Mindy Sterling

Mindy Lee Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American television, film and voice actress. She portrayed Frau Farbissina in the Austin Powers film series and starred in the web series Con Man, the latter of which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She has had recurring roles as Miss Francine Briggs on the Nickelodeon series iCarly, Principal Susan Skidmore on the Disney Channel series A.N.T. Farm, and Linda Schwartz on the ABC series The Goldbergs. Sterling has also done voiceover work for animation. For Cartoon Network, she provided the voice of Ms. Endive in the series Chowder. For Nickelodeon, she voiced Lin Beifong in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014) and Morgana in the Nickelodeon version of Winx Club. Sterling was half of the duo (with Dennis Tufano of The Buckinghams) who sang the Theme song for "Family Ties" in its 1st season on TV, prior to Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams' version. Sterling was born in Paterson, New Jersey on July 11, 1953. Her father Dick Sterling was an actor and nightclub comedian and her mother Florence Adele “Bookie” Sterling (née Pushkin) was a dancer. She has one brother, Mark Sterling. She is Jewish.