BREAKING: Legendary Hollywood Actress Dies... Fans Calling For Prayers This week, Hollywood is mourning the loss of Ann Morgan Guilbert, who is best known for playing the next-door neighbor Millie Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960s. Guilbert recently based away at the age of 87, after a battle with cancer, her daughter Nora Eckstein confirmed. Guilbert began her career on Broadway in the 1950s before landing the role on the popular show. She played the perky friend of Laura Petrie, played by Mary Tyler Moore, and the wife of Jerry Helper, a dentist. Guilbert also starred as Fran Dreschers grandmother, Yetta, on the 1990s sitcom The Nanny. Later, she had roles in Sundance Film Festival selection Please Give and the CBS comedy Life in Pieces. Guilbert was born in October of 1928. She graduated from Stanford Universitys Department of Speech and Drama. She married producer and actor George Eckstein, and had two daughters: Hallie Todd and Ms. Eckstein. In 1966, Guilbert divorced her first husband and married Guy Raymond. Raymond died in 1997. Were you a fan of Guilberts? Will you pray for her family and friends? 