Can't believe it's been 50 years. The two met in November of 1963, the same year Borgnine divorced from his wife, Mexican actress Katy Jurado. Had a writing career and a production company called Marshmallow Manor. His first marriage was to Suzanne Pleshette, an actress. (16 March 1968 - 21 January 2000) ( his death), Troy Donahue (4 January 1964 - 8 September 1964) ( divorced) Family; Shaw happened to call one evening after Greg Bautzer stood her up, so she said yes. R42 Susanne and McQueen's wife Neille Adams were party girls in Hollywood. Suzanne was 27 years old when she married and Troy was 28 years old. She was nominated for an Emmy in 1961 for playing a morphine-addicted nurse on Dr. Kildare; she replaced Anne Bancroft in Broadways The Miracle Worker, to strong reviews. Take a look at This was years ago I must have been very young . Couldnt keep her hands off the men in this movie. The two remained friends until Cromwells 1960 death. After reading Ali MacGraw's bio when someone posted the excerpts on a DL thread, my opinion of McQueen is VERY low. 19682000Troy Donahuem. But for a few years Troy, a gorgeous specimen of healthy, sun-bronzed young male animal with a face like a young Vikings (Heres My Heart, Photoplay Dec 1961), was among the most popular heartthrobs in Hollywood. Are Janelle, Christine and Meri Suing Kody Over Money From Coyote Pass? As a vulnerable divorcee being romanced by murderer Eddie Albert in an attempt to throw Columbo off his trail, Pleshette (in an atypical role) was a delight. Theres another actress of my calibre that I admire very much, Vanessa Redgrave, and shes absolutely blind as a bat as well. Both share the same zodiac sign aquarius. However, the marriage only lasted five months. David Paymer was in The American President, a few episodes of Cheers and in Nixon, as was David Hyde Pierce. This piece also wont look at marriages that were shortened by death. I tracked down the 'incest movie' mentioned a few times on the thread. After she came to Hollywood, Vallee was Greers manager, according to Michael Pitts book The Rise of Crooners. Teen Moms Ryan Edwards Arrested for Stalking Amid Mackenzie Divorce, Prince Harry Recalls Getting 'in Trouble' at Start of Meghan Relationship, Did Alex Murdaugh Kill Wife Maggie and Son Paul? I will certainly include Stuart Whitman and Ina Balin in a posting soon. I can easily imagine her in a Veep/West Wing/Good Wife type show. Lovers Must Learn). 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A Suzanne Pleshette/Ava Gardner lookalike, Valerie played a support role in the Troy Donahue movie Come Spy With Me in 1966, and then married Troy the same year. She was great in The Fugitive; I mean especially it was a great show, Stephen King called it the greatest TV show of all time. Pleshette, who underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2006, died of respiratory failure Saturday evening at her Los Angeles home, said Finkelstein, who is also a family friend. Her third husband was actor Tom Poston. A whopping nine months later they were divorced. . on the one hand and on the other Will and Grace, Frasier, Cheers, and I guess Golden Girls (Kohan/Mutchnick I think met at the Golden Girls, Marc Cherry started-ish(?) The honeymoon last five months and the marriage lasted only seven months, according to Allans book. Was Suzanne Pleshette married to Tom Poston when she died? SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 8 (AP)The sixmonth marriage of two film stars, Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette, ended in divorce today after Miss Pleshette testified that trouble started 17 days after the wedding. Contribute Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos list. It was Newhart's real-life wife, Ginnie, who first came up with the idea for the. However, Shaw tried to change Lana. (28) What Now Bachelor Girl? Inside Movie April 1965. We were much happier when we were just going together, Greer was quoted. Ann told media that they had differing likes and dislikes and also partially blamed Brents shyness, as she liked to go out and mingle with people. Jean Harlow and Harold Rosson (Sept. 13 1933 March 11, 1934) We just were never destined to be married. This time period was a particularly wild time during Dennis Hoppers career and the eight days he Phillips were married is no exception, according to a 2007 Vanity Fair article. In Touch Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Image by Bettmann/CORBIS, Michelle Phillips and Dennis Hopper (Oct. 31, 1970 Nov. 8 1970) My perfect Blanche. And then he sat down and wrote a play for me. Troy Donahue (born Merle Johnson Jr., January 27, 1936 - September 2, . She was also pretty good as Leona Helmsley in "Leona Helmsley: The Queen Of Mean". Pleshette played a young woman who moved to Rome and took a job in a bookstore run by the wonderful character actress Constance Ford. His first marriage was to actress Suzanne Pleshette, with whom he had twice co-starred in films. She seemed to be going some place new at almost any hour of the night. This Valentines Day we are focusing on those brief encounters. Do you know which one? Here is Suzanne's real life dog coming out with her on Carson. It has all the makings of a major meow-off. For the first time in my life I feel protected. Hello. ----- CALIFORNIA Thomas J. Sorry, that should read above as: IBDM credits. I seem to remember Poston was alive at the time of Loggias bragging. Can we decipher any truths behind these conflicting reports? Hollywood marriages are often butt of jokessince they are oftenextremely shortor numerous. Her husbands were Troy Donahue, Tommy Gallagher, and Tom Poston. Actors Edmond OBrien and Nancy Kelly eloped to Yuma, AZ, without telling family or friends after being engaged for two years, according to an INS news brief from Feb. 20, 1941, Nancy Kelly Elopes with Edmond OBrien. She was fantastic in the overlooked 1965 movie "A Rage to Live", where she played a naive girl who became a nymphomaniac after an older man (stud Mark Goddard) forces himself on her, While a respectable girl from a wealthy family, she can't control her need for dick and has sex in cars and other seedy places. How Much Money Do Survivor Contestants Get Paid? (7) He Spanked the Girl He Loved! TV and Movie Screen Dec 1963. I remember reading that when she was doing a Disney movie, they let her use their facilities to design her sheets. The problem was that they had such a complete range of colors and the printers didn't have that full a range with their available inks to match them. (2), (5), (26) A Woman Must Be a Mans Instrument, Movie Mirror Nov 1964. Starting with. I loved this TV movie. She dazzled on Johnny Carson. 1972), Suzanne Pleshette (m. 1964 - div. Her second husband had died and she married a former Newhart costar, comedian Tom Poston. Fonda came from Hollywood royalty and there were expectations/opportunities of/for her to rise above starlet level. Next up was a stupid little comedy that brought about director Norman Jewison's debut, Her portrayal of smalltown schoolteacher Annie Hayworth in Hitchcock's 1963, Nineteen hundred sixty-four was quite a year for Pleshette. I thought so, too. She was kind of a broad. I always wanted a great dane and finally had two once I had my own home. A July 1, 1964, news brief said Suzanne Pleshette sued Donahue for mental cruelty, but she did not ask for alimony. She not only made her bed and laid in it, r83. R84 We had a Great Dane when I was a child. He seemed like an insecure, chauvinistic, violent sack of shit. (12) They Stripped My Marriage of All Privacy and Dignity! The New Screen Stars Dec 1964. Peck, a friend of Madigan's who works for Fallon Worldwide in Minneapolis, said he included her smoking habit. (8) Troy Donahues Marriage, TV Yearbook No. The odd couple are definitely Borgnine and Merman. 2006 Pleshette was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent chemotherapy in the summer of 2006; she rallied, but in late 2007, she barely survived a bout of pneumonia. Tommy Gallagherm. Thanks for enlightening me. My Blanche in Streetcar I was absolutely born to play that role. Thank you for publishing this awesome article. After all, not truth but dreams and aspirations monetized, to be sure, but still dreams were their business. I work for wardrobe. 