Connell Family History & Genealogy

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,

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Connell.

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Louise Marie (Hagen) Connell of Portland, Cumberland County, ME was born on April 14, 1898, and died at age 88 years old on May 27, 1986 in Portland. Louise Connell was buried at Calvary Cemetery 1461 Broadway, in South Portland.

Jane Christine (Connell) Pinette was born in 1937 to Louise Marie (Hagen) Connell and George Callan Connell, and had a sister Anne Louise (Connell) Coughland. She married James L Splude on January 10, 1955 in Maine United States, and they were married until James' death on June 23, 1993. They had children Dennis J. Splude, Richard Anthony Splude Sr., Jeffrey Michael Splude, Michelle M. (Splude), Jane C Splude, James L Splude, Cynthia L. Splude, and Kathleen M. (Splude) Simpson. She married Earnest Pinkham, and they were married until Earnest's death. She married Dennis Wayne Pinette Sr., and they were married until Dennis' death. Jane Pinette died at age 83 years old on January 16, 2021 at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Cumberland County, and was buried at Brooklawn Memorial Park 2002 Congress St, in Portland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Christine (Connell) Pinette.

The Argus, Melbourne. 9th January 1928. Funeral Notices. CONNELL.- The Friends of Miss ELIZABETH CONNELL, ( for many years with Gibaud and Sons, Fitzroy ), are respectively invited to follow her remains to the place of interment, the Melbourne General Cemetery. The funeral will leave her residence, 93 Raglan- Street, Port Melbourne, This Day, Monday January 9, at 11 o'clock. JOSIAH HOLDSWORTH, Funeral Director Lygon street, Carlton. P. J. GIBAUD and SONS, Brush Manufacturers, Fitzroy.

Gerard Joseph Connell was born circa 1962 in Glasgow, Glasgow City County, Scotland United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gerard Joseph Connell.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Evelyn Connell.

Frances Teresa (Connell) Bazerghi was born circa 1960 in Glasgow, Glasgow City County, Scotland United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frances Teresa Bazerghi.

John Connell was born in 1855 to William Cochrane Connell and Agnes Ruby Barr (McDougald) Connell, and had siblings Robert Connell, Alexander Connell, Elizabeth Connell, Agnes Barr (Connell) Hogan, Catherine (Connell) Edwards, and William Cochrane Connell. John Connell died at age 59 years old on July 20, 1915 at Glenferrie in Hawthorn, Boroondara City County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Connell.

Thomas Patrick Connell III was born on March 6, 1958 in Glasgow, Glasgow City County, Scotland United Kingdom, and died at age 64 years old on January 16, 2023 in Peterborough, Peterborough County, ON Canada. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thomas Patrick Connell III.

William Connell was born in 1848, and had a brother James Connell.. He was married to Rebecca (Bidgood) Connell, and had children Alice (Connell) Douglas, Ellen (Connell) Moulynox, Rose Green, James Connell, Ada Harris, Isobel Kerr ( Connell, and Evelyn Connell. William Connell died at age 58 years old on July 13, 1907 in Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula Shire County, VIC Australia, and was buried at Dromana Cemetery in Arthurs Seat. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Connell.

Nicholas Andrew Connell was born on April 1, 1967 in Hamilton, Hamilton County, ON Canada to Frances Theresa Connell and Thomas Patrick Connell Jr., and had siblings Margaret Mary Elmhirst, Thomas Patrick Connell III, Frances Teresa Bazerghi, Gerard Joseph Connell, Joseph Edward Connell, Mary Bernadette Connell, and Christina Elizabeth Smith. He married Diane Elizabeth Connell in 1993 in Hamilton, Hamilton County, Ontario and they later divorced in 2005 in Hamilton. He had children Nicholas James Connell and Sarah Elizabeth Connell. Nicholas Connell died at age 43 years old on November 23, 2010 at Hamilton General Hospital 237 Barton St E, in Hamilton, ON. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nicholas Andrew Connell.

Charles Wilson Connell of Collingwood, City of Yarra County, VIC Australia was born in 1868 in Beaufort, Pyrenees Shire County, and died at age 55 years old in 1923 in Collingwood, City of Yarra County.

Christina Elizabeth (Connell) Smith was born circa 1966 in Hamilton, Hamilton County, ON Canada to Frances Theresa Connell and Thomas Patrick Connell Jr., and has siblings Margaret Mary Elmhirst, Thomas Patrick Connell III, Frances Teresa Bazerghi, Gerard Joseph Connell, Joseph Edward Connell, Mary Bernadette Connell, and Nicholas Andrew Connell. Christina Smith married Christopher Edgar Smith in 1988 in Hamilton, Hamilton County, Ontario, and has children Alexander Joseph Smith, Julian Christopher Smith, Sebastian Gabriel Smith, Joseph Patrick Smith, Oliver Sebastian Smith, Christopher Edgar Smith Jr., Benjamin Patrick Smith, and Stella Marie Smith. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Christina Elizabeth Smith.

Mary Ann (O'Neil) Connell of Hawthorn, City of Boroondara County, VIC Australia was born circa 1838. She was married to Michael Connell in 1908, and had children Margaret Winifred Connell, James Nicodemus Connell, William Ascension Connell, Michael Ligouri Connell, Dominic Vincent Connell, Gregory Augustine Connell, Jane Elizabeth Connell, Evelyn Mary Connell, Mary Lucy Connell, Robert Cyprian Connell, Agnes Honora Connell, and John Theodore Connell. Mary Connell died at age 75 years old on June 23, 1914 in Hawthorn.

Joseph Edward Connell was born circa 1964 in Glasgow, Glasgow City County, Scotland United Kingdom to Frances Theresa Connell and Thomas Patrick Connell Jr., and has siblings Margaret Mary Elmhirst, Thomas Patrick Connell III, Frances Teresa Bazerghi, Gerard Joseph Connell, Mary Bernadette Connell, Christina Elizabeth Smith, and Nicholas Andrew Connell. He married Susan Ann Connell in 1990 in Hamilton, Hamilton County, Ontario Canada and they later divorced in 2002 in Hamilton Canada. They had children Emily Ann Connell and John William Connell. He also married Margaret Mary Connell in 2003 in Hamilton, Hamilton County Canada. They had a child William Joseph Connell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph Edward Connell.

Annie (Connell) McDermott was born at Ireland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Annie (Connell) McDermott.