Columbo
1971
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Nov 22, 2021 · Falk was married to his first wife, Pianist Alyce Mayo, between 1970 and 1976. The couple adopted two children, Catherine and Jackie, before their divorce. On December 7, 1977, Falk married his second wife, Shera Danese. Danese was an actress and the 1970 Miss Pennsylvania World winner.
Danese met Peter Falk on the set of the movie Mikey and Nicky [5] and became his second wife on December 7, 1977. They were married for 33 years until Falk's death on June 23, 2011, at age 83 from complications of Alzheimer's disease and pneumonia. She is mentioned on his headstone: "I'm not here.
Dec 18, 2017 · Shera Danese, born as Shera Lynn Kaminski, is an American film and television actress who was married to actor Peter Falk until his death in 2011. Their 33-year-long marriage was one of the most long-lasting and talked about relationships in Hollywood.
Mar 17, 2021 · Behind every man. Peter Falk | McCarthy/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. While the character of Columbo had a loving wife who never appeared on screen, Falk got his real-life wife ...
- Bradley Geiser
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- BING CROSBY WAS ORIGINALLY EYED FOR THE ROLE. Columbo creators Richard Levinson and William Link's first choice to play their low-key detective was crooner Bing Crosby.
- PETER FALK WAS AN UNEXPECTED SEX SYMBOL. Character actor Lee J. Cobb was also considered for the role, until Peter Falk phoned co-creator William Link.
- FALK WAS A GOVERNMENT WORKER BEFORE BECOMING AN ACTOR. Peter Falk wasn’t too far removed from the character he played. In real life he tended to be rumpled and disheveled and was forever misplacing things (he was famous for losing his car keys and having to be driven home from the studio by someone else).
- COLUMBO'S DOG WASN'T A WELCOME SIGHT AT FIRST. When Columbo was renewed for a second season, NBC brass had a request: They wanted the lieutenant to have a sidekick.
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor, comedian, singer and television director and producer. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series Columbo (1968–1978, 1989–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards (1972, 1975, 1976, 1990) and a Golden Globe Award (1973).
Jun 25, 2011 · He was best known as TV’s Lieut. Columbo, who, for 30 years, taught snooty murderers that, however crafty they thought they were, he was smarter. Every episode in the series was a class struggle ...
