Vampire Slayer, Hot l Baltimore, Teen Angel, Matlock, B. J. and the Bear, Good Times, Hearts Afire, Townies, Night Court, The Love Boat and Push, Nevada. She played Mrs. Werner in the episode of Quincy, M.E. titled "Into the Murdering Mind" (1982). She has also made memorable appearances portraying blunt, authoritative judges (the "Jagged Sledge" episode of Sledge Hammer! in 1987, and on "The One with Joey's Porsche" episode of Friends in 1999). She accepted a role in the off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore for an April 27 through May 29, 2011, run with Minka Kelly, AnnaLynne McCord, Anne Meara, and B. Smith. Ferrell was best known for portraying Berta the Housekeeper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, appearing in a total of 212 episodes from 2003 to 2015. She had received two nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2005 and 2007, but lost to Doris Roberts for Everybody Loves Raymond and Jaime Pressly for My Name Is Earl. In 2012, she voiced the role of Bob's Mom in Frankenweenie, which was directed by Tim Burton. She was slated to appear in the upcoming feature film Deported (2020), and had earlier acted in A Very Nutty Christmas (2018), a holiday-themed television movie. Personal life and death Ferrell married Arnie Anderson in about 1986. She had a daughter, Samantha (born in 1982), and two stepdaughters (born in 1976 and 1979). Ferrell was a lifelong Democrat and a practicing Methodist. Ferrell died on October 12, 2020, from complications following cardiac arrest at the Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, California. She was 77 years old. Filmography Source(s): Awards and nominations References External links Biography at CBS.com 1943 births 2020 deaths American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Marshall University alumni Actors from Charleston, West Virginia Actresses from West Virginia 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Drama Desk Award winners West Virginia University alumni California Democrats West Virginia Democrats Ohio Democrats American Methodists