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- NAME: Nancy Walker
- OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
- BIRTH DATE: May 10, 1922
- DEATH DATE: March 25, 1992
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- PLACE OF DEATH: Studio City, California
- Originally: Anna Myrtle Swoyer
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Actress Nancy Walker appeared in films and on stage before playing Ida Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rosie in the Bounty paper towel commercials.
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