Actress. She was best known for playing character roles on stage, in films, and on television. She will be best remembered for playing 'Mrs. Franks' in the comedy western film "Lightning Jack" (1996). The film which was directed by Simon Wincer, and which also starred Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Beverly D'Angelo, tells the story of Lightning Jack Kane who is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist. She is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Mrs. Sims' in four episodes of the popular soap opera television series, "Search For Tomorrow," in 1983, but only one was credited. She was born one of two children as Grace Greenwood Stambaugh in Youngstown, Ohio, on December 16, 1921. She was educated locally and later trained as a singer and a pianist. She later moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she taught voice and piano from 1964 to 1968. During this time she also made her actual stage debut in her first professional stage appearance playing the role of 'Dame Margery' in the play, "The Shoemaker's Holiday" (1967), at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after which she became very active in regional theatre productions. She later gave up her entertainment career to focus on marriage and family. She returned to acting during the 1970s and appeared on the stage on Broadway in New York City, New York, in several stage productions of such plays as, 'Queen Isabella of Bavaria' in "Goodtime Charley" (March 03, 1975, to May 31, 1975), as 'Mme Bouffer,' 'Sister Roland,' 'A Peasant Woman,' and 'Bride's Mother,' in "The Grand Tour" (January 11, 1979, to March 04, 1979), as 'Rosa' in "Carmelina (April 08, 1979, to April 21, 1979), as 'Aunt Jenny' in "I Remember Mama" (May 31, 1979, to September 02, 1979), as 'Robert' in "Musical Chairs" (May 14, 1980, to May 25, 1980), and as 'Helga' in "Woman Of The Year" (March 29, 1981, to March 13, 1983). Her most famous role was playing 'Rosa' in "Carmelina (April 08, 1979, to April 21, 1979), by Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner. The 1979 play role earned her a Drama Desk Award nomination. During her time on the Broadway stage she worked with likes of Dolores Sutton, Marilyn McIntyre, James Tolkan, Gary Bayer, David Garrison, Robert Prosky, Laura Esterman, Stanley Anderson, Howard Witt, Mark Hammer, Leslie Cass, Terrence Currier, Jay O' Sanders Halo Wines, Mark Robinson, Michael Mertz, James Alexander, Paul Ballantyne, Raye Birk, Edward Binns, Earl Boen, Ronald Boulden, Adolph Caesar, Douglas Campbell, Helen Carey, Len Cariou, Jon Cranney, Patricia Elliott, David Flaten, Frederick Gaines, Robin Gammell, Melody Greer, Jeffrey Jones, Philip Kerr, Joseph Klimowski, Robert Lanchester, James J. Lawless, John Lewin, Travis Lockhart, George Mitchell, Michael Moriarty, Robert Pastene, J. Robert Pearce, Michael Pierce, Fred Pinkard, Richard Ramos, Lee Richardson, Irene Roseen, Nick Savian, Robert Skloot, J. Walter Smith, Gale Sondergaard, Katherine Squire, Glynn Turman, Granville Van Dusen, James Wallace, Moira Wylie, Joel Grey, Ron Holgate, Florence Lacey, Bjarne Buchtrup, Chevi Colton, Carol Dorian, Travis Hudson, Kenneth Kantor, Jack Karcher, Bronna Lipton, Debra Lyman, Michelle Marshall, Bob Morrisey, Stan Page, Tina Paul, Jay Pierce, Linda Poser, Theresa Rakov, George Reinholt, Jeff Richards, George Reinholt, Paul Solen, Jo Speros, Jay Stuart, Gene Varrone, Jeff Veazey, Stephen Vinovich, Mark Waldrop, Bonnie Young, Charles Abbott, Roger Bigelow, Lynne Charney, James M. Nederlander, Diana Shumlin, Jack Schlissel, Ann Reinking, Susan Browning, Jay Garner, Richard B. Shull, Louis Zorich, Ed Becker, Kenneth Bridges, Rhoda Butler, Peggy Cooper, Kathe Dezina, Andy Hostettler, Dan Joel, Nancy Killmer, Cam Lorendo, Glen McClaskey, Ross Miles, Tod Miller, Hal Norman, Julie Pars, George Ramos, Kathleen Robey, Charles Rule, Jane Ann Sargia, Patrick Swayze, Brad Tyrrell, Gordon Weiss, Jerry Yoder, Austin