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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1937-01-31 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Suzanne Pleshette

Biography:

Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 – January 19, 2008) was an American actress, on stage, screen and television.

After beginning her career in theatre, she began appearing in films in the early 1960s, such as Rome Adventure (1962) and Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). She later appeared in various television productions, often in guest roles, and played the role of Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show from 1972 until 1978, receiving Emmy Award nominations for her work.

She continued acting until 2004, and died from respiratory failure as a result of lung cancer in 2008.

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Known For

Acting

2024

The Blob as Annie Hayworth (voice)

2022

2005

2003

2002

Good Morning, Miami as Claire Arnold

1998

Will & Grace as Lois Whitley

1995

The Single Guy as Sarah Eliot

1994

The Boys Are Back as Jackie Hansen

1993

1992

1991

1990

1989

Nightingales as Christine Broderick

1988

Alone in the Neon Jungle as Captain Janet Hamilton

1987

A Stranger Waits as Kate Bennington

1986

Bridges to Cross as Tracy Bridges

1985

1984

For Love or Money as Joanna Piper
Maggie Briggs as Maggie Briggs

1983

Dixie: Changing Habits as Dixie Cabot

1982

Fantasies as Carla Webber
Help Wanted: Male as Laura Bingham
Newhart as Emily Hartley

1981

The Star Maker as Margot Murray

1980

Oh, God! Book II as Paula Richards
If Things Were Different as Janet Langford

1979

Hot Stuff as Louise Webster
Flesh & Blood as Kate Fallon

1978

1976

The Shaggy D.A. as Betty Daniels
Law and Order as Karen Day

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974

1972

The Bob Newhart Show as Emily Hartley

1971

In Broad Daylight as Kate Todd
Columbo as Helen Stewart

1970

Along Came a Spider as Anne Banning / Janet Furie
Hunters Are for Killing as Barbara Soline

1969

Target: Harry as Diane Reed
The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Valerie Bessinger

1968

Blackbeard's Ghost as Jo Anne Baker
The Power as Prof. Margery Lansing
The Name of the Game as Geneva Rogers
The Name of the Game as Amy Averlin

1967

Wings of Fire as Kitty Sanborn
Ironside as Shelly Kingman
The Invaders as Vikki
The Invaders as Anne Gibbs

1966

The Ugly Dachshund as Fran Garrison
Nevada Smith as Pilar
Mister Buddwing as Fiddle Corwin

1965

A Rage to Live as Grace Caldwell Tate
The F.B.I. as Marya Pazmany
The Wild Wild West as Lydia Monteran
Run for Your Life as Susan Church
The F.B.I. as Marie Zimmerman
The F.B.I. as Temple Alexander

1964

A Distant Trumpet as Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring
Fate Is the Hunter as Martha Webster
Youngblood Hawke as Jeanne Green

1963

The Birds as Annie Hayworth
Wall of Noise as Laura Rubio
The Fugitive as Peggy Franklyn
The Fugitive as Ellie Burnett
Channing as Lori Moore

1962

Rome Adventure as Prudence Bell
40 Pounds of Trouble as Chris Lockwood

1961

The Dick Powell Show as Marta Rinaldi
Dr. Kildare as Julie Lawler
Dr. Kildare as Nurse Cathy Benjamin
Dr. Kildare as Ellen Tracey Adams

1960

The Tab Hunter Show as Julie Carroll

1959

One Step Beyond as Martha Wizinski
Black Saddle as Nedda Logan
Riverboat as Marie Tourette
The Third Man as Caroline Humphrey
Bonanza as Rose Becket

1958

The Geisha Boy as Sergent Pearson
Naked City as Nora Condon

1957

Decoy as Wendy Jenkins
Harbormaster as Barbara Benson
Wagon Train as Myra Marshall

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1955

Gunsmoke as Glory Bramley

1953

General Electric Theater as Renee Fontaine

1952

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member