[Deathwatch] Fritzi Burr, singer and actress , 78

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Okay, this is long overdue.  Again, from a long-time reader.  - Ed.

FRITZI BURR 2003-01-19

Fritzi Burr, a singer and actress on Broadway, in motion pictures and
television, whose career spanned seven decades died Thursday, January
16, 2003, in Ft. Myers, FL., she was 78.

Fritzi was born in Philadelphia in 1924 and by 1940 was a seasoned
performer in Little Theater. On the East Coast she was a successful
stand up comedienne for 20 years. She often played the nurse in the
famous Doctor Kronkeit sketch with the legendary team of Smith and
Dale. In the late fifties she headed to Broadway where she appeared in
'I Can Get It For You Wholesale,' 'Once upon a Mattress,' and she
replaced Kaye Medford as Fanny Brice's mother in 'Funny Girl.' She
received rave notices for her performance as Yenta the Matchmaker &
later Golda in the National touring company of 'Fiddler On The Roof.'
She also had a long and successful tour with Milton Berle in 'Norman Is
That You.'

In the early sixties she moved to Hollywood where her versatility was
recognized by film and television producers as she landed parts in the
dramas 'Chinatown', 'They Shoot Horses Don't They' 'Star Chamber,' and
'Three Ninjas.' She went on to featured parts in over twenty television
series which included 'Rockford Files,' 'Police Women,' 'That Girl,'
'The New Dick Van Dyke Show,' 'Love American Style,' 'Sanford and Son,'
' What's Happening!!', 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends.'  When she was not
performing Fritzi devoted much of her time to work as a volunteer in
Hospitals in California and Florida.

In 1990, she married her long time friend and fellow actor Aaron Heyman
who died in 1995.  Her warmth and her beautiful smile will be greatly
missed by all who knew her. She survived by her loving sisters, Temmi
Salzman of Ft. Myers, FL., Shirley Turteltaub of Beverly Hills, CA.,
her niece, Doctor Nita Salzman, her nephews Bennett Salzman, and Adam
and Jon Turteltaub.

The period of mourning will be observed at the home of Temmi Salzman on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, January 21, 22 & 23.	Donations in
memory of Fritzi may be made to Habitat for Humanity, The Wildlife
Federation, Ronald McDonald House, and/or The Actors Fund.