Dody Goodman

1914-2008

"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman":

"Grease," with Eve Arden:

singing "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady":

Smart women who play ditsy on talk shows, like Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, and the late Shelley Winters, all owe a debt to this classic comedienne, who invented the type.