Posted on 03/08/2014 10:40:32 AM PST by Doogle
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Sheila MacRae starred on the Broadway stage and in films, yet it was her small-screen role as the tolerant and brassy wife of a Brooklyn bus driver for which she is most remembered.
MacRae, best known for playing Alice Kramden to Jackie Gleason's Ralph in the 1960s re-creation of "The Honeymooners," died Thursday. She was 92.
The actress died at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J., MacRae's granddaughter, Allison Mullavey, told The Associated Press on Friday.
In the 1950s version of "The Honeymooners," Audrey Meadows starred with Gleason as the lovebirds and sparring partners Ralph and Alice. Sheila MacRae replaced Meadows as Alice in a later version from 1966-70 on "The Jackie Gleason Show." MacRae was the last survivor from the '60s edition of the Gleason show. Jane Kean, who played Trixie Norton, died last fall.
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Her hubby, Gordon McRae, was also a cutie.
YouTube does not have any episodes of his ‘60s TV show where he always used the line “There’s no audience like a Miami Beach Audience.” I always remember the way he came out in a bathrobe at the end of the show.
In one sketch he was injured in a fall. It was a take0off on the old Timex commercials. Jackie rode a bicycle down a ramp and into a wall (of cardboard bricks) and then limped out showing his watch still running.
I suspect that most people under the age of 40 (maybe under the age of 50?)never heard of Jackie Gleason's 1960s variety show, which included a revived version of The Honeymooners with a new "Alice" and a new "Trixie."
Amazing! I haven’t seen that movie in years and years. Thanks for reminding me of how wonderful it is!
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