Name Lois Banzie | Role Film actress | |
Awards Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Performances, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Nominations Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Movies Annie, Arachnophobia, Tootsie, Sister Act, Dunston Checks In Similar People Robin Ignico, Nancy Marchand, Maureen O'Sullivan, Teresa Wright, Elizabeth Wilson | ||
Lois de Banzie (born 4 May 1930) is a Scottish-born United States-based stage, film, and television actress.
She may be best-known for her Drama Desk Award winning and Tony Award nominated performance in Paul Osborn's play Morning's at Seven. Her other Broadway credits include The Octette Bridge Club, Da, and The Last of Mrs. Lincoln.
De Banzie has also had a prolific career in television and movies, mostly appearing in small to mid sized roles but with numerous guest starring parts on various television programs. Her television credits include Baby Talk, Bodies of Evidence, Cheers, Diagnosis: Murder, Family Ties, Home Improvement, Major Dad, Mama's Family, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, Sisters, Taxi and Who's the Boss? among others.
Her film credits include Addams Family Values, Annie, Arachnophobia, Big Business, Mass Appeal, Sister Act, and Tootsie among others.
Her aunt was noted British actress Brenda De Banzie.
Filmography
Actress
1996
Dunston Checks In as
Mrs. Winthrop
1995
Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) as
Jerome's Mother
- Call Me Incontestable (1995) - Jerome's Mother
1994
Where Are My Children? (TV Movie)
1994
Children of the Dark (TV Movie) as
Secretary
1994
Home Improvement (TV Series) as
Mrs. Binford
- Fifth Anniversary (1994) - Mrs. Binford (as Lois deBanzie)
1994
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult as
Dr. Kohlzak (as Lois de Banzie)
1993
Addams Family Values as
Delivery Nurse
1993
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (TV Movie) as
Marie
1993
Major Dad (TV Series) as
Sister Justina
- About Face (1993) - Sister Justina
1992
The New WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series) as
Mrs. Niarchos
- Razor's Edge (1992) - Mrs. Niarchos
1992
Bodies of Evidence (TV Series) as
Betty Newhouse
- Time Served (1992) - Betty Newhouse
1992
Rachel Gunn, R.N. (TV Series) as
Mrs. Erwin
- Walkin' the Floor Over You (1992) - Mrs. Erwin
1992
Sister Act as
Immaculata (as Lois de Banzie)
1992
Davis Rules (TV Series) as
Woman
- A Father Makes All the Difference (1992) - Woman
1991
Sisters (TV Series) as
Dr. Faith Newton
- A Thousand Sprinkles (1991) - Dr. Faith Newton
1991
Switched at Birth (TV Mini Series) as
Dr. Kite (as Lois de Banzie)
1991
Babes (TV Series) as
Mrs. Lipnik
- Not Married with Children (1991) - Mrs. Lipnik
1991
Baby Talk (TV Series) as
Miss Newton
- One Night with Elliot (1991) - Miss Newton (as Lois deBanzie)
1991
Equal Justice (TV Series) as
Mrs. McCaw
- The Big Game and Other Crimes (1991) - Mrs. McCaw (as Lois de Banzie)
1991
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
Phyllis Costner
- Moving Violation (1991) - Phyllis Costner (as Lois de Banzie)
1991
Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Benzinger (segment "Parole Board")
1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (TV Movie) as
Sarah Andrews (as Lois de Banzie)
1990
Arachnophobia as
Henrietta Manley
1989
Generations (TV Series) as
Sarah the maid
- Episode #1.234 (1990) - Sarah the maid
- Episode #1.232 (1990) - Sarah the maid (credit only)
- Episode #1.223 (1990) - Sarah the maid
- Episode #1.222 (1990) - Sarah the maid (credit only)
- Episode #1.197 (1989) - Sarah the maid
- Episode #1.195 (1989) - Sarah the maid
- Episode #1.194 (1989) - Sarah the maid
- Episode #1.191 (1989) - Sarah the maid
- Episode #1.189 (1989) - Sarah the maid (credit only)
1989
Matlock (TV Series) as
Katherine Ellery
- The Ex (1989) - Katherine Ellery
1984
Family Ties (TV Series) as
Mrs. Rose Handelman / Rose Handelman
- Basic Training (1989) - Mrs. Rose Handelman
- Baby Boy Doe (1984) - Rose Handelman
1988
Baby Boom (TV Series) as
Margaret
- The He-Man Woman's Hater Club (1988) - Margaret
1988
Duet (TV Series) as
Evelyn Johnson
- Partners (1988) - Evelyn Johnson (as Lois de Banzie)
1988
Big Business as
Edwardian Room Hostess
1988
Mama's Family (TV Series) as
Rhoda Thornberry
- Bed and Breakdown (1988) - Rhoda Thornberry
1987
Who's the Boss? (TV Series) as
Fiona Finch
- Reconcilable Differences (1987) - Fiona Finch (as Lois de Banzie)
1987
Throb (TV Series) as
Helen
- Buffalo (1987) - Helen
1986
One Big Family (TV Series) as
