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name: "Elaine Stritch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elaine-stritch"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 February 1925"
died: "17 July 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:48:49.547119+00:00"
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# Elaine Stritch

Actor. Born 2 February 1925 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 17 July 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 February 1925, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 17 July 2014
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242735, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834626/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36802

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*ParaNorman*](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md) (76)

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## Biography

Elaine Stritch was an American actress and singer. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and her Broadway debut in the 1946 comedy *Loco*. She appeared in numerous stage productions, films and television series over six decades.

Stritch is known for her role as Grandma Babcock in the 2012 film *ParaNorman*, as Colleen Donaghy in the television series *30 Rock* (2006–2012), and for earlier film roles including in *Cocoon: The Return* (1988) and *Monster-in-Law* (2005). She received multiple Emmy Awards and a Tony Award for her one-woman show *Elaine Stritch at Liberty*.

She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995. Stritch was born in Detroit, Michigan, on 2 February 1925 and died on 17 July 2014.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *ParaNorman* (2012), Fi1m 76, as Grandma Babcock (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/paranorman.md)

## Also known for

- *Monster-in-Law* (2005), Gertrude
- *Cocoon: The Return* (1988), Ruby
- *Autumn in New York* (2000), Dolores "Dolly" Talbot
- *Small Time Crooks* (2000), Chi Chi Potter
- *Law & Order* (1990), Lanie Stieglitz
- *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996), Martha Albright
- *The Cosby Show* (1984), Mrs. McGee
- *Cadillac Man* (1990), The Widow

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