Georgia Engel Movies and Career Information

Georgia Bright Engel (born July 28, 1948) is an American film, television, and stage actress who is best known for her roles as Georgette Franklin on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Pat MacDougall on Everybody Loves Raymond. Engel was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Ruth Caroline (née Hendron) and Benjamin Franklin Engel, who was a Coast Guard officer, eventually achieving the rank of Vice Admiral. She also attended Walter Johnson High School. She received her high school diploma from The Academy of the Washington Ballet, and her college degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her sister, Robin Ruth Engel, was Miss Hawaiʻi in 1967. After college, Georgia appeared in musical productions with Washington's American Light Opera Company. She moved to New York City in 1969, appearing off Broadway in Lend an Ear, and for a year as Minnie Fay in the Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!. A 1971 off Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves eventually played in Los Angeles, where Engel was seen by Mary Tyler Moore and her husband, producer Grant Tinker. Engel is probably best known as Georgette Franklin Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, on which she appeared from