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Biography

TV was where the husky-voiced, raven-haired Suzanne Pleshette did best. The failure of Hollywood movies to give her adequate roles was an ongoing scandal…more

Born

1/31/1937, New York, New York USA

Died

1/19/2008

Birth Name

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (8)

Role
- Good Morning, Miami
  Claire Arnold
  - S 1: Ep 22 One Flu Over The Cuckold's Nest
    4/17/03
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Slow And The Furious
    4/10/03
  - S 1: Ep 20 Someone To Watch Over Gavin
    4/3/03
  - S 1: Ep 19 Three Weeks Notice
    3/27/03
  - S 1: Ep 18 About A Ploy
    3/20/03
  - + 18 More Credits
- The Boys are Back
  Jackie Hansen
  - S 1: Ep 16 The French Class
    1/28/95
  - S 1: Ep 15 Searching for Sarah Hansen
    1/21/95
  - S 1: Ep 14 Bad Hair Day
    1/14/95
  - S 1: Ep 13 Get Me to the Church
    1/7/95
  - S 1: Ep 12 Fred Runs Away
    12/21/94
  - + 13 More Credits
- The Bob Newhart Show
  Emily Hartley
  - — 19th Anniversary Special
    11/23/91
  - S 6: Ep 22 Happy Trails to You
    4/1/78
  - S 6: Ep 21 Crisis in Education
    3/11/78
  - S 6: Ep 20 Carol Ankles for Indie-Prod
    3/4/78
  - S 6: Ep 19 It Didn't Happen One Night
    2/18/78
  - + 138 More Credits
- Nightingales
  Chris
  - S 1: Ep 12 Realitively Speaking
    4/26/89
  - S 1: Ep 11 Episode 11
    4/19/89
  - S 1: Ep 10 Episode 10
    4/12/89
  - S 1: Ep 9 Episode 9
    4/5/89
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 8
    3/22/89
  - + 9 More Credits
- Bridges to Cross
  Tracy Bridges
  - S 1: Ep 6 Looks Like Up to Me
    6/12/86
  - S 1: Ep 5 Take a Cup of Kindness
    5/22/86
  - S 1: Ep 4 Memories of Molly
    5/15/86
  - S 1: Ep 3 Keeper of the Flame
    5/8/86
  - S 1: Ep 2 A Theory of Dark Thunder
    5/1/86
  - + 1 More Credits
- Maggie Briggs
  Maggie Briggs
  - S 1: Ep 6 Maggie's Theatre Review
    4/15/84
  - S 1: Ep 5 Double Date
    4/1/84
  - S 1: Ep 4 A New Leaf
    3/25/84
  - S 1: Ep 3 Roman Holiday
    3/18/84
  - S 1: Ep 2 Wrong, Bad, Dumb, Stinks
    3/11/84
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Bob Newhart Show
  Emily Joyce Hartley - Bob's wife. A school teacher.
  - — Original Pilot
- Channing
  Laurie Moore
  - — Freedom Is A Lovesome Thing, God Wot!
    3/4/64
  - — Rupee, Expresso and A Little Nirvana
  - — My Son, the All-American
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 27: Ep 7 Show #3934
    1/19/89
  - S 24: Ep 50 Show #3750
    10/24/85
  - S 23: Ep 66 Show #3666
    1/2/85
  - S 22: Ep 86 Show #3586
    8/14/84
  - S 22: Ep 70 Show #3570
    2/23/84
  - + 35 More Credits
Guest Star (75)

