FILE - In this Nov. 30, 1988 file photo, Beth Howland poses outside a restaurant in Los Angeles. Howland, who was best known for her role as a ditzy waitress Vera Louise Gorman on the 1970s and '80s CBS sitcom "Alice" died Dec. 31, 2016 in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 74. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac, File)