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(127,436 posts) Tue Feb 18, 2014, 12:36 AM Feb 2014

"Green Acres"' Actress Mary Grace Canfield Dies [View all]

Source: AP

Mary Grace Canfield, a veteran character actress who played handywoman Ralph Monroe on the television show "Green Acres," has died. She was 89.

Her daughter, Phoebe Alexiades, says Canfield died of lung cancer on Saturday at a hospice in the California coastal town of Santa Barbara.

Canfield had appearances on a number of TV shows during a four-decade career, including "General Hospital" and "The Hathaways." She was Harriet Kravitz on four episodes of the 1960s series "Bewitched."

But she was best known for her role of Ralph Monroe in some 40 episodes of "Green Acres," which ran from 1965 to 1971.

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"Green Acres"' Actress Mary Grace Canfield Dies [View all] TexasTowelie Feb 2014 OP

She was awesome. May she rest in peace. In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #1

Safe passage, Ralph! MannyGoldstein Feb 2014 #2

yup, she was awesome! madrchsod Feb 2014 #3

I miss those times...and she was part of that. jtuck004 Feb 2014 #7

Surrealist? Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #16

Aw, Ralph. progressoid Feb 2014 #4

She was a wonderful actor. Fridays Child Feb 2014 #5

So long Ralph...... Historic NY Feb 2014 #6

She was so good on Green Acres Politicalboi Feb 2014 #8

I think eb and Mr Kimball died recently too Doctor_J Feb 2014 #9

Yes Mr. Kimble is dead Politicalboi Feb 2014 #10

Thanks for all the hearty laughs. SoapBox Feb 2014 #11

She was wonderful. xfundy Feb 2014 #12

That picture is hilarious--she appears to be slicing bread with a hacksaw! nt MADem Feb 2014 #13

Part of a running gag. AngryOldDem Feb 2014 #15

I saw much of the show "after the fact." MADem Feb 2014 #17

Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, and the Beverly Hillbillies were intertwined shows Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #18

Good bye to Gomer Pyle's oswaldactedalone Feb 2014 #14

I didn't realize she was Mrs Kravitz,too! Lars39 Feb 2014 #19

Actually, she played Mrs. Kravitz' sister-in-law. Frank Cannon Feb 2014 #32

She Played Thelma Lou's "Homely" Cousin on The AG Show Too ProfessorGAC Feb 2014 #20

Yes! cyberswede Feb 2014 #23

I think her name was Mary Grace in that episode. Kingofalldems Feb 2014 #25

You Are Correct! ProfessorGAC Feb 2014 #29

Wonderful lady. One whose TV character would probably be censured by Rozlee Feb 2014 #21

Rest in peace warrior1 Feb 2014 #22

Eb is the last main character left Ishoutandscream2 Feb 2014 #24

Oh gosh, I loved Ralph! supernova Feb 2014 #26

I had to see her photo to remember her treestar Feb 2014 #27

ohhh loved Mrs. Kravitz riverwalker Feb 2014 #28

Rest in peace shenmue Feb 2014 #30

I remember when CBS did away with this show... Miles Archer Feb 2014 #31

Ah, yes, the notorious CBS "rural purge". Frank Cannon Feb 2014 #33