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Boston Legal Joins TV Land’s Prime Line-Up Today

by Joi on February 15, 2010

in Candice Bergen, TV Land, William Shatner

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the courtroom.

One of the best cast television shows of all time, Boston Legal, is joining TV Land and the network will kick things off wit a marathon of the series’ most popular episodes today.  Great news!

The Primetime Emmy Award-winning hit series created by David E. Kelley premieres on Monday, February 15th with a President’s Day marathon from 12pm – 12am EST/PST, showing the best cases, most outrageous moments and most creative storylines that audiences love. During the marathon, TV Land PRIME will offer special character “briefs” on viewers favorite Crane, Poole & Schmidt firm members such as Denny Crane, Alan Shore and Shirley Schmidt, and viewers will learn personal and professional information on the characters as well as everything they need to know about this popular series.

“The poignant storylines offset by humor and wit skillfully acted and delivered by the infamous and talented William Shatner and Candice Bergen have resonated with audiences making ‘Boston Legal’ a favorite,” states Jaclyn Cohen, senior vice president of programming and acquisitions for TV Land. “TV Land viewers are sure to love this addition to our schedule!”

Created by David E. Kelley (“Ally McBeal,” “The Practice”) “Boston Legal” is a one-hour dramedy which ran on ABC for five seasons. The series follows the professional and personal lives of the attorneys at high-priced Boston law firm, Crane, Poole & Schmidt. The on-goings at the firm are made thoroughly entertaining by the talented cast, starring James Spader and television veterans William Shatner and Candice Bergen. Spader garnered two Primetime Emmys for his depiction of Alan Shore, a winning attorney with at times, less-than-ethical tactics. William Shatner received an Emmy and Golden Globe for his role as the quirky Denny Crane, the leading name of the firm, Crane, Poole & Schmidt, a star litigator in his heyday and now adjusting to his evolving role at the firm as he gets older. Candice Bergen, famous for her five-time Emmy-winning portrayal of Murphy Brown stars in “Boston Legal” as Shirley Schmidt, third name in the firm title. Schmidt is a no-nonsense attorney who rejoins the team toward the end of the first season, returning from a stint in New York. Schmidt and Crane were previously involved, which adds yet another layer of entertainment to the plot.

Boston Legal Marathon Episode Descriptions:

Monday, February 15, 2010

12:00PM #001: Head Cases

A partner arrives at the office wearing no pants; Shore meets with an African-American woman who claims her daughter was passed over for a role in “Annie” because of the color of her skin; a client wants to hire a private investigator to tail his cheating wife, but Denny advises against it; sparks fly between Bad and Sally when they represent a mom fighting her ex over a custody issue.

1:00PM #002: Still Crazy After All These Years

Shore represents a former lover who tried to kill him and who is now fighting for release from a mental institution; Crane behaves strangely during a case, prompting the partners to look for an excuse to get rid of him.

2:00PM #011: Schmidt Happens

Lori files a motion against the U.S. government on behalf of a Sudanese man, trying to draw attention to the genocide in that country; Shore represents a man who killed his mother; partner Shirley Schmidt, Crane’s former flame, returns to the firm.

3:00PM #016: Let Sales Ring

Crane represents an old friend who wants to die and be cryonically frozen; Shore represents a teenager who claims that a news channel is being illegally censored at his high school.

4:00PM #018: The Black Widow

Shore and Brad represent a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her wealthy, elderly husband; Tara finds herself opposing an old flame when she defends a doctor accused of groping a mute cellist.

5:00PM #019: Schadenfreude

Crane, Shore and Brad defend Kelly Nolan, who is accused of killing her rich husband; Denise insists on handling her own divorce; Catherine worries that Bernard Ferrion will kill again; Tara assists Malcolm in representing a singer.

6:00PM #040: Race Ipsa

Crane shoots his psychiatrist; Shore recruits Chelina to help defend a client in a racial profiling case; Denise shows Brad how to kiss.

