Ann Morgan Guilbert

Ann Morgan Guilbert (October 16, 1928 – June 14, 2016), sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and film actress and comedian who portrayed a number of roles from the 1950s on, most notably as Millie Helper in 61 episodes of the early 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show,[1] and later Yetta Rosenberg, Fran Fine’s doddering grandmother, in 56 episodes of the 1990s sitcom The Nanny.

Guilbert was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Dr. Gerald Guilbert, a physician, and his wife, Cornelia (née Morgan).[2] Her paternal grandfather, Lionel Guilbert, was an immigrant from England.[3]

She attended Solomon Juneau High School and after moving to San Francisco studied theater arts at Stanford University.[4] She began her career as a featured performer and singer in the Billy Barnes Revues of the 1950s and 1960s.