Beth Howland

Elizabeth Howland (May 28, 1941 Boston, Massachusetts, USA – December 31, 2015 Santa Monica, California, USA) was an American actress. She worked on stage and television, and was best known for playing Vera Gorman in Alice, the sitcom inspired by the Martin Scorsese film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Howland originated the role of Amy in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's Company, in which she introduced the patter song "Getting Married Today".