The Wonder Years
1988
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Wendy Anne "Wendel" Meldrum (July 21, 1954 – January 27, 2021) was a Canadian actress best known for her roles as the "low talker" in the 1993 Seinfeld episode "The Puffy Shirt", and as Miss White/Mrs. Heimer on The Wonder Years. She guest starred in several television series and appeared in a number of feature films and television movies.
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- David Huddleston (Grandpa Arnold) When Grandpa Arnold "would blow into town" he would bring gifts (and corny jokes) for his grandkids, agita for his son Jack and in the end, life lessons for all.
- Steve Gilborn (Mr. Collins) "Teachers never die. They live in your memory forever." These were Kevin Arnold's thoughts after encountering his 8th grade algebra teacher Mr. Collins, who also stuck in the minds of viewers who watched Steve Gilborn delicately play him in a 3-episode arc.
- Wendel Meldrum (Miss White/Mrs. Heimer) Kevin's crush on his Junior High English teacher Miss White (Wendel Meldrum) had him signing up for extracurricular activities that he hoped would lead to a different kind of activity with her, outside of the classroom.
- Jean Speegle Howard (Jane Gustafson) It took until the antepenultimate episode of the "The Wonder Years" for the audience to finally meet Norma's parents, Karl and Jane Gustavson.
- Dustin Diamond. Dustin Diamond is best known for playing Samuel "Screech" Powers in "Saved by the Bell." He played that role throughout the series following Screech's introduction in the short-lived "Good Morning, Miss Bliss."
- Wendel Meldrum. Wendel Meldrum began her acting career somewhat later in life, after she had been a dancer. However, that didn't stop the Canadian from landing roles on more than two dozen television series.
- David Huddleston. David Huddleston had a long and prolific career, beginning acting in 1960 when he was 30 years old. Huddleston didn't get into the profession right away due to a brief stint in the U.S. Air Force as an aircraft engine mechanic.
- Maxine Stuart. Maxine Stuart began her long and illustrious career on Broadway, where she appeared in numerous productions, including "Western Waters" and "A Goose for the Gander," among others.
- “Pilot”
- “Swingers”
- “My Father’s Office”
- “Angel”
- “Our Miss White”
- “Coda”
- “The Family Car”
- “Don’t You Know Anything About Women?”
- “Heartbreak”
- “The Accident”
Kevin’s neighbor, the older brother of his childhood love Winnie, is killed in Vietnam, draping a veil of tragedy over the first season and creating some very real problems for a boy who can’t quite comprehend them yet. In the end of the show’s pilot, Kevin and Winnie share a kiss, the first for both of them, and it’s a stunning moment. The show wa...
This episode is about Winnie’s brother’s funeral and the day-after anxieties in the wake of Kevin and Winnie’s first kiss in the woods. (There’s a fantastic shot of blank pale headstones, arranged neatly in rows, the sameness and grid pattern recalling the homes these people lived in.) When Kevin’s mother tells him to bring Winnie some food, he sug...
Kevin’s grumpy father Jack (Dan Lauria, with a face so stony and stoical that those rare flickers of a smile, or even just generally contentedness, feel like a jolt) is a Korean War vet, a fervid defender of the Vietnam War, and an all-American man who comes home from work and wants his drink and his dinner. At his soul-sucking job, where one of hi...
Yes, I am saying that the first four episodes are all among the show’s best. (They’re also among the best opening eps of any network show, especially considering how long it often takes great series take to find their identities.) The series is great at dislodging memories of when you first questioned your parents’ infallibility. And here, we get t...
Kevin, like George Michael Bluth would years later, gets a crush on his teacher, in this case a kind and comely English instructor played by Wendel Meldrum. He agrees to play Robert Kennedy in a school play that she wrote to get her attention—and by doing so his eyes are opened to some real political issues. The episode depicts Kevin’s maybe-a-litt...
Another teacher-focused episode. In “Coda,” Maxine Stuart plays Kevin’s sweet piano instructor, Mrs. Carples, who inspires him to take his playing more seriously when he wants to quit. He practices like he never has before, but he succumbs to the pressure and messes up at the recital while a smug classmate, who is very good at the keys, silently ta...
Anytown, U.S.A., which this show is very much set in, is a realm where property—lawns, lawnmowers, colorful houses, and flowers that flaunts your standing—defines a person and a family. Take, for instance, the car, a practical purchase so you can get to work or take the kids to school or, if you’re a teen, go out with friends on Saturday night. Her...
Sex, that filthy inconvenience. You can’t grow up without it. And yet we don’t often talk about it very honestly or eloquently. In this episode, Kevin gets curious, and, in the end, learns that even adults have a lot of questions. There are no real “jokes” here, thankfully, and the episode isn’t even that funny, but you can’t help but smile as Kevi...
Before the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” was an overused needle-drop, The Wonder Years used it perfectly, with Carl Wilson’s voice floating as Kevin says goodbye in his mind to Winnie, his love. Everyone knows that feeling of a first heartbreak, and this episode trembles with a very particular kind of adolescent pain.
Winnie has broken up with her boyfriend and confesses, in a beautifully tender scene (the first of two in this episode), her problems and her feelings, and Kevin understands. Then, she shuts him out and makes him leave. But he comes back, because of course he does, and they both say “I love you,” as Bob Seger’s “We’ve Got Tonite” swells.
- Greg Cwik
Wendy Anne "Wendel" Meldrum (July 21, 1954 – January 27, 2021) was a Canadian actress best known for her roles as the "low talker" in the 1993 Seinfeld episode "The Puffy Shirt", and as Miss White/Mrs. Heimer on The Wonder Years.
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24m. IMDb RATING. 8.2 /10. 390. YOUR RATING. Rate. Comedy Drama Family. Kevin gets a crush on his English teacher, Miss White, who convinces him to play Robert Kennedy in a play she has written about Martin Luther King, Jr.. Only, he's having trouble getting her to see him as more than a 7th grader. Director. Peter Baldwin. Writers. Neal Marlens.
Apr 24, 2013 · Hence, today’s interviewee is Wendel Meldrum from—drumroll—the Wonder Years. If you were a fan of the show, you’ll know her as Miss White, Kevin Arnold’s sexy teacher. If that doesn’t ring a bell, she was also the “Low Talker” on Seinfeld.
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