<P> After college, Engel appeared in musical productions with Washington's American Light Opera Company . She moved to New York City in 1969, appearing Off - Broadway in Lend an Ear, and for a year as Minnie Fay in the Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!, starting in December 1969 . A 1971 off - Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves eventually played in Los Angeles, where Engel was seen by Mary Tyler Moore and her husband, producer Grant Tinker, her soon - to - be employers . </P> <P> Engel appeared as Georgette Franklin Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1972 until the sitcom ended in 1977 . The role won her two Emmy nominations . After that sitcom ended, she teamed up with former Mary Tyler Moore Show co-star Betty White for The Betty White Show during its first and only (1977--78) season . She later co-starred on two short - lived 1980 sitcoms, Goodtime Girls as Loretta Smoot, and in Jennifer Slept Here featuring Ann Jillian . </P> <P> Engel had a recurring role on Coach as Shirley Burleigh and starred as the voice of Love - a-Lot Bear in The Care Bears Movie (1985). She played a good witch in a 2007 recurring role of Esmeralda on the now - defunct NBC soap opera Passions . Engel received consecutive Emmy Award nominations as outstanding guest actress in a comedy series in 2003, 2004 and 2005 for her role on Everybody Loves Raymond as Robert Barone's mother - in - law, Pat MacDougall . </P> <P> While her movie appearances have been sporadic, Engel made her film debut in Miloš Forman's first English - language movie Taking Off for which she was nominated for a British Academy Award for best supporting actress . Other film appearances include The Outside Man (1973), Signs of Life (1989), Papa Was a Preacher (1987), The Sweetest Thing (2002) and the made - for - TV movies The Day the Women Got Even (1980) and A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978). </P>

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