Yvonne Wilder
Yvonne Wilder, born September 21, 1937, is an American entertainer of film, stage and television.
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| Born | Yvonne Othon September 21, 1937 |
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Career
On film Wilder may be best known for her role in West Side Story as Consuelo, Pepe's girlfriend, (credited under her maiden name as Yvonne Othon); while younger audiences may better recognize her for her television roles, especially that of Irene Katsopoli, Jesse Katsopolis' mother on the American sitcom Full House.
Her partnership with Jack Colvin, led to one of the most successful comedy duos of the 1960s, Colvin and Wilder.
Other notable works include Silent Movie (1976 film) as the Studio Chief's Secretary, Seems Like Old Times in the role of Aurora De La Hoya, and Operation Petticoat as fictional U.S. Army Nurse Maj. Edna Howard, among many other parts in a career which began in the 1950s and includes some 54 films.[1]
In much of her work as a comedic and character actress Wilder has portrayed strong, endearing, quick-witted Latina women not to be trifled with.
Filmography (abridged)
- West Side Story (1961)
- The Return of Count Yorga (1971)
- Death Sentence (1974)
- Sonny Boy (1974)
- America, You're On (1975)
- Silent Movie (1976)
- Bloodbrothers (1978)
- Blood Relatives (1978), uncredited
- Why Not Stay for Breakfast? (1979)
- The Tenth Month (1979)
- Seems Like Old Times (1980)
- Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger (1980)
- The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
- Honeyboy (1982)
- Dorf Goes Fishing (1993)
Television work
- Hennesey (1962), 2 episodes
- Hey, Landlord (1967)
- Room 222 (1969 and 1970)
- Bracken's World (1969)
- The Partridge Family (1971-1974), 4 episodes
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1972)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972)
- The Girl with Something Extra (1973)
- On the Rocks (1975 and 1976)
- The Practice (1976)
- Popi (1976)
- Operation Petticoat (TV series) (1977-1978), 23 episodes
- Police Story (1977)
- One Day at a Time (1979)
- Archie Bunker's Place (1981-1982), 4 episodes
- Condo (1983), 13 episodes
- Mama's Family (1983)
- The Equalizer (1986 and 1989), 3 episodes
- Gimme a Break! (1986), 2 episodes
- Full House (1988-1991), 7 episodes, as Irene Katsopolis, Jesse Katsopolis's mother.
- 227 (1988), 2 episodes