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Suzanne Pleshette. Actress: The Birds. Suzanne Pleshette achieved television immortality in her role as Bob Newhart's wife in the 1970s classic situation comedy, The Bob Newhart Show (1972). For her role as "Emily Hartley," wife of psychologist "Bob Hartley" (played by Bob Newhart), Pleshette was nominated for the Emmy Award twice, in 1977 and 1978. She was also nominated for an Emmy in 1962 ...
Jan 20, 2008 · That's how Pleshette is being remembered, on her death Saturday from respiratory failure. In 2006 she had undergone chemotherapy for lung cancer. But I prefer to think of her as one of those stars who got away — away from stardom, when the old dream factory forgot how to manufacture domestic glamour. She had all the goods, but at the wrong time.
Jan 20, 2008 · She was 70. Pleshette, who underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2006, died of respiratory failure Saturday evening at her Los Angeles home, said Finkelstein, who is also a family friend. "The ...
Pleshette arrived at a Bob Newhart Show cast reunion in September 2007 in a wheelchair but insisted that she was “cancer-free.” (During the actual telecast, she was seated in a regular chair). During an interview in USA Today , Pleshette stated that she had been released four days earlier from the hospital, where part of one of her lungs ...
Jan 25, 2008 · Actress Suzanne Pleshette's recent death from "respiratory distress" was sad. Most of the articles about it briefly mention that she had been fighting lung cancer, but fail to mention that she had been a cigarette smoker in the past. Cigarette smoking is the single biggest cause of lung cancer. It is rarely discussed, but tobacco has taken an extraordinarily heavy toll on Hollywood.
Jan 17, 2008 · Pleshette was the first and only female non-singing, non-comic guest host of NBC's "The Tonight Show". Her other Broadway appearances include the plays "Two for the Seesaw" and "The Miracle Worker" (in both cases succeding Anne Bancroft), "The Cold and the Warm", "The Golden Fleecing" and "Special Occasions".
Jun 5, 2023 · Actress Suzanne Pleshette, best known for her role on "The Bob Newhart Show,” lost her longtime husband to lung cancer and then battled the disease herself. While processing her grief, she reconnected with an old love, Tom Poston, who had also just lost his wife. The shared experience brought them close and they were married until his death ...
