Suzanne Pleshette died- Page 2

[Elphaba]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 2:49am

one of my alltime favorites.....so sad, but an amazing life and career

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 2:55am

How sad.....She was so good as Leona Helmsley.....a really good actress!!!

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:17am

Didn't anyone else see this film????

Yes, I saw it; and, during its original theatrical release, too!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 3:53am

Wow. How sad. She was such a treat to work with.

She'll be missed.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 4:58am

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 5:54am

I just finished watching ROME ADVENTURE in honor of Ms. Pleshette.

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 6:09am

For You Ms. Pleshette ~ Sweet Dreams

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 6:29am

So beautiful. Thanks for posting the link, RetroBoy. The very first Broadway show I ever saw was My Fair Lady, but I saw it in London. The very first Broadway show I ever saw in New York, was the incredible The Miracle Worker, with Suzanne Pleshette and Patty Duke. I fell in love with both of them that night, and it never changed. I'm very saddened by her passing.

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 7:19am

I'm devastated by her passing. She was always a big favorite of mine. Even if the movie was borderline cheesy (as some of her films were) I always found myself glued to my chair by her beauty, voice and performance.

I literally had to dig thru boxes and boxes of stored VHS tapes to find ROME ADVENTURE. I'm so glad I never gave it away, sadly it's not on DVD and it was really special to watch it again although I have to admit it had me feeling a bit melancholy.

@JohnBoy2: It must have been something else to see her in THE MIRACLE WORKER. It just goes to show you what a truly versatile actress she really was. That she got the opportunity to do the role on stage must have been an honor for her. I honestly don't think Hollywood knew what to do with her really.








Updated On: 1/20/08 at 07:19 AM

[bschneid76]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:06am

I loved her in The Birds, and also in Blackbeard's Ghost, she was hilarious! Rest in Peace!

[Mamie]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:14am

I realized today that I've never met a soul who didn't absolutely love her! She was a rare and special person who really will be missed by many.


Al di la means you are far above me, very far
Al di la, as distant as the lovely evening star
Where you walk flowers bloom
When you smile all the gloom turns to sunshine
And my heart opens wide
When you're gone it fades inside and seems to have died

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:46am

Oh, Retro--thank you for posting that clip! That thing she does with here eyes when he says "That's how much he loves her--in the song." Al di la!

Posted: 1/20/08 at 8:50am

remember back in August or September last year...The National Enquirer reported that she was "on her deathbed"...so she dragged herself out to appear @ that event honoring THE BOB NEWHART SHOW just to spite them!!!
Updated On: 1/20/08 at 08:50 AM

[chris d]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 9:28am

I loved her. she'll be missed.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 9:56am

My mother and father knew her back in NY in the late '50s and early '60s. They always spoke so highly of her. And when I was growing up in Kansas, my mother would tell me what a nice lady she was when we watched The Bob Newhart Show. She loved "Suzie Pleshette!"

Very sad to hear this news.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:19am

Retro-I can't even watch Rome Adventure or listen to the music. My memories of it were so vivid-cheesy yes, but for me SO gorgeous and romantic, that it makes me sad.

Her eyes-unbelievable.

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:49am

Oh I don't consider ROME ADVENTURE cheesy at all. It's a first rate "sudser" and it's a beautiful and romantic film. I would consider THE POWER a 1968 sci-fi/suspense flick she filmed with George Hamilton to be one of those "cheesy" movies I was referring to.

Now, as far as ROME ADVENTURE is concerned, she was quite surprised when she went to a screening and discovered she had been billed: and introducing SUZANNE PLESHETTE. She exclaimed, "Introducing?!!! Where did they think I was all these years!" She had already made her film debut in Jerry Lewis' 1958 comedy, THE GEISHA BOY!

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 10:55am

I had such a huge crush on her when I was a kid. RIP.

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 11:02am

For anyone interested in The Films of Suzanne Pleshette:




If you scroll down to the very bottom of the page you will find several links to other facets of her career.

The Films of Suzanne Pleshette Updated On: 1/20/08 at 11:02 AM

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 11:10am

From "The Secret Career of Suzanne Pleshette" comes these interesting tid-bits regarding her run in THE MIRACLE WORKER.

After Pleshette replaced her, Anne Bancroft said:
"I'd feel better if only Suzy weren't so doggone good."

PATTY DUKE (pictured above with Pleshette), who played Helen Keller in the production, spoke of their initial differences: "One area where we had a problem was Suzie's nails.... [She had] long fingernails. Now, obviously she knew she couldn't play Annie Sullivan with long red fingernails, so off came the polish and down came the nails. But not far enough down, because her nails not only scratched me, they were dangerous and they really hurt...."

Pleshette remembered it this way: "I still bruise when I see Patty Duke."

I sent Pleshette a copy of THE MEEKER MUSEUM NEWSLETTER for which I had written an article about her. In the newsletter article, I used the above quote about Pleshette's nails. Pleshette wrote me a very appreciative letter but politely suggested I look at her short nails in the picture (reproduced above). Yep, Pleshette's nails are short.
Source Link

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 11:14am

"That settles it. No more Japanese food before bed."

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 11:19am

Why, Namo? Did you dream about Myoshi Umeki?

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 11:28am

Namo, I remember my jaw dropping when she played that scene at the end of the '80s "Newhart" show.

Such a great idea, and it has to go down as one of the best "surprise guest stars" in the history of television comedies.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 11:38am

One of? The!

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 1/20/08 at 11:55am

Ohhh, I had forgotten about that. What a great finale.