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He also played Ann Romano-Royer's (Bonnie Franklin) second boyfriend Nick on One Day at a Time. He was a series regular during the sixth season. In the season 7 premiere, "Alex Moves In", it is revealed that Nick dies as a result of an accident with a drunk driver.
- IT WAS PARTLY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. Whitney Blake was an actress probably best known for her role as Dorothy Baxter on the 1960s sitcom Hazel. Blake was also the mother of three children—one of whom is actress Meredith Baxter—who left her husband after 10 years of marriage and worked several day jobs at age 26 while taking drama classes at night in an effort to achieve her long-time dream of becoming a professional actress.
- IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND SITCOM TO FEATURE A DIVORCED MOM. Whitney Blake married TV producer Allan Manings in 1968. Manings worked on the TV sitcom Good Times, so he had a direct pipeline to Norman Lear when he pitched Blake’s divorced single mom idea.
- THERE WAS ONLY ONE DAUGHTER IN THE ORIGINAL PILOT. The original pilot Lear filmed starred Franklin as a divorced nurse raising a teenaged daughter (played by Mackenzie Phillips).
- A COUPLE OF KEY CHARACTERS WENT MISSING. Richard Masur played attorney David Kane, a love interest for the newly-divorced Ann Romano in the first season.
Dec 3, 2023 · One of these was Nick Handris, played by Ron Rifkin. When Rifkin exited the show after one season, the show's writers killed off the character, leaving behind his orphaned son, Alex (played by child actor Glenn Scarpelli), who moved in with Ann in the series' sixth season.
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I Do, I Do: Directed by Alan Rafkin. With Bonnie Franklin, Pat Harrington Jr., Ron Rifkin, Glenn Scarpelli. Barbara takes up political activism in the form of a man who is about to be deported to a country who wants to execute him.
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One Day at a Time is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from December 16, 1975, to May 28, 1984. It starred Bonnie Franklin as a divorced mother raising two teenage daughters, played by Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli, set in Indianapolis .
Farewell, My Suite: Directed by Alan Rafkin. With Bonnie Franklin, Pat Harrington Jr., Ron Rifkin, Valerie Bertinelli. Ann and Barbara have been robbed and apparently with Schneider's help.
When the show began, Ann was working for the Connors and Davenport Advertising Agency, then later founded the Romano and Handris Ad Agency with Nick Handris (Ron Rifkin). When the business folded, Ann and her former co-worker (and rival) at Connors and Davenport, Francine Webster (Shelley Fabares), pooled their resources and opened the Romano ...
