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Mindy Lee Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American actress. Although she had worked in film for over 30 years, she only began to garner attention after playing Frau Farbissina, the diminutive and domineering Germanic cohort of Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, and has a recurring role as Ms. Francine Briggs in the Nickelodeon series iCarly. She also has a recurring role as Principal Susan Skidmore on Disney Channel series A.N.T. Farm Sterling was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to actor and comedian Dick Sterling. Her mother was a dancer. At 13, she began... MORE

Mindy Lee Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American actress. Although she had worked in film for over 30 years, she only began to garner attention after playing Frau Farbissina, the diminutive and domineering Germanic cohort of Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, and has a recurring role as Ms. Francine Briggs in the Nickelodeon series iCarly. She also has a recurring role as Principal Susan Skidmore on Disney Channel series A.N.T. Farm Sterling was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to actor and comedian Dick Sterling. Her mother was a dancer. At 13, she began her training to become an actress. Around 1973, Sterling landed a recurring role on the syndicated children's series Dusty's Treehouse. She joined the renowned L.A.-based comedy troupe The Groundlings. Following the success of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Sterling appeared in Drop Dead Gorgeous (also 1999). In 2000, she played one of the townspeople in the live-action adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. She has appeared on various episodes of iCarly as Carly, Sam and Freddie's mean English teacher Miss Francine Briggs. She plays Christian Slater's secretary in the show My Own LESS