Mitzi McCall (born September 9, 1932) is an American actress married to actor Charlie Brill. She performed on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. Other credits include guest appearances on Life Goes On, The Twilight Zone, Silk Stalkings (where she appeared as the wife of Brill's character), and voice work on many cartoons. McCall was a panelist on the game show Match Game during its 1970s revival. In 1971, she was the voice of Penny on The Flintstones spin-off The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.McCall and Brill met in 1959 and married the following year. They have a daughter, L.A.-based yoga teacher Jenny Brill.McCall and Brill appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, the show that featured the U.S. television debut of The Beatles. Their act can be seen on the DVD of the Beatles' appearances on the Sullivan show. They were interviewed in 2005 for the "Big Break" episode of PRI radio program This American Life, regarding their Beatles-Sullivan experience, including a dressing room encounter with John Lennon.Brill and McCall were spotted in 1963 while working in Honolulu by the Australian television producer John Collins, who produced The Tonight Show for the Nine Network in Sydney. Collins was seeking a replacement for the then unknown Irish comedian Dave Allen, who had hosted the program for the previous two seasons and wanted to return to Ireland. Collins approached them and they agreed but could not start an Australian engagement until their Hawaiian engagement was complete. They recommended an American comedian, their friend Don Lane, who was also working in Hawaii, to fill in in the meantime. Collins agreed to this.Lane started his Australian engagement and was an immediate success. Ratings were sensational and the network was delighted. It was going to be difficult if not impossible to replace him once the Brills became available. When they did, the preference was obvious and their engagement was cancelled after six weeks. Lane resumed their spot and remained successful in Australian television for the ensuing thirty-five years.
The duo of McCall & Brill appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) (aka The Ed Sullivan Show) on February 9, 1964 - the same night that The Beatles made their US debut. Unfortunately for McCall & Brill, they were the last act scheduled before The Beatles returned to the stage for a final number.
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Met her husband, actor Charlie Brill, when they both appeared at the Jerry Lewis Comedy Workshop at Paramount Studios in 1959. The couple have one daughter, Jennifer Brill.
Middle-Aged Woman (segment "Tooth and Consequences")
Snorks
1984-1985
TV Series
Additional Voices
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
1984
TV Series
Additional Voices
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
1980-1981
TV Series
Additional Voices
The Flintstone Comedy Show
1980
TV Series
Penny Pillar
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
1979
TV Series
Additional Voices (voice)
Junior High School
1978
Short
Mrs. Dewey (as Lil Cocker)
Family
1978
TV Series
Sally
Fred Flintstone and Friends
1977
TV Series voice
Gravity
1976
Short
Mother
Maude
1974
TV Series
Estelle Ellinger
The Girl with Something Extra
1974
TV Series
The Flintstone Comedy Hour
1972
TV Series
Penny (1972) (voice)
Love, American Style
1972
TV Series segment "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father" / Tangerine Glick segment "Love and the Private Eye"
- Love and the Bachelor Party/Love and the Latin Lover/Love and the Old-Fashioned Father/Love and the Test of Manhood 1972 ... segment "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father" voice
Honeymoon Suite
1972
TV Series
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
1971
TV Series
Penny
Laugh-In
1968-1969
TV Series
Regular Performer
87th Precinct
1961
TV Series
The Sailor's Girl
The Jim Backus Show
1961
TV Series
Sophie
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
1960
TV Series
Hatcheck Girl
The Twilight Zone
1960
TV Series
Waitress
The Cry Baby Killer
1958
Evelyn
War of the Satellites
1958
Mitzi
Machine-Gun Kelly
1958
Harriet (uncredited)
You're Never Too Young
1955
Skeets Powell
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1955
TV Series
Penny
Svengali and the Blonde
1955
TV Movie
Clo-Clo
Crimson Peak
2015
Additional Voices (voice)
Tales from the Toilet
2015
Short
Ruth
Writer
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Year
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Character
Charles in Charge
TV Series written by - 4 episodes, 1987 - 1988 story - 2 episodes, 1988 teleplay - 1 episode, 1988
Mr. Belvedere
1988
TV Series written by - 1 episode
ALF
1986
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Small Wonder
1985
TV Series written by - 1 episode
It's Not Easy
1983
TV Series written by - 1 episode
One Day at a Time
1978-1982
TV Series written by - 3 episodes
Ladies' Man
1980
TV Series
The Stockard Channing Show
TV Series story - 1 episode, 1980 teleplay - 1 episode, 1980 written by - 1 episode, 1980
Eight Is Enough
1979
TV Series story - 1 episode
13 Queens Boulevard
1979
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Here's Edie
1964
TV Series 1 episode
Miscellaneous
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Year
Status
Character
Charles in Charge
1988
TV Series executive script consultant - 2 episodes
Self
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The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles