Special Occasions (1982), a play about a divorced couple, was so ravaged by theater critics that it closed after a series of previews and one regular performance. [29] "I was living like a movie star but wasn't being paid like one", he says. Also, "Just buzz em', honey.". It was Ginnie who began the lifelong connection between her husband and Don Rickles. Born to Geraldine (ne Kaplan; 1913-1987), a dancer and artist who gave up work upon marrying, and Gene Pleshette, manager of the Paramount Theater in However, fans didnt seem to mind just ask Conan OBrien. by Anonymous [20] However, none of his recordings entered the Billboard Hot 100 list. Sexy voice. Brando did it. Her professional career began in 1957 with her television debut, a single episode in a short-lived adventure series, Harbourmaster, and her Broadway debut in Compulsion, a drama about the Leopold and Loeb murder case. WebPleshette miscarried and did not have any children while she was married to Gallagher. She's going with another guy, but I don't think he's right for her, so I'm going to fix you up on a blind date. Ginnie Newhart, wife of comedian Bob Newhart, dies at 82. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. She was great in The Fugitive; I mean especially it was a great show, Stephen King called it the greatest TV show of all time. Never had the space since so have moved over to cocker spaniels. That never quite sat right with me. She mentions Hitch reading dirty limericks and if I'm not mistaken that very scenario was in the Sienna Miller Tippi film and presented as sexual harassment. She was such a stunner. Which we did.". She and Bob recently celebrated their 60-year wedding anniversary. She could do sultry and yet still be cute. It should've been Newhart. Donahue said in 1978: After eight years at Warners, I did a few independent pictures that never went any place. The young Leona was attractive, but Suzanne was exquisite. Rumored to have done a lot of punch up work on scripts ala Carrie Fisher but refused to speak about her writing career or disclose her penname in interviews. Definitely not hot when he was older but I could see some BDF. He came to visit me on the set and I wasnt there. Not too many of those came my way. Troy Donahue as a husband seemed like a real hiccup on her life story. Kildare, twice for The Bob Newhart Show (1977 and 1978) and in 1991 for playing the title role in the television movie Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean.. His contract with Warner Bros. ended shortly thereafteralthough it ran until early 1968, Donahue asked to be released from it in January 1966. As a change of pace, Pleshette and he were cast in a Western A Distant Trumpet (1964), the last film of director Raoul Walsh. I dont want to wait until Friday. Hes a paternal figure who didnt need to have children because his patients and Howard Borden [Bill Daily] were his children.. That kind of smooth charm is rare in a woman, she should have been a politician. The work was not very distinguished, however: a spy spoof, Come Spy with Me (1967); a British adventure tale, Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967); and a Western for Albert Zugsmith, The Phantom Gunslinger (shot 1967, released 1970). His character was named Merle Johnson, a nod to Donahue's real name. The deluded starlet might also have been Shirley Knight, here are a few gems from an interview with her: You guest starred on Johnny Staccato, with John Cassavetes. I see a rivaling string of TV shows between the Lorre crew and Kohan/Mutchnick in the 90s, later 80s and 2000s; and Cybill, Spin City, a bit Defenders of the Earth (Lorre started with Comics), Two and a Half Men, somewhat Lost, a little bit the Fugitive reboot, and maybe MacGyver et. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. After making another film together in 1964, she and Mr. Donahue married, but lasted only eight months. The Newharts met on a blind date set up by actor-comedian Buddy Hackett, according to details provided by Digney. It was a silly romcom but very cute. I would never want a 'big A list career' but I would want what Suzanne had which was steady work, enough money to live very well and then be in the circles to meet and be friends with these people but without the pressures of having to be them.