Stritch played the mother of Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy.

Ever notice howElaine Stritch’s30 Rockcharacter was impeccably dressed?

“And she was like, ‘I’ve got to wear this.’

30 ROCK – “The Moms” Episode 420 – Pictured: Elaine Stritch as Colleen

Elaine Stritch guest stars on “30 Rock.".Ali Goldstein/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

And we were like, ‘But Elaine, you’re in the hospital!

you’re gonna wanna be in a hospital gown.

She was like, ‘None of this.

Actresses Jane Krakowski and Elaine Stritch attend the “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” screening reception at Paley Center For Media on February 19, 2014 in New York City.

Jane Krakowski and Elaine Stritch photographed together in 2014.Cindy Ord/Getty

I have to have this on camera with me.'”

“Because she can take it home,” Ferguson said.

“It’s the only way she’d get to keep it!”

Stritch appeared as his hard-to-kindly, hat-loving mother, Colleen, on nine episodes over the series’ run.

Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, and Judah Friedlander also starred.