Suzanne Pleshette
Known for her quick-wit and air of urban sophistication, actress Suzanne Pleshette enjoyed more than four decades in entertainment, appearing in over 30 films, starring in four sitcoms, and earning four Emmy nominations. She was best known for her portrayal of the wisecracking modern wife opposite straight man Bob Newhart in the acclaimed sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show" (CBS, 1972-78), but had earned prior accolades as a feisty and glamorous ingénue on Broadway. An early career of madcap comedies, forgettable features, and dozens of TV spots generally failed to showcase Pleshette's studied dramatic chops or her racy, off-the cuff-humor, but she was at her best in the improvisational, bantering atmosphere of the many talk and game shows of the 1960s into the 1970s. Sadly, it was an era that had not yet figured out what to do with women who were not interested in careers as pinups or suburban TV moms, proving Pleshette was ahead of her time.
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Suzanne Pleshette
Filmography
Movies
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96% |
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Spirited Away | Yubaba, Zeniba (Voice) | $10.0M | 2001 |
67% |
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The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Zira (Voice) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Twist of the Knife | Dr. Rachel Walters (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Battling for Baby | Marie Peters (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean | Leona Helmsley (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Alone in the Neon Jungle | Capt. Janet Hamilton (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Stranger Waits | Kate Bennington (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Kojak: The Belarus File | Dana Sutton (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Love or Money | Joanna Piper (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dixie: Changing Habits | Dixie Cabot (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Cooks, the Other Doesn't | Joanne Boone (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Help Wanted: Male | Laura Bingham (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasies | Carla Webber (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Star Maker | Margot Murray (Character) | - | 1981 |
43% |
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Oh, God! Book II | Paula Richards (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | If Things Were Different | Janet Langford (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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Hot Stuff | Louise Webster (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flesh and Blood | Kate Fallon (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid | Kate Bliss (Character) | - | 1978 |
50% |
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The Shaggy D.A. | Betty Daniels (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours | Elizabeth Morton (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law and Order | Karen Day (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Legend of Valentino | June Mathis (Character) | - | 1975 |
62% |
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Support Your Local Gunfighter | Patience (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Skin Game | Amy Averlin (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Broad Daylight | Kate Todd (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Capitol Affair | Hallie Manville (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | River of Gold | Anna (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | Ramona (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunters Are for Killing | Barbara Soline (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Along Came a Spider |
Anne Banning/ |
- | 1970 |
67% |
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Samantha Perkins (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Suntan Mob | Geneva Rogers (Character) | - | 1969 |
82% |
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Blackbeard's Ghost | Jo Anne Baker (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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The Power | Professor Margery Lansing (Character) | - | 1968 |
50% |
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The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Arabella Flagg (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wings of Fire | Kitty Sanborn (Character) | - | 1967 |
50% |
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Nevada Smith | Pilar (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Mister Buddwing | Fiddle (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ugly Dachshund | Fran Garrison (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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A Rage to Live | Grace Caldwell Tate (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet |
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Youngblood Hawke | Jeanne Green (Character) | - | 1964 |
50% |
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A Distant Trumpet | Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Corridor 400 | Anita King (Character) | - | 1964 |
40% |
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Fate Is the Hunter | Martha Webster (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet |
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40 Pounds of Trouble | Chris Lockwood (Character) | - | 1963 |
94% |
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The Birds | Annie Hayworth (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wall of Noise | Laura Rubio (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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Rome Adventure | Prudence Bell (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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The Geisha Boy | Sgt. Pearson (Character) | - | 1958 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Lois Whitley (Guest Star) | 2002 2004 |
58% | 53% | 8 Simple Rules | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning, Miami | Unknown (Character) | 2002-2003 |
75% | No Score Yet | The Single Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 |
25% | No Score Yet | The Boys Are Back | Jackie Hansen (Character) | 1994-1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Newhart Show | Emily Hartley (Character) | 1972-1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Columbo | Helen Stewart (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walt Disney's Disneyland | Arabella Flagg (Character) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Courtship of Eddie's Father | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Ann Logan (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Glory Bramley (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Invaders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Ellie Burnett (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Wild, Wild West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Carolyn Stanley (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Anne (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |