Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the staunch Mrs. Green in the comedy film "Summer School" (1987). Born Enid Mosier, she began her career as a torch singer and after appearing several nightclubs in New York City, New York, she was discovered by the acclaimed actress Pearl Bailey who hired her to perform opposite her in the musical "House of Flowers" (1954). She later appeared as a leading lady in such stage productions as "Run, Little Chillun," "Blue Holiday," "Carib Song," "St. Louis Woman," "Beggar's Holiday," and "Hilarities". After recording a string of solo albums and becoming a seasoned performer per all her years on the stage, she settled in Los Angeles, California, and enjoyed success as a supporting character actress in film and television; often typecast as wives, mothers, old maids, nurses, secretaries, waitresses, battle axe neighbors, landladies, doctors, snobs, aristocrats, retail clerks, businesswomen, philanthropists, chiefs, housekeepers, nannies, clergywomen, educators, and matriarchs. She appeared in such films as "For Pete's Sakes" (1974), "Leadbelly" (1976), "California Dreaming" (1979), "Teachers" (1984), "Amazon Women of the Moon" (1987), and "Ghost" (1990). On television, she flourished as a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Carol Burnett Show," "The Odd Couple," "The Sandy Duncan Show," "Sanford and Son," "Emergency!," "Police Woman," "Happy Days," "Good Times," "Dallas," "Hunter," "St. Elsewhere," "The Twilight Zone," "Amen," "Hill Street Blues," "Moonlighting," "Highway to Heaven," "The Women of Brewster Place," "Dragnet," "Married...with Children," and "Moesha". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was an honorary member of the NAACP, had been a supporter of the California State Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Methodist church, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, and she was married to musician Austin Stoker from 1959 until her death (their union produced no children). In 1996, she retired from acting and singing and spent the final years of her life devoted to charitable and religious causes until her death from complications of diabetes.