Role
- Will & Grace
  Lois Whitley
  - S 6: Ep 14 Looking For Mr. Good Enough
    2/19/04
  - S 4: Ep 18 Something Borrowed, Someone's Due (2)
    3/7/02
  - S 4: Ep 17 Someone Old, Someplace New (1)
    2/28/02
- Intimate Portrait
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 29 Suzanne Pleshette
    12/23/02
- 8 Simple Rules
  Laura
- The Single Guy
  Sarah Eliot
  - S 2: Ep 16 Mother Love
    2/13/97
  - S 2: Ep 12 Like Father...
    1/16/97
  - S 2: Ep 10 Deepest Cut
    12/12/96
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 20: Ep 12 Bob Newhart/Des'ree
    2/11/95
- Diagnosis Murder
  Dr. Rachel Walters
  - S 1: Ep 0 A Twist of the Knife
    2/13/93
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 71 January 6, 1992
    1/6/92
  - S 3: Ep 6 September 17, 1990
    9/17/90
- Newhart
  Emily Hartley
  - S 8: Ep 24 The Last Newhart
    5/21/90
- Kojak
  Dana Sutton
  - S 7: Ep 1 The Belarus File
    2/16/85
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 215 August 27, 1979
    8/27/79
  - S 4: Ep 165 May 19, 1978
    5/19/78
  - S 4: Ep 121 March 13, 1978
    3/13/78
  - S 3: Ep 139 April 18, 1977
    4/18/77
  - S 1: Ep 89 March 7, 1975
    3/7/75
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 16: Ep 116 March 2, 1978
    3/2/78
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 12: Ep 211 July 23, 1975
    7/23/75
  - S 9: Ep 99 February 1, 1972
    2/1/72
  - S 9: Ep 3 September 8, 1971
    9/8/71
  - S 8: Ep 12 September 29, 1970
    9/29/70
  - S 8: Ep 2 September 15, 1970
    9/15/70
- Sammy & Company
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 May 3, 1975
    5/3/75
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 20 Suzanne Pleshette & David Steinberg
    8/6/73
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 28 December 11-15, 1972 (NBC-TV)
    12/11/72
  - S 7: Ep 15 October 23-29, 1972 (2)
    10/23/72
  - S 7: Ep 9 October 2-8, 1972 (2)
    10/2/72
  - S 6: Ep 79 July 24-28, 1972 (NBC-TV)
    7/24/72
  - S 6: Ep 76 July 3-7, 1972 (NBC-TV)
    7/3/72
  - + 26 More Credits
- Ironside
  Shelly Kingman
  - S 5: Ep 16 But When She Was Bad
    12/30/71
- Medical Center
  Mary
  - S 3: Ep 13 Conspiracy
    12/8/71
- Columbo
  Helen Stewart
  - S 1: Ep 5 Dead Weight
    10/27/71
- The Name of the Game
  Hallie Manville
  - S 3: Ep 19 A Capitol Affair
    2/12/71
- Disneyland
  Anabelle Flagg
  - S 17: Ep 17 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (3)
    1/31/71
  - S 17: Ep 16 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (2)
    1/24/71
  - S 17: Ep 15 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1)
    1/17/71
- The F.B.I.
  Temple Alexander
  - S 6: Ep 14 The Inheritors
    12/27/70
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father
  Valerie Bessinger
  - S 2: Ep 7 Hello, Mrs. Bessinger, Goodbye
    11/4/70
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Ann Logan
  - S 2: Ep 6 Daisy In the Shadows
    10/27/70
- Gunsmoke
  Glory Bramley
  - S 16: Ep 3 Stark
    9/28/70
- The David Frost Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 198 June 3, 1970
    6/3/70
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 94 May 13, 1970
    5/13/70
- Love, American Style
  Barbara
  - S 1: Ep 69 Love and the Fly
    3/13/70
- The Name of the Game
  Amy Averlin
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Skin Game
    2/27/70
- The Bob Newhart Show
  Emily Joyce Hartley
  - — Original Pilot
- The Name of the Game
  Geneva Rogers
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Suntan Mob
    2/7/69
- It Takes A Thief
  Angela
  - S 2: Ep 2 A Sour Note
    10/1/68
- The F.B.I.
  Marie Zimmerman
  - S 3: Ep 27 The Mercenary
    4/28/68
- The Invaders
  Anne Gibbs
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Pursued
    3/19/68
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 79 January 9, 1968
    1/9/68
- Cimarron Strip
  Sara Lou Burke
  - S 1: Ep 10 Till the End of Night
    11/16/67
- Run for Your Life
  Susan Church
  - S 2: Ep 20 Baby, the World's on Fire
    2/6/67
- The Invaders
  Vicki
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Mutation
    1/24/67
- The F.B.I.
  Marya Pazmany
  - S 2: Ep 13 List for a Firing Squad
    12/18/66
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Adrian Harris
  - S 3: Ep 12 After the Lion, Jackals
    1/26/66
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Peggy
  - S 3: Ep 7 All the Scared Rabbits
    10/26/65
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Lydia Monteran
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Night of the Inferno
