Norma Michaels (March 13, 1924 – January 11, 2020) was an American television and film character actress with a career spanning six decades from her debut in 1954 until 2018. She was best known for portraying an elderly woman on the small screen as "Josephine" on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens. She briefly worked as counselor/therapist during the 1980s.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, she got her break appearing on The Jack Benny Show. Her many television credits included Modern Family, Highway to Heaven, The George Gobel Show, Dr. Kildare, Playing House, 2 Broke Girls and Everybody Loves Raymond. Her film roles included Easy A, Wedding Crashers and Bad Arse, and she also appeared in Hello, My Name Is Doris, where she played the mother of Sally Field's character.
Filmography ProductionYearRole The George Gobel Show (TV series) 1954 Patron/episode# 1.2 The Loretta Young Show (TV series) 1960 Nurse - episode The Long Night Peter Gunn (TV series) 1961 2 roles episode Murder on the Line as - Patient, Deadly Intrusion as - Waitress The Jack Benny Program (TV series) 1964 Customer The Incredible Sex Revolution 1965 The Bill Cosby Show 1971 Episode - The Barber Shop The Zodiac Killer 1971 Gloria Those Mad, Mad Moviemakers 1974 U.J.A. Lady Kojak 1977 Uncredited Episode - The Queen of Hearts is Wild as Mary-Anne Pale Horse, Pale Rider (film short) 1980 Nurse Highway to Heaven 1987 Mrs. Belker (episode Ghost Rider) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TVseries) 1992 Various characters Step by Step (TV series) 1992 Grandma (episode "The Boos") Land's End (TV series) 1995 Judge (episode's Land's End :Part 1 - Land's End Part 2) Mr. Show with Bob and David (TV series) 1997 Various characters (episode'sx2 Goin on a Holiday, The Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost It's a Miracle (TV series documentary) 1999 Landlady (episode Football Player Recovers) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) 1999 Episode - Dopplegangland as Older Lady The View from the Swing 2000 Woman in Park (credited as Norma Micheals) Angel (TV series) 2001 as Aunt Helen Gilmore Girls (TV series) 1999 Episode Educating Ethan as Elderly Woman Big Shots 2001 Granny Malcolm in the Middle (TV series) 2002 Ethel Ally McBeal (TV series) 1999-2002 - Episode's Sex, Lies and Politics - Elderly Woman-One Hundred Teras - Irene (credited as Norma Micheals) The Andy Dick Show (TV series) 2002 Grandmother Go for Broke 2002 Old Later Grace (film short) 2003 Babi Everybody Loves Raymond (TV series) 2004 Episode Debra at the Lodge - Mrs. Pechi Wedding Crashers 2005 Old Irish woman Medium (TV series) 2006 Episode Doctor's Orders as Medium Boston Legal (TV series) 2006 Episode Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang as Adele Freeman Mind of Mencia (TV series) 2005-2006 Grandmother George Bush Goes to Heaven 2007 Ruth Dakin The King of Queens (TV series) 2004-2006 Josephine (credited as Norma Micheals) Las Vegas (TV series) 2007 Mrs. Finnigan The Darkness (Video Game) 2007 Aunt Sarah (as voice artist) 'Side Order of Life (TV series) 2007 Gert ICarly (TV series) 2007 Episode - ILikeJake as Jake's Grandmother Unhitched (TV series) 2008 Old Lady/Older Woman You Don't Mess with the Zohan 2008 Older Lady at Hair Saloon Mad Men (TV series 2008 Episode For Those Who Think Young - Older Woman (credited as Norma Micheals) Happy Hour (TV series) (2006-2008) Episode Crazy Girl's as Neighbour (uncredited), The Election as Eleanor (credited as Norma Micheals) ER (TV series) 2008 Episode Life After Death - Rose Franklin Leverage (TV series) 2009 Granny- episode The Juror #5 Job (credited as Norma Micheals) |- | Greek (TV series) || 2008-2009 || - Dearly Beloved - Mrs. Baker, The Popular Vote - Mrs. Baker (uncredited) |- | Rules of Engagement (TV series) || 2009 || Episode's Voluntary Commitment as Edie Barnett (credited as Norma Micheals), Sex Toy Shop as Old Lady |- | Acts of Mercy || 2009 || Rachel |- | Love at First Hiccup || 2009 ||Upscale Class Elderly Woman |- | The 41-Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (Video) ||2010 || Old Woman |- | The Booth at the End (TV series) || 2010 || Mrs. Tyler |- | Easy A || 2010 || Micah's Grandmother (credited as Norma Micheals) |- | The Defenders || 2010
| Modern Family || 2010 |Episode - Manny Get Your Gun |- | Days of Our Lives || 2010 |- | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation || 2011 |- | 2 Broke Girls || 2011 |- | FCU: Fact Checkers Unit || 2011 |- | Bad Ass || 2012 |- | Melissa & Joey || 2012 |- | Road Show || 2013 |- | Innocent Eyes || 2013 |- | Slightly Single in L.A. || 2013 |- | The Crazy Ones (TV series) || 2014 ||Aunt Sadie (credited as Norma Micheals) |- | Suburgatory (TV series) || 2014 || Harriet |- | Playing House (TV series) || 2014 || Mrs. Johanssen |- | The Listing Agent (film short) || 2014 || Mrs. Gibbs |- | Hello, My Name Is Doris || 2015 ||Doris' mother |- | Life in Pieces (TV series) || 2015 || Mrs Gurney (episode Nanny Tent Earrings Cheeto) |- | My Land (short film) || 2015 || La Femme |- | Angie Tribeca (TV series) || 2016 || The Famous Ventriloquist Did It Elderly Woman (credited as Norma Micheals) |- | Emma's Chance || 2016 || Grandma Bailey |- | Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (TV series) || 2016 || Mildred Lench - Episode The Night Shift (credited as Norma Micheals''' - Final small screen role) High & Outside: A Baseball Noir 2018 Marlene
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