27, 2008. Jane Bennett was buried at Beaufort National Cemetery
Section 51 Site 127 1601 Boundary Street, in Beaufort.
Jane L Bennett of San Antonio, Bexar County, TX was born on April 2, 1929, and died at age 69 years old on August 28, 1998. Jane Bennett was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery
Section CH Site 10 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio.
Jane Jane (Bennett) Dare of Northcote Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Bennett Dare.
Jane Jane (Bennett) Brain of Melbourne Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Bennett Brain.
Jane A Bennett of Tyler County, TX was born circa 1955. Jane Bennett was married to Ronnie Bennett on January 30, 1981 in Tyler County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane A. (Barnes) Bennett.
Jane (Livingstone) Bennett of Ballarat Australia, was married to Robert Bennett, and has a child Ella Bennett. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Livingstone Bennett.
Jane (Cairns) Bennett was born on August 11, 1835 at Musselboro (Musselburgh) Edinburgh Co, Scotland, and died at age 92 years old in 1927 at Boone, Boone, Iowa. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Cairns.
Jane C Bennett of TX was born circa 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane C. (Becker) Bennett.
Jane E Bennett of TX was born circa 1964. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane E. (Salkeld) Bennett.
Jane E Bennett of TX was born circa 1955. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane E. (Mccavanaugh) Bennett.
Jane L Bennett of TX was born circa 1945. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane L. (Restivo) Bennett.
Jane Bennett of TX was born circa 1948. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane (Campbell) Bennett.
Jane Bennett of TX was born circa 1945. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane (Brumlow) Bennett.
Jane Bennett of TX was born circa 1946. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane (Hicks) Bennett.
Jane Bennett of TX was born circa 1945. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane (Norris) Bennett.
Jane Bennett of TX was born circa 1948. Jane Bennett was married to Robert Graham Bennett on July 5, 1966 in Tarrant County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane (Clyde) Bennett.
Jane Bennett of TX was born circa 1947. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane (Hall) Bennett.
Jane Bennett of TX was born circa 1934. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane (Kimbrow) Bennett.
Jane Sue (Bennett) Hagerman was born to Della Edith Bennett and James Edward Bennett, and has siblings James Franklin Bennett and June Ann Spaleny (Bennett). Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Sue Hagerman (Bennett).
Jane Marie Bennett was born on April 11, 1955, and died on October 9, 1955. Jane Bennett was buried at Black Hills National Cemetery
Section A Site 511 20901 Pleasant Valley Drive, in Sturgis, Sd. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Marie Bennett.
Jane A Bennett was born on October 8, 1917, and died at age 83 years old on October 29, 2000. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane A Bennett.
Jane A Bennett of Salinas, Monterey County, CA was born on June 20, 1938, and died at age 71 years old on April 29, 2010.
Jane Catherine Bennett of Sartell, Stearns County, Minnesota was born on June 12, 1946, and died at age 64 years old on December 8, 2010.
Jane Bennett of Laguna Hills, Orange County, California was born on December 24, 1935, and died at age 38 years old in June 1974.
Jane Bennett of Salinas, Monterey County, California was born on June 22, 1897, and died at age 78 years old in February 1976.
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