# Bye, Berta - Conchata Ferrell dies at 77 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 13, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893 "2020-10-13T20:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/1 "2020-10-13T20:57:00Z")
Another tick in the “Why 2020 SUCKS!” box. [Complications](https://deadline.com/2020/10/conchata-ferrell-dead-two-and-a-half-men-co-star-77-1234596750/) after a heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/2 "2020-10-13T21:00:10Z")
She’ll always be Thor Nurse Thor to me. I love the fact that she went on to guest star on ER after being a major character on E/R. she was always entertaining and believable in her parts. A great character actor. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/3 "2020-10-13T21:05:03Z")
I liked her on L.A. Law. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/4 "2020-10-13T21:09:45Z")
I know I saw here pop up on other shows here and there, but the only think I really know her from is Two and a Half Men. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/5 "2020-10-13T21:58:40Z")
She was in the short-lived series _ **Hot\_l Baltimore** _ back in the spring of 1975. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/6 "2020-10-13T22:39:53Z")
That’s when I first heard of her. She popped up in many roles after that, not too many were recurring though. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/7 "2020-10-13T23:02:05Z")
I remember her in Hot L Baltimore. She got the best lines. Truly underrated ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/8 "2020-10-14T00:32:41Z")
She was great in _Hot L Baltimore_ and even better in _Heartland_, one of her few dramatic roles. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/9 "2020-10-14T02:48:18Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I liked her on L.A. Law. That’s my main association with her. Her character was always entertaining. And she took no guff. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/10 "2020-10-14T11:59:20Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > She’ll always be Thor Nurse Thor to me. I love the fact that she went on to guest star on ER after being a major character on E/R. she was always entertaining and believable in her parts. A great character actor. According to IMDB, she was also in a 1983 movie called “Emergency Room”! RIP Berta, you were awesome. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/11 "2020-10-14T14:33:29Z")
> OK, I haven’t sampled anything from the other side of the buffet since I traveled with the Grateful Dead, but Golly Moses, she’s a muffin. > [Berta](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004916/?ref_=tt_ch): Well, everybody makes that mistake once. I crossed that line in the '70s when I was cleaning house for Mr. Telly Savalas. > [Charlie Harper](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000221/?ref_=tt_ch): You’re kidding. TV’s Kojak? > [Berta](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004916/?ref_=tt_ch): One and the same. > [Charlie Harper](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000221/?ref_=tt_ch): What happened? > [Berta](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004916/?ref_=tt_ch): What do you think happened? He’s Greek, a man of passion. You can’t tie your shoes around those guys. > [Charlie Harper](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000221/?ref_=tt_ch): That’s rough. > [Berta](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004916/?ref_=tt_ch): You bet your ass it’s rough. > [Alan walks in] > [Alan Harper](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001083/?ref_=tt_ch): Morning. > [Charlie Harper](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000221/?ref_=tt_ch): Morning. > [Berta](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004916/?ref_=tt_ch): So, Zippy. I hear you’ve been sinking your putts on the company golf course. > [Alan Harper](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001083/?ref_=tt_ch): Thanks for telling her. > [Charlie Harper](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000221/?ref_=tt_ch): Thanks for telling me. > [Berta](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004916/?ref_=tt_ch): Word of advice: It may seem like fun and games at the beginning, but mark my words. Sooner or later, you’re gonna wake up with a broken heart and a lollipop stuck to your keister. Thanks for the laughs, Conchata. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/12 "2020-10-14T19:10:33Z")
She was very funny in B.J. and the Bear as a deputy sheriff called “The Fox”. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893/13 "2020-10-14T22:57:54Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > According to IMDB, she was also in a 1983 movie called “Emergency Room”! No ER connection, but speaking of movies: she was one of Faye Dunaway’s hapless staff-members in _Network_. She wasn’t given any zingers; she just had to look nonplussed by Dunaway’s aggression (which she did very well).