Isabel Randolph (December , â€" January , ) was an American character
actress in radio and film from the s through the s and in television
from the early s to the middle s.She was born in in Chicago, the
daughter of Alexander and May (nee Franklin) Randolph.Randolph acted
in regional theater all over the American Midwest, from the pre-World
War I era up to the start of her radio career in the mid-s. She became
leading lady at the Princess Theater in Des Moines, Iowa in and was
still acting there in , and, in , at the Loyola Community Theater in
Chicago. On Broadway, Randolph portrayed Mrs. Pembrook in If I Was
Rich () and Henrietta Scott in Ink ().Isabel Randolph gained
nationwide popularity on the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly (on the
air -), where she began in various "snooty" roles January , ,
eventually becoming a long-running series character, the pompous Mrs.
Abigail Uppington, a snooty society matron whom Fibber addressed as
"Uppy," and whose pretensions Fibber delighted in deflating. She
stayed with the comedy series for seven years until the show began its
eighth season in the fall of .
actress in radio and film from the s through the s and in television
from the early s to the middle s.She was born in in Chicago, the
daughter of Alexander and May (nee Franklin) Randolph.Randolph acted
in regional theater all over the American Midwest, from the pre-World
War I era up to the start of her radio career in the mid-s. She became
leading lady at the Princess Theater in Des Moines, Iowa in and was
still acting there in , and, in , at the Loyola Community Theater in
Chicago. On Broadway, Randolph portrayed Mrs. Pembrook in If I Was
Rich () and Henrietta Scott in Ink ().Isabel Randolph gained
nationwide popularity on the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly (on the
air -), where she began in various "snooty" roles January , ,
eventually becoming a long-running series character, the pompous Mrs.
Abigail Uppington, a snooty society matron whom Fibber addressed as
"Uppy," and whose pretensions Fibber delighted in deflating. She
stayed with the comedy series for seven years until the show began its
eighth season in the fall of .
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