Ann Morgan Guilbert Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Chlotrudis Award and a Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast for "Please Give" in 2010 and 2011
• Won the Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress for her role in the play "The Immigrant: A Hamilton County Album" in 1988
• Won the Robert Altman Independent Spirit Award for "Please Give" in 2011
• Graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Speech and Drama in 1950
• Her Broadway debut in "The Billy Barnes Revue" was produced by her late husband George Eckstein, whom she met at Stanford
• Best known for her role as Millie Helper in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and as Yetta Rosenberg in "The Nanny․"
• She originally planned to follow her father, a VA physician, into medicine and studied to be a nurse before discovering her love for acting in a Stanford production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin․"
• Got her role on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" because writer and producer Carl Reiner was a fan of "The Billy Barnes Revue" and kept her in mind when casting his show