Pendleton, Max Brown and Byron Goldman, Robert Victor and Stone Widney. She continued to be active in theatre throughout the 1980s. She also played the role of 'Aunt Eller' in the stage production of the musical play, "Oklahoma!" and toured throughout the United States in 1980, and also appeared in "Woman of the Year (1983), a musical with a book by Peter Stone and score by John Kander and Fred Ebb. She also appeared at the Yale Repertory Theater, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Hartford Stage Company, Arizona Theater Company, and the Denver Center Theatre Company. She also appeared in several television commercials during her acting career. She eventually made the transition to film and television but only appeared in a few roles. She made her actual film debut playing the role of 'Ms. Arganda' in the film drama, "Roosters" (1993). The film which was directed by Robert M. Young, which was based on the play by Milcha Sanchez-Scott, and which also starred Edward James Olmos, and Sarah Lassez, tells the story of Gallo Morales who is the proud patriarch returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter. Seeking to re-establish his legendary status as a champion breeder, he comes back for the rooster bred by his father. But it is Hector, his son who inherits the prize-winning bird and neither are about to give in. The fall-out from their conflict has consequences for the whole family, especially for Angela, the sensitive 14-year-old daughter unable to cope with the brutal world that surrounds her and her own emerging womanhood, despite the best efforts of Juana, her strong but long-suffering mother. Besides, playing the role of 'Ms. Arganda' in the film drama, "Roosters" (1993), and playing 'Mrs. Franks' in the comedy western film "Lightning Jack" (1996), her many other film credits include playing the role of 'Crowd Member #1' in the action-comedy romance film, "Four Eyes And Six-Guns" (1992). The film which was directed by Piers Haggard, and which was written for the screen by Leon Prochnik, and which also starred Judge Reinhold, Patricia Clarkson, and Dan Hedaya, tells the story of Ernest who decides to go to Tombstone, Arizona, to open an eyeglasses store, but soon discovers that nobody trusts him. After helping Wyatt rid the town of Doom Brothers via the shooting, Albright's eyeglasses are really successful. Besides, playing the role of 'Mrs. Sims' in four episodes of the popular soap opera television series, "Search For Tomorrow, in 1983, her many other television credits include playing the role of 'Mamie' in the episode entitled, "Homecoming," 'of the television drama series, "Our Family Honor," which originally aired on November 15, 1985, and which also starred Daphne Ashbrook, Georgann Johnson, and Ron Karabatsos. Her last film role was playing 'Mrs. Brandenheim' in the family fantasy comedy holiday film, "Mrs. Santa Claus" (1996, She also performed the songs, "Avenue A", and "Time For A Vote," in the film). The film which was directed by Terry Hughes, which was written for the screen by Mark Saltzman, and which also starred Angela Lansbury, Michael Jeter, and Terrence Mann, tells the story of neglected by her husband during the pre-Christmas rush, Mrs. Claus (Dame Angela Lansbury) takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a drive, only to end up stranded in the multicultural neighborhood of Manhattan's Lower East Side of the early 1900s. She retired from acting shortly thereafter to once again focus on her family. She was married to Retired Colonel Robert Bernard Keagy (1917-2006), in 1950. Together the couple had five children. He passed away in Rochester, New York, on October 15, 2006, at the age of 89, and he was buried in United States Military Academy Post Cemetery in West Point, New York. She passed away in Rochester, New York, on October 4, 2009, at the age of 87, and she was buried with her husband. She was survived by her five children and twelve grandchildren.