Elmarie Wendel
{{Short description|American actress and singer (1928–2018)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox actor
| name = Elmarie Wendel
| image = elmarie wendel.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|11|23}}
| birth_place = Howard County, Iowa, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|7|21|1928|11|23}}
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| occupation = Actress, singer
| years_active = 1956–2018
| children = 1
| relatives =
}}
Elmarie Louise Wendel (November 23, 1928 –July 21, 2018)On April 11, 1930, in New Ogen Township, Howard County, Iowa, Elmarie L. Wendel's age is given for the census as "1 3/12" (i.e. 1 year and 3 months = 15 months); in the 1940 census in Cresco, Howard County, Iowa on April 10, 1940, her age is given as 11. Given her November birthdate this means she was born in 1928, not 1932.Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: New Oregon, Howard, Iowa; Roll: 659; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0014; Image: 159.0; FHL microfilm: 2340394. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Cresco, Howard, Iowa; Roll: T627_1167; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 45-19. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. was an American actress and singer best known as Mamie Dubcek on the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.
Early life
Born on a farm in Howard County, Iowa, one of five siblings, Wendel spent her childhood travelling with her musical parents and dancing with her sisters in and around the Midwest in club and concert hall venues,{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-elmarie-wendel-3rd-rock-from-the-sun-s-salty-mr-1827815678|title=R.I.P. Elmarie Wendel, 3rd Rock From The Sun's salty Mrs. Dubcek|last=Shoemaker|first=Allison|date=July 23, 2018|work=The A.V. Club|publisher=The Onion, Inc.|location=Chicago|access-date=July 25, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/4998158/elmarie-wendel-of-3rd-rock-from-the-sun-dies-at-89|title=Elmarie Wendel Of '3rd Rock From The Sun' Dies At 89|last=Hoahing|first=Cheryl A.|date=July 22, 2018|work=The Inquisitr|access-date=July 25, 2018}} including the Grand Ole Opry. She eventually made her way to New York City where she appeared in, among other productions, the original 1959 off-Broadway production of Little Mary Sunshine, starring Eileen Brennan and John McMartin.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/elmarie-wendel-dies-3rd-rock-from-the-sun-actress-1202431421|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722184521/https://deadline.com/2018/07/elmarie-wendel-dies-3rd-rock-from-the-sun-actress-1202431421/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2018|title=Elmarie Wendel Dies: '3rd Rock From The Sun' Actress Was 89|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=July 22, 2018|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=United States|access-date=July 25, 2018}}
Career
A national touring company of Annie took her to Los Angeles, where she made a successful transition into film and television. She garnered the role of the eccentric Mrs. Dubcek on 3rd Rock from the Sun. From 1996 to 2001, she appeared in about 70 episodes of the show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/elmarie-wendel/credits/189896/100004|title=Elmarie Wendel Credits: 3rd Rock From the Sun|work=TV Guide|publisher=NTVB Media|location=New York City|language=en|access-date=July 24, 2018}} She made appearances on such shows as Seinfeld, Love & War, Murphy Brown, Murder, She Wrote, and Empty Nest.{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/tv/2018/07/22/elmarie-wendel-3rd-rock-from-the-sun-actress-dies-89|title=Elmarie Wendel, '3rd Rock From the Sun' actress, dies at 89|last=Lenker|first=Maureen Lee|date=July 22, 2018|work=EW.com|access-date=July 25, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/elmarie-wendel-3rd-rock-from-the-sun-obit/|title=3rd Rock Actress Elmarie Wendel Passes Away at 89|last=Bell|first=Amanda|date=July 22, 2018|work=TV Guide|publisher=NTVB Media|location=New York City|access-date=July 25, 2018}} She appeared in And the Band Played On and Far from Home.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} She had a recurring role as Gina, a lascivious assembly line co-worker of the title character on George Lopez. In 2008, she appeared on General Hospital in the recurring role of Peg.{{cite news|last1=Eades|first1=Chris|title=GENERAL HOSPITAL Actress Elmarie Wendel Dead at 89|url=https://www.abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/general-hospital-elmarie-wendel-dead-163479|access-date=July 29, 2018|work=ABC Soaps In Depth|publisher=Bauer Media Group|date=July 23, 2018|location=United States}} Her musical theatre credits include Wonderful Town, Cole Porter Revisited, Little Mary Sunshine and Gigi.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
Personal life and death
