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Sheila MacRae, Star of The Honeymooners, Dies at 92
« on: March 09, 2014, 08:46:22 AM »
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Sheila MacRae, Star of The Honeymooners, Dies at 92
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
03/08/2014 at 09:45 AM EST

PEOPLE MAGAZINE

Sheila MacRae starred on the Broadway stage and in films, yet it was her small-screen role as the tolerant and brassy wife of a Brooklyn bus driver for which she is most remembered.

MacRae, best known for playing Alice Kramden to Jackie Gleason's Ralph in the 1960s recreation of The Honeymooners, died Thursday. She was 92.

The actress died at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J., MacRae's granddaughter Allison Mullavey told the Associated Press on Friday.

In the 1950s version of The Honeymooners, Audrey Meadows starred with Gleason as the lovebirds and sparring partners Ralph and Alice. Sheila MacRae replaced Meadows as Alice in a later version from 1966-70 on The Jackie Gleason Show. MacRae was the last survivor from the '60s edition of the Gleason show. Jane Kean, who played Trixie Norton, died last fall.

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Re: Sheila MacRae, Star of The Honeymooners, Dies at 92
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2014, 09:58:17 AM »
Great show. RIP.
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Re: Sheila MacRae, Star of The Honeymooners, Dies at 92
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2014, 06:38:27 AM »
R.I.P. Sheila.
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Re: Sheila MacRae, Star of The Honeymooners, Dies at 92
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2014, 08:06:50 AM »
I can't say I ever remember seeing her or that remake.
To me, Audrey Meadows was Alice Kramden

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Re: Sheila MacRae, Star of The Honeymooners, Dies at 92
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2014, 02:37:51 PM »
I can't say I ever remember seeing her or that remake.
To me, Audrey Meadows was Alice Kramden

I can't say I have ever seen the 2nd version of that show either.   I have only seen the Audrey Meadows version.  They only seem to run the first ones.     

It's a show they could never make anymore.   That one line would sink it today (sending Alice to the moon). 

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Re: Sheila MacRae, Star of The Honeymooners, Dies at 92
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2014, 02:42:37 PM »
Archie Bunker was similar to the Honeymooners as far as the plot