7:00PM #062: Son of the Defender

Denny Crane is forced at gunpoint to re-try his very first murder case, but this time the lives of half the firm hang on the verdict; Alan defends a working girl and ends up sharing a cell with her.

8:00PM #084: The Mighty Rogues

Shirley asks Alan to argue a case that would allow her to end her father’s fight with Alzheimer’s; Jerry’s sued for sexual assault; Sack represents Nantucket Island in the island’s quest to build an atomic bomb.

9:00PM #088: Patriot Acts

Denny and Alan are finally accepted into the Coast Guard but their friendship is tested when Alan represents a town that wants to secede from the United States; Denny represents the opposing side.

10:00PM #100: Made In China

In desperate need of funding, but against everyone’s wishes, the firm votes to be acquired by a Chinese corporation; Shirley and Sack plan their wedding; Denny makes a proposal of his own to Alan.

11:00PM #101: Last Call

Alan argues before the Supreme Court for Denny’s right to take an experimental drug to halt the effects of his advancing Alzheimer’s; Shirley, Sack, Alan and Denny prepare for their weddings.

Additionally, beginning February 15th, fans of the series can log on to www.tvland.com and enter a sweepstakes for the chance to win one of 30 “Boston Legal” Season 5 DVD box sets.

How Well Do You Know Barbara Stanwyck?

by Joi on February 11, 2010

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Remember the Night, Barbara Stanwyck, in a Dark Green Suit with Dark Brown Alligator Bag, 1940
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Few actresses better represented 1940’s Hollywood as well as Barbara Stanwyck. Everything about her seems to have summed up the glamor, sex appeal, and strength of the 40s. For those of us who weren’t yet born, we can get a great idea of what this time must have “felt” like. You get the impression that people were excited about the future – especially in Hollywood. There seemed to have been a feeling of excitement and anticipation of changing times. So much so, you can almost see it on certain star’s faces!

I’ve always been fascinated with Barbara Stanwyck. There’s something different about her that makes her stand apart from other actresses of her time – a kind of strength and non-conformity, a lot like Katharine Hepburn. In fact, I often thought of her as Katherine Hepburn on the small screen. Naturally, she was on the big screen as well, but she’s best known for her memorable stint on The Big Valley.

Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens on July 16, 1907 in Brooklyn, New York. While working at a local telephone company, Barbara held fast to her dream of making it to Hollywood. She (literally) pounded the pavement, looking for work as a dancer and, at 17, was hired as a chorus girl. This led her to Hollywood and to her dreams coming true.

The Woman in Red, Barbara Stanwyck, 1935
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While Barbara is best remembered as Victoria, the matriarch of the Barkleys, on the TV western “The Big Valley” (1965), she is also fondly remembered as a grand dame from the hit drama “The Colbys” (1985). However, she is also known to millions of fans for her movie career, which spanned from 1927 to 1964.

Barbara Stanwyck’s co-stars considered her to be an ideal co-star, thanks to her serious but easygoing attitude on the set. She worked hard at being an actress, but she never allowed her star quality to go to her head. She was nominated for four Academy Awards, though somehow she never won. However, in 1982 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for “superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting.”

Barbara Stanwyck died on January 20, 1990 in Santa Monica, California from congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive lung disease, and emphysema. She left behind 93 movies and a beautiful, memorable spot in television history. Barbara may be gone, but Victoria will live on forever…. and, of course, Barbara will live on through her and her other roles.

Ah, the beauty of re-runs, dvds, and networks like TV Land that allow this to be possible.

Barbara Stanwyck, March 7, 1946
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Favorite Barabara Stanwyck Quotes:
During Double Indemnity (1944), Fred MacMurray would go to rushes [viewings of daily completed shots]. I remember asking Fred, “How was I?” [Fred's response was] “I don’t know about you, but I was wonderful!” Such a true remark. Actors only look at themselves.

I’m a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I’m ninety and they won’t need to paste my face with make-up.

