Mabel Albertson

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Mabel Albertson (July 24, 1901 - September 28, 1982) was born in Lynn, Massachusetts and was the older sister of Academy Award-winning actor Jack Albertson and one-time mother-in-law of Academy Award winning actress Cloris Leachman.

She is best known as "Phyllis Stephens", Darrin's interfering mother on the television sitcom Bewitched, who inevitably ended her stays at the Stephens' home by saying, "Frank [her husband], take me home. I've got a sick headache."

She also played Donald Hollinger's mother on That Girl, Howard Sprague's mother on The Andy Griffith Show, and Mrs. Van Hoskins, a wealthy woman whose jewels are stolen, in the screwball comedy, What's Up, Doc?

She died of Alzheimer's disease on September 28, 1982 at the age of 81, in Santa Monica, California. Mabel Albertson's remains were cremated and scattered in the Pacific Ocean.