Priscilla Morrill

Priscilla Morrill
Priscilla Morrill appeared as Mrs. Luther Snow, Chrissy's mom, on Three's Company.
Personal Information
Born:	(1927-06-04)4 June 1927
Birthplace:	Boston, Massachusetts
Died	9 November 1994(1994-11-09) (aged 67)
Deathplace:	Los Angeles, California
Career/Family Information
Occupation/ Career:	Actress
Character information
Appeared on:	Three's Company guest appearance
Character played:	as Mrs. Luther Snow in episode "And Mother Makes Four" in Season 1

Priscilla Morrill (4 June 1927 - 9 November 1994) appeared as Mrs. Luther Snow, mother of Chrissy Snow and wife of Reverend Luther Snow, in the Three's Company episode titled "And Mother Makes Four", the second episode of the series. A venerable stage, TV and film actress, Priscilla was probably best known for her television performance as Lou Grant's wife on another hit 1970s sitcom series, CBS-TV's long-running The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Career

Born and raised in Boston, Morrill attended the Carnegie Institute before making her stage debut opposite John Carradine in Julius Caesar. She made her Broadway acting debut in The Relapse with Cyril Ritchard.

Morrill's first television performance was on the Outer Limits episode "The Man With The Power" in 1963. She went on to guest star on numerous television series and television movies. Morrill also had recurring roles on Family, Bret Maverick, Santa Barbara, and Newhart. In addition to guest-starring roles, she also co-starred in two short-lived series: In the Beginning starring McLean Stevenson, and Baby Makes Five starring Peter Scolari. Morrill made her last onscreen appearance on an episode of the hit ABC-TV sitcom Coach in 1992. Jean Stapleton stated in an interview for the Archive of American Television, Morrill was the stand-in for her in the ninth season episode of All in the Family, "A Girl Like Edith" where Stapleton had a dual role. She made an appearance in the ABC-TV action series MacGyver, in the season two episode "D.O.A.: MacGyver" as Helen Wilson.

Death

On 9 November 1994, Morrill died of complications of a kidney infection at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 67. She was survived by her husband, Paul Bryson.

Selected Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	The F.B.I.	Ann King	1 episode
1967	Felony Squad	Liz McCready	1 episode
1968	The Wild, Wild West	Phalah	Episode: "The Night of the Undead"
1968	Mannix	Janet Paulson	Episode: "Edge of the Knife"
1973	Breezy	Dress Customer
1973 to 1975	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Edie Grant	5 episodes
1975	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Griselda	Episode: "The Trevi Collection"
1976 to 1977	Family	Elaine Hogan	8 episodes
1977	Three's Company	Mrs. Snow	Episode: "And Mother Makes Four"
1977	The Jeffersons	Mrs. Fletcher	Episode: "The Costume Party"
1978	The Love Boat	Ida Snead	Episode: "Taking Sides/A Friendly Little Game/Going by the Book"
1979	Welcome Back, Kotter	Mrs. Gladstone Trevors-Smythe	Episode: "The Breadwinners"
1981	It's a Living	Dean Pressman	Episode: "Making the Grade"
1982	One Day at a Time	Grandma Cooper	Episode: "Gift Horses"
1982 to 1984	Family Ties	Kate Donnelly	2 episodes
1983	The Powers of Matthew Star	Mrs. Aldridge	Episode: "Starr Knight"
1984	St. Elsewhere	Sister Teresa	2 episodes
1985	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Margaret Brock	Episode: "Spiderweb"
1985	Three's a Crowd	Judge Hancock	Episode: "September Song"
1985 to 1989	Newhart	Marian "Mary" Vanderkellen	7 episodes
1986	The Golden Girls	Lucille Beatty	Episode: "In a Bed of Rose's"
1987	MacGyver	Helen Wilson	Episode: "D. O. A.: MacGyver"
1989	CBS Summer Playhouse	Miss Gordon	Episode: "Shivers"
1989 to 1992	Coach	Mrs. Rizzendough	4 episodes
1991	Blossom	Mrs. Whiting	Episode: "School Daze"

External Links

• Priscilla Morrill at the Internet Movie Database
• Priscilla Morrill at Find a Grave