[Referring to director Frank Capra] Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure, it’s nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting – watch the eyes!

Put me in the last fifteen minutes of a picture and I don’t care what happened before. I don’t even care if I was IN the rest of the damned thing – I’ll take it in those fifteen minutes.

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.

Commenting in 1939 on the fact that her fiancé, Robert Taylor, at 28, was four years younger than she, which raised eyebrows then, Stanwyck said: “The boy’s got a lot to learn and I’ve got a lot to teach.”

I couldn’t remember my name for weeks. I’d be at the theater and hear them calling, ‘Miss Stanwyck, Miss Stanwyck,’ and I’d think, ‘Where is that dame? Why doesn’t she answer? By crickie, it’s me!’

Egotism – usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what I love doing.

[on filming Titanic (1953)] The night we were making the scene of the dying ship in the outdoor tank at Twentieth, it was bitter cold. I was 47 feet up in the air in a lifeboat swinging on the davits. The water below was agitated into a heavy rolling mass and it was thick with other lifeboats full of woman and children. I looked down and thought: If one of these ropes snaps now, it’s good-by for you. Then I looked up at the faces lined along the rail -those left behind to die with the ship. I thought of the men and women who had been through this thing in our time. We were re-creating an actual tragedy and I burst into tears. I shook with great racking sobs and couldn’t stop.

Barbara Stanwyck, 1940
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Hot in Cleveland: A TV Land Original Sitcom

by Joi on January 31, 2010

in Betty White, TV Land, Telvevision Actresses, The Golden Girls, Valerie Bertinelli

If anyone knows TV, it’s me.  Not only do I happen to, unapologetically, love the medium, I can’t imagine what a day without TV Land, televised sports, or the Food Network would be like.  Don’t want to know!  Anyway, I am sitting on tremendous TV knowledge and that knowledge leads me to announce that the fact that Betty White is returning to television is the best “television-related” news in two forevers.   This beautiful and hilarious comedienne  is one in a gazillion and how any network has let her go unutilized this long is beyond me.  For that matter, come on, shouldn’t the entire Golden Girls cast be gainfully employed on television and the movies?

Betty White has signed on in a Recurring Role in a promising new TV Land original series,  Hot in Cleveland.  I’m also doing back flips over the concept of Valerie Bertinelli returning to television.  I think her recent commercial campaign, her autobiography, and bikini pics (with snow and ice covering most of the country, I chose to show one of these pics at the top of the post – Valerie can thaw out as much ice now as she did 20 years ago…  probably more!) reminded the public of just how much we all love her.  TV Land is absolutely brilliant to bring both ladies back into our living rooms.

From TV Land:

“HOT IN CLEVELAND”

New York, NY, January 13, 2010 – TV Land announced today that it has signed comedic actresses Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick to star as best friends in the network’s sitcom pilot “Hot in Cleveland.” Additionally, the incomparable Emmy Award-winning Betty White has also been cast in the comedy pilot as a recurring guest star. The sitcom, which was previously announced in October along with comedy pilot “Retired at 35,” is TV Land’s foray into scripted comedy series and is a TV Land PRIME presentation.

“Hot in Cleveland” is written by Emmy Award-winning Suzanne Martin (“Frasier,” “Ellen”) and is produced by Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes’ Hazy Mills Productions.

The new comedy revolves around three fabulous, LA women of a certain age and best friends (Bertinelli, Leeves and Malick). Their lives are changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new “promised land.” Loving their new home, the women find themselves living under one roof and battling their sassy, property caretaker, played by Betty White.

Popular actress Valerie Bertinelli is most-remembered for her role as “Barbara Jean Cooper” on the beloved Norman Lear sitcom “One Day At A Time.” She also starred in “Touched By An Angel” for the show’s final two seasons. More recently, Bertinelli became a spokesperson for the Jenny Craig weight-loss program and in 2008 she released the autobiography Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound At A Time, which discussed her struggles with weight loss. In November 2009, Bertinelli released a fitness DVD called “Losing It and Keeping Fit” and also wrote a follow-up book called Finding It: And Satisfying My Hunger for Life without Opening the Fridge.

