Wendy Jo Sperber has passed away...

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:17am

Such a funny and brave woman. She lost her battle with cancer today. She is best known for BOSOM BUDDIES, but
check out I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND if you haven't seen it.

[DAME]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:20am

Oh my god! I love her! How sad.

[Craig]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:23am

How sad... Don't forget her quips in Back to the Future, Bachelor Party and my guilty pleasure - 1941..

She was an extremely talented comedienne

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 12:32am

What sad news!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:17am

I didn't know she was sick.

That is so sad.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:25am

So very very sad. I loved her on Bosom Buddies and so many other shows in the 80s.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:30am

Addy, she had been battling breast cancer for years. In fact that was her main focus in the last years of her life. Apart from the occasional guest spot (that were too few and far between) she was a huge leader in fighting the disease.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:31am

I didn't know she was sick either. I had never heard of her having breast cancer or being on the front lines of the fight.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:41am

Rosie had her on her talk show when she was going through a pretty bad time. She didn't look too bad, considering, and she was so sweet and funny.

[justme2]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:49am

If I remember correctly, one of the last Murphy Brown shows was regarding the character having a breast cancer scare and Wendy Jo Sperber, along with two other actresses (whose names I can't recall) also afflicted with it in real life, were in the waiting room in the scene. They were talking statistics in the scene. Sperber was very active in getting the word out about early detection, and she did the episode for that reason.

And that was a while ago...how long since Murphy Brown was on the air?

[Anakela]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 3:19am

justme2- Marcia Wallace and Tracy Nelson.

And yeah, that would have been sometime around 97/98, which I only remember because I was working on the Warner lot during that time, and the Murphy/cancer storyline was getting a lot of attention, especially the medical marijuana episode. (/sorry, rambling story off)

[shiksa_goddess]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 5:11am

That's a shame. She was a classy lady.

We'll miss ya Wendie!

[RobbO]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:31pm

rest in peace.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:33pm

For those who are interested in literature transferred to screen, she was Dinky Hocker in the tv version of Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack. A wonderful actress gone too soon.

[lildogs]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:38pm

She was also hilarious in an episode of "Designing Women"--a very talented lady--she'll be missed.

[NCGuy]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:47pm

Very sad news. I hadn’t realized she was so young when she was doing “Bosom Buddies.”

Remember her sitcom “Women in Prison” (late eighties maybe…I think it was one of the first shows on FOX)? Wendie Jo, CCH Pounder, Denny Dillon, and (I think) Peggy Cass…very funny show.

Updated On: 12/1/05 at 01:47 PM

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:15pm

My sole exposure to her was her guest spot in the first season of Will & Grace when she is hired to be Grace's maid. I thought she was hilarious on that episode.

[vbplayer]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:17pm

She was hysterical on "Bosom Buddies". May she rest in peace.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:22pm

Oh, NCGuy, I had forgotten about that show. What a great and totally wasted cast. It was really bad, unfortunately.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:33pm

Rest in peace, Wendie Jo. I always loved her as Linda in Back to the Future. "Marty, I'm not your answering service..."

[NCGuy]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:52pm

Was it bad, Sueleen? I guess it has been two decades since I've seen it...I honestly don’t remember any specific episodes, only that I watched it every week and was disappointed when it was cancelled (after only one season?). Ah well, thanks for making me laugh anyway, Wendie Jo!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 10:27pm

Bump,

because she's worth it.


What a loss.