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Suzanne Pleshette

Suzanne Pleshette

Highest Rated: 96% Spirited Away (2001)

Lowest Rated: 40% Fate Is the Hunter (1964)

Birthday: Jan 31, 1937

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

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.

Highest rated movies

94% The Birds
82% Blackbeard's Ghost
67% If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
62% Support Your Local Gunfighter
50% The Shaggy D.A.
50% The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
50% Nevada Smith
50% A Distant Trumpet

Photos

NEVADA SMITH, Suzanne Pleshette, 1966 ALONG CAME A SPIDER, from left: Suzanne Pleshette, Ed Nelson, 1970, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER, Suzanne Pleshette, 1971 IF IT'S TUESDAY, THIS MUST BE BELGIUM, Suzanne Pleshette, 1969 OH, GOD! BOOK II, Suzanne Pleshette, 1980, (c) Warner Brothers ROME ADVENTURE, from left: Suzanne Pleshette, Rossano Brazzi, 1962 ROME ADVENTURE, from left: Suzanne Pleshette, Troy Donahue, 1962 ROME ADVENTURE, from left: Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette, 1962 ROME ADVENTURE, Suzanne Pleshette, 1962 ROME ADVENTURE, from left: Suzanne Pleshette, Troy Donahue, 1962 ROME ADVENTURE, Suzanne Pleshette, 1962 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER, James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, 1971 THE ADVENTURES OF BULLWHIP GRIFFIN, Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, 1967 THE BIRDS, Suzanne Pleshette, 1963 THE BIRDS, Suzanne Pleshette, 1963 A DISTANT TRUMPET, Suzanne Pleshette, 1964 FATE IS THE HUNTER, Suzanne Pleshette, 1964. ©20th Century-Fox, TM & Copyright, 40 POUNDS OF TROUBLE, Suzanna Pleshette, 1962 THE GEISHA BOY, Barton MacLane, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Lewis, 1958 HOT STUFF, Jerry Reed, Suzanne Pleshette, director/star Dom DeLuise, 1979, (c) Columbia Pictures
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
96% 96% Spirited Away Yubaba, Zeniba (Voice) $10.0M 2001
67% 61% 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 40% 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 60% 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% 37% 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 74% 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% 45% 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% 61% 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 27% 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/Janet Furie (Character) - 1970
67% 58% 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% 71% Blackbeard's Ghost Jo Anne Baker (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 38% The Power Professor Margery Lansing (Character) - 1968
50% 41% The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin Arabella Flagg (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wings of Fire Kitty Sanborn (Character) - 1967
50% 64% Nevada Smith Pilar (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 51% Mister Buddwing Fiddle (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 73% The Ugly Dachshund Fran Garrison (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 55% A Rage to Live Grace Caldwell Tate (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 83% Youngblood Hawke Jeanne Green (Character) - 1964
50% 40% A Distant Trumpet Mrs. Kitty Mainwarring (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Corridor 400 Anita King (Character) - 1964
40% 69% Fate Is the Hunter Martha Webster (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 68% 40 Pounds of Trouble Chris Lockwood (Character) - 1963
94% 83% The Birds Annie Hayworth (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wall of Noise Laura Rubio (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 41% Rome Adventure Prudence Bell (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 67% The Geisha Boy Sgt. Pearson (Character) - 1958

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 88% Will & Grace Lois Whitley (Guest Star) 2002 2004
58% 48% 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 85% 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