Jane Leeves starred for 11 seasons in the Emmy Award-winning NBC comedy “Frasier” and was also nominated for an Emmy as Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on the series as Daphne Moon. More recently, Leeves lent her voice to The Disney Channel’s “Phineas and Ferb” and guest-starred in USA Network’s “The Starter Wife.” Leeves is also known to audiences for playing the memorable character “Marla Penney” in several episodes of “Seinfield.”

Wendie Malick was nominated for two Emmy Awards and won a Golden Globe for her role as the hilarious and beautiful fashion editor Nina Van Horn in the NBC ensemble comedy “Just Shoot Me.” She appeared as Judith Tupper Stone in the early 1990s in the HBO comedy “Dream On,” for which she won four CableACE Awards as Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Malick’s work has included roles in the movies “The American President,” “Scrooged” and “Bugsy.”

One of television’s most beloved and talented actresses whose career has spanned over 50 years, Emmy Award-winning actress Betty White is best known for her role in the classic sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and the beloved series “The Golden Girls.” White won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for the first season of “The Golden Girls” and was nominated every year of the show’s run. The series ran from 1985 to 1992 on NBC. White has also guest-starred on a number of television programs including “Ally McBeal,” ‘The Ellen Show,” “That 70s Show” and won an Emmy in 1996 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, appearing as herself on a memorable episode of “The John Laroquette Show.” White had a recurring role in ABC’s “Boston Legal” from 2005 to 2008 as the calculating, blackmailing gossip-monger Catherine Piper, a role she originally portrayed as a guest star on “The Practice” in 2004. Most recently, White appeared in the 2009 motion picture, “The Proposal” with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. She will be honored with the Screen Actors Guild Achievement Award on January 23, 2010.

“Hot in Cleveland” is part of TV Land’s foray into scripted comedy series and is one of two sitcom pilots for the network. The cast of the network’s other pilot, the multicamera “Retired at 35″ was announced last week with Johnathan McClain, “Saturday Night Live” alum Casey Wilson and acting veterans Jessica Walter and Christine Ebersole landing starring roles opposite previously cast George Segal. “Retired” follows David (McClain), a successful young businessman who decides to leave the New York rat race behind and move into his father Alan’s (Segal) Florida retirement home.

Betty Lynn: A Beautiful Face in Television History

by Joi on January 12, 2010

in Andy Griffith, Telvevision Actresses

Betty Ann Lynn was born August 29, 1926 in Kansas City.  The lovely actress is best remembered as Thelma Lou in Andy Griffith – the girlfriend of everyone’s favorite deputy, Barney Fife.  We all know a lot more about Thelma Lou than we do Betty Lynn.

Things like:

  • Thelma Lou made great cashew fudge
  • Thelma’s cousin Karen had a smoky voice and was a skeet shooting fool
  • Thelma Lou’s cousin Mary Grace was… well, she was nice, real nice
  • Thelma Lou wanted nothing more than to marry her beloved Barney Fife
  • Opie crushed on Thelma Lou for a while until he realized she couldn’t (or wouldn’t) climb trees
  • Thelma Lou played the piano and sang for the church choir – unlike her boyfriend, she could carry a tune

Thelma Lou’s portrayer, Betty Lynn, could also carry a tune.  And dance!  The lovely actress came from a musical background and even performed on Broadway in such musical productions as “Walk with Music” (1940) and “Oklahoma!”  In the 1940s, Betty was signed by Twentieth Century Fox and appeared in several of their popular movies, billed herself briefly as “Betty Ann Lynn” before abruptly dropping her middle name from credits.

Betty Lynn made her movie debut in a small role in the classic Clifton Webb comedy Sitting Pretty in 1948. After another minor part in Apartment for Peggy (1948), she earned a featured part  in June Bride (1948) starring Bette Davis and Robert Montgomery.  She played kid sister to Barbara Bates.

