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Suzanne Pleshette (born January 31 1937) is an American actress, best known as "Emily Hartley" on The Bob Newhart Show in the 1970s. She is a cousin of Knots Landing actor John Pleshette.

Miss Pleshette is also a former Broadway leading lady, having replaced Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker opposite Patty Duke, to rave reviews. She also played opposite (future husband) Tom Poston and the late Constance Ford in The Golden Fleecing. Pleshette has been in over two dozen made for television films and numerous dramas of the late '50s, '60s and '70s; during the '60s and '70s and she appeared to dominate the drama shows.

Her Emmy and Golden Globe nominated performance in Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean is riveting, played to the hilt, and spine-chilling. Her small but underplayed role of "Annie Hayworth" in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (film) can definitely be an acting lesson on how to underplay.

In Dr. Kildare, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for an episode titled "Shining Image," in which she portrayed a nurse who was a drug addict. She also gave a memorable performance in a made-for-TV film opposite Kim Stanley, Robert Duvall, Edmond O'Brien and Kim Darby titled Flesh and Blood.

In 1964, Pleshette married actor and Rome Adventure co-star Troy Donahue and they divorced acrimoniously eight months later. She married Thomas Gallagher in 1968 and they were happily married until his death from cancer on January 21, 2000. She has never had children. In 2001, Suzanne married much older former co-star, comic actor Tom Poston (b. 1921) who played "The Peeper", a college friend of Bob Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show. She also did the voices of Yubaba and Zeniba in the English dub of Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away.

She appeared in the American Broadcasting Company sitcom 8 Simple Rules after John Ritter's death in September 2003; she played the mother of Katey Sagal's character. She has also guest-starred in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace as Lois Whitley, the down and out estranged mother of spoiled, ultrawealthy, and very whiny widow, Karen Walker (character).

Selected filmography

The Geisha Boy (1958)
Rome Adventure (1962)
40 Pounds Of Trouble (1962)
The Birds (1963)
Wall Of Noise (1963)
A Distant Trumpet (1964)
Fate Is The Hunter (1964)
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
A Rage To Live (1965)
The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
Nevada Smith (1966)
Mister Buddwing (1966)
The Adventures Of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
The Power (1968)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came? (1970)
The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
Hot Stuff (1979)
Oh, God! Book II (1980)
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998; voice of Zira)

External links

Suzanne Pleshette at IMDb

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 In ''[[Dr. Kildare]]'', she was nominated for an Emmy Award for an episode titled "Shining Image," in which she portrayed a nurse who was a drug addict. She also gave a memorable performance in a made-for-TV film opposite [[Kim Stanley]], [[Robert Duvall]], [[Edmond O'Brien]] and [[Kim Darby]] titled ''Flesh and Blood''.
-In 1964, Pleshette married actor and ''Rome Adventure'' co-star [[Troy Donahue]] and they divorced acrimoniously eight months later. She married Thomas Gallagher in 1968 and they were happily married until his death from cancer on [[January 21]], [[2000]]. She has never had children. In 2001, Suzanne married much older former co-star, comic actor [[Tom Poston]] (b. 1921) who played "The Peeper", a college friend of Bob Hartley on ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''. She also did the voices of Yubaba and Zeniba in the [[English]] dub of Japanese director [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s ''[[Spirited Away]]''.
+In 1964, Pleshette married actor and ''Rome Adventure'' co-star [[Troy Donahue]] and they divorced acrimoniously eight months later. She married '''Thomas Gallagher''' in [[1968]] and they were happily married until his death from cancer on [[January 21]], [[2000]]. She has never had children. In 2001, Suzanne married much older former co-star, comic actor [[Tom Poston]] (b. 1921) who played "The Peeper", a college friend of Bob Hartley on ''[[The Bob Newhart Show]]''. She also did the voices of Yubaba and Zeniba in the [[English]] dub of Japanese director [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s ''[[Spirited Away]]''.
-She appeared in the [[American Broadcasting Company]] [[sitcom]] ''[[8 Simple Rules]]'' after [[John Ritter]]'s death in [[September]] [[2003]]; she played the mother of [[Katey Sagal]]'s character. She has also guest-starred in the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Will & Grace]]'' as Lois Whitley, the down and out estranged mother of spoiled, ultrawealthy, and very whiny widow, [[Karen Walker]].
+She appeared in the [[American Broadcasting Company]] [[sitcom]] ''[[8 Simple Rules]]'' after [[John Ritter]]'s death in [[September]] [[2003]]; she played the mother of [[Katey Sagal]]'s character. She has also guest-starred in the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Will & Grace]]'' as Lois Whitley, the down and out estranged mother of spoiled, ultrawealthy, and very whiny widow, [[Karen Walker (character)]].
 == Selected filmography ==