Priscilla Morrill

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Morrill attended the Carnegie Institute before making her stage debut opposite John Carradine in Julius Caesar. She made her Broadway debut in The Relapse with Cyril Ritchard.^[1]

Morrill's first television performance was on the Outer Limits episode "The Man with the Power" in 1963. She was a frequent guest star on numerous television series and in television movies. Morrill had recurring roles on Family, Bret Maverick, Santa Barbara, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and Newhart. Jean Stapleton stated in an interview for the Archive of American Television that Morrill was the stand-in for her in the ninth-season episode of All in the Family, "A Girl Like Edith", in which Stapleton had a dual role.

In addition to guest-starring roles, she also co-starred in two short-lived series: In the Beginning starring McLean Stevenson, and Baby Makes Five starring Peter Scolari. Morrill made a guest appearance in MacGyver, in the season two episode "D.O.A.: MacGyver" as Helen Wilson. She also was on the Golden Girls in the episode "In a Bed of Rose's". She made her final onscreen appearance on an episode of Coach in 1992.^{[citation needed]}

On November 9, 1994, Morrill died of complications of a kidney infection at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 67. She was survived by her husband, Paul Bryson, to whom she had been married since 1954. The couple had lived in Port Hueneme, California.^[1] She was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.^[2]

• Priscilla Morrill at IMDb 
• Priscilla Morrill at the Internet Broadway Database
• Priscilla Morrill at the Internet Off-Broadway Database