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Portrait of Shelley Morrison

Charles Bush · CC BY-SA 3.0

Shelley Morrison

American actress

1936 – 2019aged 83

Shelley Morrison, born Rachel Mitrani, spent a television career slipping into distinctive supporting roles: Sister Sixto, a nun whose English came out scrambled, on The Flying Nun in the 1960s, and decades later the sharp-witted maid Rosario Salazar on Will & Grace from 1999 to 2006. She also voiced Mrs. Portillo on Disney's animated Handy Manny and had a recurring turn on General Hospital.

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