[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/bibi-osterwald-wikipedia\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/bibi-osterwald-wikipedia\/","headline":"Bibi Osterwald – Wikipedia","name":"Bibi Osterwald – Wikipedia","description":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American actress Bibi Osterwald Born Margaret Virginia Osterwald (1920-02-03)February 3, 1920[1] Died January 2, 2002(2002-01-02)","datePublished":"2017-05-14","dateModified":"2017-05-14","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c1\/BibiO.jpg\/220px-BibiO.jpg","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c1\/BibiO.jpg\/220px-BibiO.jpg","height":"349","width":"220"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/bibi-osterwald-wikipedia\/","wordCount":2203,"articleBody":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaAmerican actressBibi OsterwaldBornMargaret Virginia Osterwald(1920-02-03)February 3, 1920[1]DiedJanuary 2, 2002(2002-01-02) (aged\u00a081)OccupationActressYears\u00a0active1944\u20132002SpouseJustin Arndt (m. 1951\u20132002; her death)Children1Margaret Virginia “Bibi” Osterwald (February 3, 1920 \u2013 January 2, 2002) was an American actress.Table of ContentsLife and career[edit]Filmography[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Life and career[edit]Osterwald was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey,[2] the daughter of Dagmar (Kvastad) and Rudolf August Osterwald, a hotel owner.[3][4]As a student, Osterwald appeared in the Catholic University semi-pro revue in Washington, D.C., in August 1942.[4] She gained acting experience in five years of work in summer stock theatre in Rockville, Maryland.[5] She starred in Ten Nights in a Barroom at the Willard Hotel for 8 weeks starting in mid-August 1943. She then pursued a career on the New York stage. The Central Opera House [NYC], seating 2000, introduced Osterwald leading in Broken Hearts of Broadway in June 1944. “Miss Osterwald is on Broadway as one of the outstanding participants in ‘Sing Out, Sweet Land.’ What is more, next to stars Alfred Drake and Burl Ives, she has received the loudest praise of those critics who saw the play out of town. Its road tour Included Hartford, Boston and Philadelphia.” -December 28, 1944.[citation needed]Osterwald went on to appear in such Broadway shows as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Bus Stop, and The Golden Apple, for which she won an Outer Critics Circle Award in 1953.[6]Starting in the late 1940s, Osterwald began appearing on television, continuing to do so through the end of 2001. She was best known for her television role of Stella O’Brien, the cranky housekeeper for the Hathaway family on the soap opera, Where the Heart Is in the 1970s and also as Mrs. Sophie Steinberg, the mother of David Birney and mother-in-law of Meredith Baxter on the comedy series, Bridget Loves Bernie.[7]:\u200a136\u200a In 1982, she originated the role of Nanny McTavish, Holly Sutton’s long-time confidante, on General Hospital. Her other roles included Mrs. Nakamura on The Absent-Minded Professor (1988).[7] She was also a regular on The S.S. Holiday (1950),[7]:\u200a1008\u200aThe Imogene Coca Show (1954),[7]:\u200a499\u200aCaptain Billy’s Showboat (1948)[7]:\u200a159\u200a and Front Row Center (1949).[7]:\u200a370\u200aIn the years just prior to her death in 2002, she was a voice actress for the cartoon series Rugrats. She also appeared in several films, including Parrish (1961), The World of Henry Orient (1964) (in which she had the role of Erica “Boothy” Booth), A Fine Madness (1966), Bank Shot (1974), Caddyshack II (1988) and As Good as It Gets (1997).[citation needed]Outside of acting, she was a frequent participant on the Ben Bagley’s Revisited series of famous pop composers including albums of rarities by Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart Vol.2  and Frank Loesser.  Osterwald was a practicing Catholic and a registered Republican.[4]On January 2, 2002, Osterwald died of a lung ailment in Burbank, California, at age 81.[8]Filmography[edit]References[edit]^ “Actress Bibi Osterwald, Original Dolly Standby, Is Dead at 81”. Playbill. January 14, 2002.^ Lentz, Harris M., III (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. pp.\u00a0227\u2013228. ISBN\u00a09780786452071. Retrieved March 24, 2019.^ “Bibi Osterwald Biography”. filmreference.com. Retrieved April 16, 2015.^ a b c An Interview With Bibi Osterwald, Skip E. Lowe, 1992^ Francis, Robert (June 18, 1944). “Candid Close-ups”. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. p.\u00a021. Retrieved March 23, 2019 \u2013 via Newspapers.com.^ “Bibi Osterwald, 83, Stage and TV Actress”. The New York Times. January 16, 2002.^ a b c d e f Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd\u00a0ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p.\u00a05. ISBN\u00a0978-0-7864-6477-7.^ “Bibi Osterwald, 83; Versatile Actress Had a 50-Year Career”. The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. January 31, 2002. p.\u00a010. 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