    9/17/65
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Ellie Burnett
  - S 2: Ep 2 World's End
    9/22/64
- Dr. Kildare
  Ellen Tracey Adams
  - S 3: Ep 21 Goodbye Mr. Jersey
    2/20/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Anita King
  - S 1: Ep 10 Corridor 400
    12/27/63
- Channing
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Potato Bash World
    10/30/63
- Wagon Train
  Myra Marshall Rothman
  - S 7: Ep 6 The Myra Marshall Story
    10/21/63
- Alcoa Premiere
  Carla Hammond
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Contenders
    12/6/62
- Dr. Kildare
  Cathy Benjamin
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Soul Killer
    11/22/62
- Dick Powell Show
  Marta Van Meer
  - S 2: Ep 8 Days of Glory
    11/13/62
- Ben Casey
  Carolyn Stanley
  - S 1: Ep 21 Behold a Pale Horse
    2/26/62
- Target: The Corruptors
  Hank Rossi
  - S 1: Ep 20 Viva Vegas
    2/9/62
- Dr. Kildare
  Julie Lawler
  - S 1: Ep 3 Shining Image
    10/12/61
- Route 66
  Blossom Bludge
  - S 2: Ep 2 Blue Murder
    9/29/61
- General Electric Theater
  Renee Fontaine
  - S 9: Ep 25 Love Is a Lion's Roar
    3/19/61
- Hong Kong
  Diane Dooley
  - S 1: Ep 16 Lesson in Fear
    1/11/61
- The Islanders
  Iris
  - S 1: Ep 8 Forbidden Cargo
    11/27/60
- Route 66
  Lotti Montana
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Strengthening Angels
    11/4/60
- Naked City
  Nora Condon
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Pedigree Sheet
    10/19/60
- Riverboat
  Marie Tourette
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Two Faces of Grey Holden
    10/3/60
- The Tab Hunter Show
  Guest Star
- The Play of the Week
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 35 The House of Bernarda Alba
    6/6/60
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Anne
  - S 5: Ep 21 Hitch Hike
    2/21/60
- The Third Man
  Caroline Humphreys
  - S 1: Ep 12 Listen for the Sound of a Witch
    1/1/60
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 13: Ep 9 scheduled: Suzanne Pleshette; Tom Poston; Georgia Gibbs
    11/15/59
- Adventures in Paradise
  Minette
  - S 1: Ep 4 Lady from South Chicago
    11/2/59
- Sunday Showcase
  Mari Sutton
  - S 1: Ep 5 Murder and the Android
    10/18/59
- Black Saddle
  Nedda Logan
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Long Rider
    10/16/59
- One Step Beyond
  Martha
  - S 2: Ep 1 Delusion
    9/15/59
- Bonanza
  Rose Becket/Katie Summers/Mrs. Ransom
- Playhouse 90
  Unknown
  - S 3: Ep 31 Diary of a Nurse
    5/7/59
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Maria
  - S 2: Ep 26 Death of a Gunfighter
    3/14/59
- General Electric Theater
  Unknown
  - S 7: Ep 5 The World's Greatest Quarterback
    10/19/58
- Decoy
  Wendy Jenkins
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Sound Of Tears
    4/14/58
- Omnibus
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 9 Ah, Sweet Mystery of Mrs. Murphy
    3/1/58
- Harbourmaster
  Barbara Benson
  - S 1: Ep 10 Night Rescue
    12/5/57
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- 8 Simple Rules
  Laura Egan
  - S 2: Ep 8 The First Thanksgiving
    11/25/03
  - S 2: Ep 4 Goodbye (1)
    11/4/03
  - S 2: Ep 5 Goodbye (2)
    11/4/03

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Trivia
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- Once, an unknown casting director, without looking up and only hearing Suzanne's voice, said: "Sorry, we're not casting any young leading men today."
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- She met her first husband, Troy Donahue, while co-starring with him on Rome Adventure.
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- As part of her cancer treatment, Suzanne had to have a lung removed.
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- Suzanne Pleshette: (on working on Hitchcock's "The Birds") Hitch didn't know what to do with me; he regretted the day that he hired me.
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- Suzanne Pleshette: (on her response to Bob Newhart's suggestion for the final scene of "Newhart") If I'm in Timbuktu, I'll fly home to do that!
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- Suzanne Pleshette: (on her "nice girl" image) When Warren Beatty called a girl up, it was usually to try to get her into the sack. But he called me to find out what kind of bologna I used. I just don't have what it takes, I guess. Raquel Welch has what it takes. She's so sexy and gorgeous, even I want to jump on her!
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