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Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, and Valerie Bertinelli Pat Harrington Jr. (1976) 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.
- 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 · In 1975, Lear unveiled "One Day at a Time," a trailblazing sitcom about divorced single mother Ann Romano (Bonnie Franklin), who was raising two teenage daughters, Julie (Mackenzie Phillips) and Barbara (Valerie Bertinelli). Also part of their extended family throughout the series' run was the nosy superintendent of their apartment building ...
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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 in Indianapolis. The series was created by Whitney Blake and Allan Manings, a husband-and-wife writing duo who had both been actors in the 1950s and 1960s ...
One Day at a Time: Created by Whitney Blake, Norman Lear, Allan Manings. With Bonnie Franklin, Pat Harrington Jr., Valerie Bertinelli, Mackenzie Phillips. The misadventures of a divorced mother, her family and their building superintendent in Indianapolis.
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New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. Occupation (s) Actress, singer. Years active. 1958–present. Spouse. Alfred Cibelli (m. 1965; div. 1968) Mary Louise Wilson (born November 12, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and comedian, known for her role in Grey Gardens. [1] She is also known for her appearances on One Day at a Time .
Mar 1, 2013 · Bonnie Franklin, who starred as Indianapolis mother Ann Romano in 1970s sitcom "One Day at a Time," died Friday at age 69, her agent confirms. The actress announced in 2012 that she had pancreatic ...