Wendel's daughter, J.C. Wendel, is also an actress. Her death was announced on her daughter's Instagram on July 21, 2018.{{cite news|work=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Perez|first=Lexy|date=July 22, 2018|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/elmarie-wendeal-dead-3rd-rock-sun-star-dies-at-89-1129144|title=Elmarie Wendel, '3rd Rock From the Sun' Star, Dies at 89|publisher=Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group (Eldridge Industries)|location=Los Angeles|access-date=July 24, 2018}} No cause or place of death was given but Wendel had resided in Studio City, California, at the time of her death.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BlheeB1gFDH |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BlheeB1gFDH |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Jc Wendel on Instagram: "#ripelmariewendel you were a great mom and a badass dame. #thirdrockfromthesun #mrsdubcek #georgelopez #thegeorgelopezshow…"|website=Instagram|publisher=Facebook|location=United States|access-date=July 24, 2018}}{{cbignore}}
Filmography
= Film =
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes ! class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| 1982
| Crisis Counselor | {{cGuest}} | Episode: "Aging Woman" | |
| 1982
| Woman | Episode: "No Big Thing" | |
| 1985
| Mrs. Pardella | Episode: "State of Mind" | |
| 1987
| Jackie | Episode: "Sweet Charity" |{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/elmarie-wendel/credits/189896/|title=Elmarie Wendel List of Movies and TV Shows|work=TV Guide|publisher=NTVB Media|location=New York City|language=en|access-date=July 24, 2018}} |
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| Bag Lady | Episode: "Breaking in Is Hard to Do" | |
| She Said No
| {{cGuest}} | Television film directed by John Patterson concerning acquaintance rape | {{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414716/she-said-no#credits|title=She Said No|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|location=Atlanta|access-date=July 16, 2017}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbdlQ1SlntMC&q=She+Said+No+%28TV+Movie%29&pg=PT271|title=Children, Adolescents, and the Media|first1=Victor C.|last1=Strasburger|first2=Barbara J.|last2=Wilson|first3=Amy B.|last3=Jordan|publisher=SAGE Publications|location=Thousand Oaks, California|edition=3rd|year=2013|isbn=978-1-4129-9926-7}} |
| rowspan="3" | 1991
| Babes | Sister Katherine | Episode: "All Bummed Out" | |
| Murphy Brown
| Mrs. Beale | Episode: "Everytime It Rains... You Get Wet" | |
| Major Dad
| Mona | Episode: "On the Line" |
| rowspan="3" | 1992
| Vivian | Episode: "Charley for President" |
| Seinfeld
| Helene | Episode: "The Trip" |
| Santa Barbara
| Landlady | Episode: "Ep 2,053" | |
| rowspan="3" | 1993
| Nurse Receptionist | Episode: "The Petrified Florist" | |
| Love & War
| Maude | Episode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me" | |
| The Pink Panther
| {{cGuest}} | Episode: "Pilgrim Panther/That Old Pink Magic" | |
| rowspan="2"| 1994
| Empty Nest | Agnes | Episode: "The Ballad of Shady Pines" | |
| Weird Science
| Mrs. Wilder | Episode: "She's Alive" (Pilot) | |
| 1996–2001
| Mrs. Dubcek | {{Plain list |
}} |
| 1998
| Jenny | Doris | Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Merger" | |
| 2000
| Doris Rabbit | Voice, episode: "Driving Misses Daggett/Big" | |
| 2001–2002
| Susan Hornby | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
| 2003–2007
| Gina Sorenstam | Recurring role, 12 episodes |
| 2008
| Peg | {{Plain list |
}} |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Beverley Billingsley | Voice, episode: "Stanny Boy and Frantastic" | |
| Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
| Paula | Episode: "Devotion" | |
| 2014
| The Exes | Ruthie | Episode: "The Old Man and the Holly" | |
= Video games =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes ! class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2015
| Mandy Stiles / Cathy / Pulowski Preservation Shelter | | {{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/09/05/bethesda-completes-recording-of-fallout-4-39-s-111-000-lines-of-dialogue.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151114045632/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/09/05/bethesda-completes-recording-of-fallout-4-39-s-111-000-lines-of-dialogue.aspx|url-status=live|archive-date=November 14, 2015|title=Bethesda Completes Recording Of Fallout 4's 111,000 Lines Of Dialogue|first=Kyle|last=Hilliard|magazine=Game Informer|publisher=GameStop|location=Minneapolis|date=September 5, 2015|access-date=July 19, 2017}} |
| 2018
| Pulowski Preservation Shelter | Posthumous release |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0920800}}
- {{iobdb name|27330}}
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Category:American television actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American voice actresses
Category:American video game actresses
Category:American musical theatre actresses
Category:People from Howard County, Iowa
Category:Place of death missing
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:20th-century American actresses