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Alice Playten
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Alice Playten (born August 28 1947) is an American actress.
Born Alice Plotnik in New York City, Playten began her career in 1959 in the Broadway musical Gypsy. Additional Broadway credits include Oliver!, Henry, Sweet Henry, Hello, Dolly!, Rumors, Seussical, and Caroline, or Change. Her many off-Broadway credits include The Last Sweet Days of Isaac, Up from Paradise, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, Spoils of War, Four Short Operas, and First Lady Suite.
Playten's screen credits include
Ladybug Ladybug,
I.Q., and
Legend. She has done voice work in several animated features, including
Felix the Cat and
My Little Pony: The Movie. She was a regular on the children's
television series
The Lost Saucer and
That's cat and has had guest shots on
Frasier,
Law & Order,
Third Watch, and
As the World Turns, among others.
Playten probably is remembered best for her role of the newlywed creating gastronomic delights for her husband (
Terry Kiser) in a classic 1970
Alka-Seltzer commercial. Lying in bed, reliving the triumph of her first home-cooked meal (a single, monumental dumpling), she is oblivious to her spouse surreptitiously gulping a fizzy glassful behind her as she pores through a cookbook in search of
recipes for her next
menu. Her exultant cry of discovery, "marshmallowed meatballs and poached oysters!," became a popular catch phrase among television viewers throughout the country.
Awards and nominations
