Overview
- Her longtime agent Dennis Aspland told the New York Times she died Tuesday, Sept. 9, at home in Manhattan.
- She was the last surviving principal cast member of CBS’s Alice, where Flo’s “Kiss my grits!” became a pop-culture catchphrase.
- Holliday won Golden Globes in 1979 and 1980 for Alice, earned four Emmy nominations, and later received a 1990 Tony nomination for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
- She departed Alice after four seasons to star in the spinoff Flo, which aired for two seasons before being canceled.
- No official cause was released, though some outlets reported her death was thought to be due to pneumonia.