death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive birthname article_title name death_cause
02 march 2015 monterey , california , u.s. kansas city , missouri , u.s. 24 may 1925 1972 & ndash ; 1987 mary virginia skinner jenna mcmahon
 jenna mcmahon heart failure
jenna mcmahon

mary virginia skinner -lrb- may 24 , 1925 -- march 2 , 2015 -rrb- , known professionally as jenna mcmahon , was an american writer , producer , actress and comedian .
she was best known for her emmy award-winning work as a writer on the variety/sketch comedy program `` the carol burnett show '' and for co-creating the television sitcoms `` it 's a living '' , `` the facts of life '' , and `` mama 's family '' along with her writing partner dick clair .