Mrs. Burke
- The New House (1986) - Mrs. Burke
1986
Amazing Stories (TV Series) as
Alma Quick
- Gather Ye Acorns (1986) - Alma Quick (as Lois de Banzie)
1985
Amos (TV Movie) as
Dorothy Dearborn
1983
Cheers (TV Series) as
Sister Marie / Lady #1
- Birth, Death, Love and Rice (1985) - Sister Marie (as Lois de Banzie)
- Show Down: Part 2 (1983) - Lady #1 (as Lois de Banzie)
1985
Scandal Sheet (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Skye (as Lois de Banzie)
1984
Jessie (TV Series) as
Mother Superior
- The Psychic Connection (1984) - Mother Superior (as Lois de Banzie)
1984
Mass Appeal as
Mrs. Dolson
1984
Punky Brewster (TV Series) as
Miss Miller
- Bye Bye, My (1984) - Miss Miller
1984
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) as
Mrs. Crandall
- Ewe and Me, Babe (1984) - Mrs. Crandall (as Lois de Banzie)
1984
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Enke
1984
AfterMASH (TV Series) as
Mrs. Peterson
- Yours Truly, Max Klinger (1984) - Mrs. Peterson (as Lois deBanzie)
1983
Sudden Impact as
Judge (as Lois de Banzie)
1983
Newhart (TV Series) as
Shirley Dixon
- The Girl from Manhattan (1983) - Shirley Dixon (as Lois de Banzie)
- The Stratford Wives (1983) - Shirley Dixon (as Lois de Banzie)
1983
The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (TV Movie) as
Delquist
1983
Remington Steele (TV Series) as
Sylvia Kilbride
- Steele's Gold (1983) - Sylvia Kilbride (as Lois de Banzie)
1983
Gimme a Break! (TV Series) as
Mother
- Glenlawn Street Blues (1983) - Mother
1983
Taxi (TV Series) as
Mrs. Gwinn
- Louie Moves Uptown (1983) - Mrs. Gwinn
1982
Tootsie as
Autograph Hound (as Lois de Banzie)
1982
Annie as
Eleanor Roosevelt (as Lois de Banzie)
1981
So Fine as
Waitress in House of Pancakes
1981
Ryan's Hope (TV Series) as
Dr. Dorothy Maitland-Ross
- Episode #1.1486 (1981) - Dr. Dorothy Maitland-Ross
- Episode #1.1485 (1981) - Dr. Dorothy Maitland-Ross
1979
Vega$ (TV Series) as
Chloe
- The Day the Gambling Stopped (1979) - Chloe (uncredited)
1979
Fantasy Island (TV Series) as
Nellie
- Goose for the Gander/Stuntman (1979) - Nellie (uncredited)
1975
The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) as
Adel Willis
- 'A Good Cop- But' (1977) - Adel Willis (uncredited)
- The Honorable Profession (1976) - Adel Willis (uncredited)
- The Programming of Charlie Blake (1975) - Adel Willis (uncredited)
1977
McCloud (TV Series) as
Gillian
- The Great Taxicab Stampede (1977) - Gillian (uncredited)
1975
The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) as
Denise
- Clark Templeton O'Flaherty (1975) - Denise (uncredited)
1975
Harry O (TV Series) as
Helen
- Portrait of a Murder (1975) - Helen
1975
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) as
Diana Westwood
- Murder Once Removed (1975) - Diana Westwood (uncredited)
1973
Mannix (TV Series) as
Lisa Adams
- The Deadly Madonna (1973) - Lisa Adams (uncredited)
1972
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (Short) as
Deliverance Hobbs
1972
Cannon (TV Series) as
Regina
- The Endangered Species (1972) - Regina (uncredited)
1971
Night Gallery (TV Series) as
Cheryl Cunning
- The Dark Boy/Keep in Touch - We'll Think of Something (1971) - Cheryl Cunning (unconfirmed)
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) as
Alison Drake
- Warn the World About Mike (1970) - Alison Drake
1964
The Fugitive (TV Series) as
Edna / Shirley
- Last Second of a Big Dream (1965) - Edna (uncredited)
- Detour on a Road Going Nowhere (1964) - Shirley
1960
The Untouchables (TV Series) as
Linda Turning
- Syndicate Sanctuary (1960) - Linda Turning (uncredited)
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Cloe Green / Carol Nielson
- The Case of the Watery Witness (1959) - Cloe Green (uncredited)
- The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse (1957) - Carol Nielson (uncredited)
1959
M Squad (TV Series) as
Cindy
- Ten Minutes to Doomsday (1959) - Cindy (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1990
Three Men and a Little Lady (adr loop group)
Soundtrack
1982
Annie (performer: "Tomorrow (White House Version)" - uncredited)
Self
1980
The 34th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
Archive Footage
2021
TCM Remembers 2021 (TV Special) as
Self / actress
1995
Home Improvement (TV Series) as
Mrs. Binford
- Tool Time After Dark: Part 2 (1995) - Mrs. Binford
1990
Cheers (TV Series) as
Lady #1
- 200th Episode Special (1990) - Lady #1 (uncredited)
1987
Family Ties (TV Series) as
Rose Handleman
- The American Family (1987) - Rose Handleman
References
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