Ysabel MacCloskey (January 20, 1915 – March 11, 1981) was an American stage, film and television character actress who appeared as The Woman who gets into a fight with Patrick Cranshaw's Old Man during a Christmas shopping free for all in Season 1's Mork's First Christmas.
Biography[]
Ysabel was born January 20, 1915., in Washington, USA as Ysabel Momsen, and post High School attended University of California at Berkeley.
She was married to Robert William MacCloskey (1944 - 1973) and had one child with him, before their divorce in 1973.
She died on March 11, 1981 in Burbank, California, USA. [1] [2]
Career[]
After her college graduation she began her show business career performing in several productions at the Pasadena Playhouse. She was an original member of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and later joined an opera company in Stuttgart, West Germany, where her husband was stationed.
Her first screen credit came in her 50s in an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies, and she went on to play many supporting parts in some of the most notable TV series of the 70s and 80s.
Filmography (TV Series) Selected[]
| Year | TV Series | Episode(s) | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Topless Anyone? | Mrs. Vanderpont |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | The Ways of Love | Landlady |
| 1969 | Green Acres | A Day in the Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes | Farm Woman |
| 1971 | Bewitched | - The House That Uncle Arthur Built
- This Little Piggie - Darrin Goes Ape - Laugh, Clown, Laugh |
Mrs. Rockfield
Aunt Hagatha Aunt Hagatha Martha Jameson |
| 1973 | The Partridge Family | Maid in San Pueblo | Mrs. Argyle |
| 1973 -74 | The Streets of San Francisco | - A Collection of Eagles
- Most Feared in the Jungle - Jacob's Boy |
Ysabel, the maid
Mrs. Davenport Martha |
| 1974 | The Waltons | The Romance | Mrs. Riddle |
| 1974 - 75 | Police Woman | - Flowers of Evil
- Silence |
Mrs. Schmidt
Mitchell Maid |
| 1978 | Mork & Mindy | Mork's First Christmas | The Woman |
| 1979 | Little House on the Prairie | Little House on the Prairie | Widow Mumford |
| 1979 | The Paper Chase | Once More with Feeling | Mrs. Connell |
| 1980 | Benson | - Benson in the Hospital | Nurse Platt |
Her big screen bow came in the Lucille Ball/Henry Fonda starrer Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), followed by the Julie Andrews Gertrude Lawrence Biopic Star! (1968), other movies included The Brotherhood of Satan (1971); Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Poco... Little Dog Lost (1977); Loose Shoes (1978);
TV Movie appearances include: Corey: For the People (1977); Deadly Game (1977); The Power Within (1979); Terror Among Us (1981),
Mork & Mindy[]
Ysabel MacCloskey's The Woman along with Pat Cranshaw's Old Man, not only give the lie to Christmas Spirit but send Mork scurrying for cover as they get into a pitched battle over clothing in Boulder's Ski Shop during Season 1's Mork's First Christmas, until Mork breaks everything up by sending everyone to an non-existent first floor.