Helen Page Camp

• Name — Helen Page Camp • Born — 27 December 1930 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C., U.S. • Died — 1 August 1991 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1968–1991

Born to Austin and Helen (née Landes) Camp in Washington, D.C., Camp's career began onstage, most notably Off Broadway in New York City.

Her first known or credited screen appearance in film or television came in 1968, when she was 37 years old, as "Lucy" on Here Come the Brides.

Later, she made guest appearances on popular shows such as The Wild Wild West, Maude (six different roles; most notably with James Coco as the swinging married couple "Channing and Hortence McGrath"), All in the Family, Cheers, Gimme a Break!, Thirtysomething and Newhart. In early 1976, the characters of Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) from Happy Days were spun off into an equally successful eponymous sitcom, Laverne & Shirley, and Camp was cast in two episodes as the girls' landlady, Mrs. Havenwurst, but the role was short-lived. In the fall of 1976, actress Betty Garrett permanently replaced her as Laverne and Shirley's new landlady, Mrs. Babish. Camp portrayed Tanya Terwilliger on The Tony Randall Show (1976-1978), Millie Capestro on 13 Queens Boulevard (1979), and the title character's mother on Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978), In 1990, Camp assumed the role of Margaret Furth on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Ms. Camp's final television role saw her as Hope Lacey in the "Faith, Hope & Charity" episode of MacGyver (S6.E18) that aired on March 18, 1991.

Camp died in Los Angeles, California after a stroke on August 1, 1991, at the age of 60.

A partial list of roles in both film and television follows: • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1971 — Cold Turkey — Mrs. Watson • 1972 — The Bob Newhart Show — Mrs. Prince / Myrna Hoover — 2 episodes • 1972 — Get to Know Your Rabbit — Mrs. Wendel — directed by Brian De Palma • 1972-78 — Maude — Nurse/Mother Mary Keaton/Hortence McGrath — 6 episodes • 1973 — Gunsmoke — Woman/Seva Ballou — 2 episodes • 1973 — The Girls of Huntington House — Nurse Caulfield — ABC Movie of the Week • 1974 — Dirty Sally — Mrs. Fromley — S1.E12 - "The Hanging of Cyrus Pike" • 1975 — Happy Days — Miss Wheaton — S2.E23 - "Goin' To Chicago" • 1975-76 — Kojak — Mrs. Chester/Mrs. Waring — 2 episodes • 1976 — All's Fair — Nurse Adams — S1.E9 - "Happy Anniversary: Part 2" • 1976 — Laverne & Shirley — Mrs. Havenwurst — 2 episodes • 1976 — The Nancy Walker Show — Agnes/Alice — 2 episodes • 1977 — Telefon — Emma Stark • 1977 — The Tony Randall Show — Tanya Terwilliger — S2.E7 - "Love vs. Excitement" • 1978 — The Incredible Hulk — Sarah — S1.E12 - "The Waterfront Story" • 1978 — Eight Is Enough — Clerk — S2.E15 - "A Hair of the Dog" • 1978 — The Waltons — Allie — S6.E20 -"The Return" • 1978 — The New Maverick — Mrs. Flora Crupper — TV film (ABC) • 1979 — 13 Queens Boulevard — Mildred Capestro — 9 episodes • 1979 — Angie — Mother Janet — S2.E4 - "Marie's Crush" • 1979 — Archie Bunker's Place — Miss Gucci — S1.E9 - "Murray and the Liquor Board" • 1979-80 — A New Kind of Family — Aunt Mazie — 2 episodes • 1980 — Galactica 1980 — Saleslady — S1.E4 - "The Super Scouts" • 1981 — Stand by Your Man — Mother Pugh — TV film (CBS) • 1981 — It's a Living — Catherine — S1.E8 • 1982 — Hart to Hart — Mrs. Essen — S3.E18 - "Deep in the Hart of Dixieland" • 1982 — Fast-Walking — Ted's Wife • 1982 — Maggie — Sister Louise — S1.E7 - "Mark's Shrink" • 1982 — The Escape Artist — Neighbor • 1982 — Best Friends — Maid • 1983 — The Love Boat — Marsha Newman — S6.E17 - "Gopher's Daisy/Our Son, the Lawyer/Salvaged Romance" • 1983 — Knots Landing — Mrs. Grace — S4.E15 - "To Have and to Hold" • 1985 — Diff'rent Strokes — Mrs. Gordon — S8.E8 - "Speak No Evil" • 1986 — Newhart — Alma Sproat — S4.E23 - "Replaceable You" • 1986 — St. Elsewhere — Mrs. Deangelis — S5.E3 - "A Room with a View" • 1987 — Gimme a Break! — Mrs. Bennett — S6.E21 - "Parents' Week: Part 1" • 1987 — Mama's Family — Pearl — S3.E15 - "Porn Again" • 1987 — What a Country! — Sydelle Garver — S1.E25 - "The Apartment" • 1988 — Small Wonder — Bank teller — S3.E14 - "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" • 1988 — Cop — Estelle Peltz • 1988 — Family Ties — Vera — S7.E4 - "Beyond Therapy" • 1988 — Portrait of a White Marriage — Audience Woman #2 • 1988 — Scandal in a Small Town — Mrs. Bengston — TV film (NBC) • 1990 — Life Goes On — Selma — S1.E19 - "Becca and the Underground Newspaper" • 1990 — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Margaret Furth — 3 episodes • 1990 — Dear John — Aunt Trudy — S3.E7 - "Hole in One" • 1990 — Thirtysomething — Mrs. Lerner — S3.E16 - "Her Cup Runneth Over" • 1991 — MacGyver — Hope Lacey — S6.E18 -"Faith, Hope & Charity" • 1991 — The Wonder Years — Opal Arnold — S4.E13 - "Who's Aunt Rose?"