While on hiatus from the Disney series “Texas John Slaughter” (1959), Betty tested and won the recurring role of Deputy Barney Fife’s steady girl on The Andy Griffith Show. She was part of the cast for five seasons, until Knotts officially left the series for motion pictures. The producers were  thinking of keeping her on the show but Betty felt her role would be incomplete without her connection to the Fife character.

Betty Lynn had recurring roles on “Family Affair” (1966) and “My Three Sons” (1960) and guest parts on “The Farmer’s Daughter” (1963), “The Smith Family” (1971) and “Little House on the Prairie” (1974), and “Barnaby Jones” (1973).  She rejoined the Mayberry cast for a reunion in the TV movie Return to Mayberry in 1986. In the same year, Andy Griffith hired her to play his secretary in a handful of episodes for his “Matlock” (1986) series. Betty’s last acting role on TV was  in 1990 and, save for a stage appearance in “Love Letters” in 2002 opposite another former Mayberry resident Howard Morris, she officially left acting.

Residing in the same West Hollywood home since 1950, she moved away from California to a Mayberry-inspired town, Mount Airy, in North Carolina.  This was actually Andy Griffith’s hometown.  The actress never married and lives in a retirement community in Mount Airy.

Once, when asked why she became an actress, Betty Lynn said, “I wanted everybody to like me.“  She got more than she bargained for, then.  Everyone LOVES Betty Lynn.

Farrah Fawcett Art Prints, Photos, and Posters: A Lovely Trip Down Memory Lane

by Joi on November 17, 2009

in Actresses, Classic TV, Farrah Fawcett, Sex Symbols (Female), Telvevision Actresses

Farrah Fawcett


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Gorgeous I Love Lucy Handbag

by Joi on November 16, 2009

in Actresses, I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball, Shop

I Love Lucy Signature Product Handbag LU22 (Women's) - Red

As you know, I am the biggest I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball fanatic on the planet (or off… studies back me up on this). You may not know that I’ve collected handbags/purses since I was big enough to hold one. They float my boat as much as a boat can be floated. So, yeah, suffice to say, this purse has a place in my heart.

This I Love Lucy handbag would make an ideal Christmas gift for all of the Lucy fans on your Christmas list.

From the Website:
Compact size still roomy enough for all your small items. Back wall zip pocket. Full zip closure keeps everything safe and secure. Features synthetic leather, single strap, full zip closure and pink I Love Lucy lining. Patent leather cut out of I Love Lucy and logo in contrasting color. Drop length 8.5″

See I Love Lucy Signature Product Handbag LU22 (Women’s) – Red for more details and to grab one for yourself!

I Love Lucy Tees: Adorable!

by Joi on September 16, 2009

in Classic TV, I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball, Shop

Women's: I Love Lucy - Fun Girl

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Long Sleeve: I Love Lucy - Fun Girl

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These are, without a doubt, the cutest I Love Lucy tops I’ve seen in a long time – possibly ever. Click through to read more about the adorable I Love Lucy Short Sleeve tee or I Love Lucy Long Sleeve tee. Heck, grab one of each – that way you’ll be ready whatever the weather! It’s what Lucy would do – and I’m all about following the redhead’s lead.

Scene From an Episode of The Golden Girls

by Joi on September 10, 2009

in Classic TV, Rue McClanahan, The Golden Girls

Classic scene from an episode of The Golden Girls. Blanche, Rose, and Dorothy are trying to fly under the radar while buying condoms. Naturally, it doesn’t turn out that way!

Rue McClanahan, The Spice in The Golden Girls Mix!

by Joi on September 10, 2009

in Classic TV, Rue McClanahan, Sex Symbols (Female), The Golden Girls

Rue McClanahan

“People always ask me if I’m like Blanche. And I say, ‘Well, Blanche was an oversexed, self-involved, man-crazy, vain Southern Belle from Atlanta — and I’m not from Atlanta!’” – Rue McClanahan

One of my favorite sitcoms of all time is The Golden Girls.  The casting is sheer perfection and the chemistry between the actresses was the stuff most television producers only dream of.  Like Roseanne, Good Times, I Love Lucy, Beverly Hillbillies, Sanford and Son, and Andy Griffith – this is a sitcom that where you just can’t find a down side.

