The Resume

(January 23, 1923-July 15, 1986)
Acted on TV in 'Holiday Hotel (1951),' 'Meet Millie (1952-56),' 'The New Scooby-Doo Movies (voice-1972),' 'St. Elsewhere (1984-85)' and 'Night Court (1985-86)'

Why she might be annoying:

She was a chain smoker.
Between 1976-82, she played 6 different characters on the TV series 'Barney Miller.'
She replaced Selma Diamond on 'Night Court,' who died of lung cancer after one season, only to last one season herself before dying of cancer brought on by smoking.
The similarities continue. Both she and Diamond were short, had raspy voices from years of smoking, played the feisty female bailiff role on the show and were named 'Selma' and 'Florence' respectively.

Why she might not be annoying:

She had a long career on radio and got her start at age 4 when she appeared on Orson Welles' 'Mercury Theater of the Air.'
Her brother was actor Billy Halop, one of the original Dead End/East Side Kids.
She went uncredited in the films 'The Glass Bottom Boat' (1966) and 'Pretty In Pink' (1986).
Her character in 'St. Elsewhere,' Mrs. Hufnagel, was only supposed to be in one episode, but her role was so well received the writers found a way to get her into 15 more episodes.
She developed breast cancer that metastasized, so biographies on her alternate between her dying of breast or lung cancer.

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Bad Hair - Female
• Comediennes
• Cursed
• Hoarse Raspy Voices
• Huge Eye Wear
• I Boarded the Love Boat [E-K]
• I Come from Queens
• I Died During the Run of My TV Series
• I Died in 1986 (Ranked: 63)
• I Have Breast Cancer
• I Have Lung Cancer
• I'm Buried at Vallhalla Memorial Park [Hollywood, Ca]
• Jowls
• Little People [5'3 and Shorter] - Female A-K
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands on My Hips
• Night Court
• Profiles 14001-14250 (Ranked: 14224)
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 01]
• St. Elsewhere
• Women With Deep Voices

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 103 Votes: 49.51% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 30 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 60.53% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 58 Votes: 39.66% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 63 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 98 Votes: 48.98% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 148 Votes: 44.59% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 355 Votes: 46.20% Annoying