June Gable
Born (1945-06-05) June 5, 1945 (age 78)[1]
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1969–present

June Gable (born June 5, 1945)[1] is an American character actress, perhaps best known for her role as Joey's agent Estelle Leonard in the NBC sitcom Friends. She also played a nurse in the delivery room in season 1 episode 23, “The One With The Birth.” She received a Tony Award nomination for her work on Broadway.

Life and career

Gable studied acting at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.[2]

Gable has appeared in four Broadway productions including the 1974 revival of Candide for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of the Old Lady.[3] She was featured as Snooks Keene in the infamous Broadway disaster, Moose Murders, which opened and closed on the same night in 1983.[4] She also appeared in a replacement cast of the off-Broadway revue Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

On television, Gable played Detective Battista on the third season of Barney Miller. She was also in the cast of the short-lived 1977 revival of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. In 1979 she appeared as "Rhoda Rooter" on the live-action Hanna-Barbera TV specials Legends of the Superheroes. From 1978 to 1981 she was regular cast member on the syndicated variety series Sha Na Na.[5] In the 1980s she guest starred on popular series including Miami Vice and Kate & Allie, and had small parts in the films Brenda Starr and She-Devil (both 1989). She also appeared in a recurring role in the HBO comedy series Dream On from 1990 to 1996 playing Libby Friedman.

From 1994 to 2004, Gable played Estelle Leonard, the agent of Matt LeBlanc‘s character Joey Tribbiani, on the NBC sitcom Friends. Her character died in 2004 during the show's tenth and final season. She played a nurse on the same show in season 1, episode 23.[6][7] After Friends, Gable retired from acting.[8] She told Wealthsimple : "As soon as Friends ended, I retired. The man I loved was very ill and I wanted to be able to take care of him".[8] In later years, she performed in productions of The Odd Couple, Picon Pie, and Broads!.[8] In November 2012, she starred in the lead role of Marie in the world premiere of Bill C. Davis' "All Hallowed" at the Waco Civic Theatre in Waco, Texas under the direction of George Boyd.[9]

In 2018, Gable made her first screen appearance in more than 15 years, appearing in the Netflix comedy film The Week Of. In 2022, she starred as Ray Romano's character's mother in the comedy-drama film, Somewhere in Queens.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes
1989 Brenda Starr Luba Robert Ellis Miller
1989 She-Devil Realtor Susan Seidelman
2018 The Week Of Roberta Robert Smigel
2022 Somewhere in Queens Mama Russo Ray Romano
2023 Maestro Old Lady Bradley Cooper

Television

Year Title Role Episodes Notes
1976 Newman's Drugstore Shirley Tinker Television Movie
1976–77 Barney Miller Detective Maria Battista 2 episodes
— "Noninvolment" (1976)
— "Smog Alert" (1977)
1977 The Bay City Amusement Company Gail Television Movie
1977–78 Laugh-In Regular performer series regular (6 episodes) aka Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1978–81 Sha Na Na Loraine unknown episodes
1979 Legends of the Superheroes Rhoda Rooter — "The Roast"
1987 Crime Story Aggie the Waitress — "Little Girl Lost"
1989 Kate & Allie unknown role — "The Review"
1990 Miami Vice Dr. Ellen Hardy — "Too Much, Too Late"
1990 Head of the Class Greta Amory — "Viki's Torn Genes"
1990–96 Dream On Libby Friedman recurring role (7 episodes)
1993 Family Album Mrs. Krevitz — "Salon, Farewell, Auf Widersehn, Goodbye"
1994 Mad About You Woman #1 — "The City"
1994–2003 Friends Estelle Leonard / Nurse recurring role (10 episodes)
Guest — "The One with the Birth" (1995)
1997 The Tony Danza Show Woman — "The Milk Run"
1998 Caroline in the City Naomi — "Caroline and the Quiz Show"
1998 Buddy Faro unknown role — "Pilot"
2000 Sally Hemings: An American Scandal Madam Dupre Television Movie
2012 My America unknown role — "Annette"
2016 Nunsense Sr. Rose Seraphine unknown episode

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Notes Ref
1973 Nash at Nine Standby Helen Hayes Theatre [10]
1974–76 Candide Old Lady Broadway Theatre 740 (performances)
Nominated — Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
1975–76 The Ritz Googie Gomez Longacre Theatre replaced Rita Moreno
1983 Moose Murders Snooks Keene Eugene O'Neill Theatre 13 (previews); 1 (performance)

References

  1. ^ a b "June Gable – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  2. ^ "June Gable - Vineyard Theatre". 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. ^ "June Gable – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Rich, Frank (Feb 23, 1983). "Stage: 'Moose Murders,' A Brand of Whodunit". New York Times. New York Times.
  5. ^ Terrace, Vincent (6 November 2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486410. Retrieved 10 January 2017 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Have You Ever Noticed These Actors Playing More Than One Role On FRIENDS?". Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  7. ^ Ladden, Dominic. "Top 10 Friends secondary characters - - movies, TV, videogames, crowd-funding - Shadowlocked: find the future!". Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d "See Joey's Agent Estelle from "Friends" Now at 77". 16 September 2022.
  9. ^ Hoover, Carl. "Theater review: WCT's 'All Hallowed' solid, engaging character study". www.wacotrib.com. Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  10. ^ "June Gable – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

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