Rue McClanahan was flawless in her role as Blanche Devereaux.  I swear, I’m in a trance any time the woman comes on the screen.  Her mannerisms, her voice, the way she loses herself in her character – sheer brilliance.   As I watched an episode this morning with my cat, Alexa, it occurred to me that Rue McClanahan doesn’t get nearly enough credit or attention.

Which is exactly why I’m HERE right this minute paying tribute to this hilarious actress!

Rue McClanahan Trivia:

  • Rue was born in 1934 in Healdton, Oklahoma.
  • She was a New York stage actress in the 1950’s. She was discovered on stage by Norman Lear and cast in roles on “All in the Family” (1971) and later “Maude” (1972).
  • Stands 5′3.”
  • When Rue was cast as Blanche on The Golden Girls, she was reunited with Bea Arthur (whom she’d worked with on Maude) and Betty White (whom she’d worked with on Mama’s Family).
  • Estelle Getty, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Bea Arthur all won emmy’s for their roles on The Golden Girls
  • After Bea Arthur left the show after eight seasons, McClanahan, White and Getty returned for a brief spin-off in “The Golden Palace” (1992).
  • Rue is currently married to her sixth husband.
  • In 1997, Rue McClanahan was diagnosed with cancer. She had a lumpectomy and underwent five months of chemotherapy.
  • Is a vegan and dedicated animal rights activist.
  • An Honorary Director for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Betty White 101

by Joi on July 21, 2009

in Classic TV, Telvevision Actresses

Betty White

Have you seen The Proposal yet – with Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, and Betty White?  It’s an absolutely adorable, fun, lighthearted, and hilarious movie that I’d recommend to anyone who loves romantic comedies.

Betty White is so good in this movie, it makes you wonder why she isn’t in more films.  Her next movie will be You Again in 2010 with Kristen Bell, Sigourney Weaver, and Jamie Lee Curtis (I’ve wondered for a long time what happened to this talented actress! – She’s another actress that shouldn’t even get a day off.)   Kristin Chenoweth (popular Broadway actress – “Wicked”) is also in this movie.

Here’s a little more information about one of the truly great sitcom actresses ever, Betty White:

  • Betty Marion White was born in Illinois in 1922.
  • Betty White is best known as Sue Ann Nivens on the classic sitcom “Mary Tyler Moore”  and the ditzy and adorable Rose Nylund on “The Golden Girls”  (Has there ever been a funnier sitcom…ever? – What a cast!!!)
  • Was a popular and frequent guest on many different game shows:   Password,   The Hollywood Squares, Match Game,  The $10,000 Pyramid, etc.  Her brains and wit made her a huge hit with the producers and viewers, alike.
  • As an animal lover, one of the things I love most about Betty White is her own unwavering love for animals and her commitment to help them. She’s an avid Animal Rights activist and is a sponsor for Farm Animal Reform Movement and Friends of Animals.
  • She’s of German and Greek ancestry.
  • Betty White was originally considered for the role of Blanche on The Golden Girls. However, she had already been the “in your face” type, Sue Ann Nivens, on Mary Tyler Moore. Also, Rue McClanahan had played the milder Vivian on Maude. The consensus was that these two actresses should not reprise similar characters – typecasting and all that. So, Betty got the part of innocent Rose Nylund and sexy Rue played the wilder Golden Girl, Blanche.
  • Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1988. The star is next to her late husband, Allen Ludden,’s star.
  • Betty White played the conniving, money-hungry Ellen Harper(and niece of Rue McClanahan – who played prudish Aunt Fran) on Mama’s Family -  at the same time as they were working together on The Golden Girls in completely different roles.

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