20012007 Her second husband was oil man Tommy Gallagher, who was rumored to be gay or bi. Does anyone remember a TV movie she made with Gil Gerard when he was so hot in the 1990s? She was a great 'broad' -- would have made a great friend! Walker, still trying to drown the pain of his 1945 divorce from Jennifer Jones, began physically abusing Pappys (Ford) daughter just five weeks after the wedding, according to the book Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond by Scott Allen Nollen. She and co-star Patty Duke did not get along. There's a portrait of her on the wall in La Scala restaurant in Bev Hills, Once hosted the Tonight Show pre-Joan Rivers, Was close to the Clintons through her friendship with the Wassermans who hosted fundraising dinners for Clinton, The Sinatra girls paid for her star on the Walk of Fame. I loved her,, had sex with her, Of course I only wish she had been there, Just watched Roddy McDowell home movies on malibu and saw suzanne kiss another woman. Suzanne says he told them to her and she wrote them down then sat on his lap and read them back to him. For example, Rudolph Valentino and Jean Acker were married in 1919 and are credited with the shortest Hollywood marriage at 6 hours. Actress Marie Windsor married bandleader Ted Steele in her hometown of Marysville, Utah, according to a brief published April 19, 1946. In 2001 she wed Mr. Poston, her long-ago Broadway co-star, who had also been a guest star on The Bob Newhart Show and a regular in Mr. Why did Suzanne Pleshette and Troy divorce? (26) From the minute Suzy left his home Troys been in the constant company of sometime actress, sometime model, who shall remain nameless. I always laugh when people talk about older movie and tv stars and say they could have had bigger careers. The two were very different: Brent was much more proper and Sheridan was casual, rough around the edges and rubbed elbows with the hairdressers and men on set, according to OBriens book. I thought of, That same year (gee, maybe the Donahue marriage didn't work because she was never home) she made, In 1965 she played a horny adulteress in the mostly-unknown, Perhaps her movie career was never what she expected. Suzanne Pleshette is now deceased. At a holiday party during the series' sixth season, Newhart told her that he was thinking about . Im glad you enjoyed it! [quote] She said that while she liked Steve McQueen as a friend, he was the cheapest person she ever met. I remember her on The Tonight Show with Rodney Dangerfield doing standup. R2 , that ending was coined by Newharts real wife . It's surprising that Hollywood didn't treat her better in the 1960s as she arrived there with major Broadway credits and, god knows, was as beautiful and sexy as any of her contemporaries like Jane Fonda or Natalie Wood. Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine (June 27, 1964 Nov. 18, 1964) Fire her ass and get me Diane Baker for the part. We just didn't have the same values. How old was Mary Frann when died? Wright also had a starring role in Reds, which was the mainish project of Warren Beatty's life, Beatty's wife Annett Bening was the female lead in The American President with Michael Douglas, which also starred John Mahoney and Wendy Malick, both as members of the White House staff, who would later be reunited in Frasier, playing a couple. Ward Bond threatened to beat the hell out of that goddamned sissy, son of a bitch but John Ford convinced him not to. Also, I think my Cherry Orchard was probably definitive. she was too associated with the old fashioned idea of a Hollywood star and new faces were sought. The Big Bang Theory 6x22 - The Professor Proton. Did she have an eye job in later years? Love the jetset party scene and was s a frequent guest at Hotel Du Cap, the Gstaad Palace and the Dorchester. I thought she was one of Hollywood's incandescent personalities. Let's fast forward for a moment to 1981. Never someone who could carry a film by herself, but could in ensemble or supporting parts. He wouldnt part with a piano Lanas mother had given them, so she took his clarinet. From there it was an easy jump to the lights of Broadway. She and David Janssen had an on-again, off-again thing for years. In 2006 she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Suzanne Pleshette and Troy Donahue starred together in their first film Rome Adventure (1962) and then starred together in A Distant Trumpet (1964). Nonetheless, the disease claimed her life in early2008, 12 days before her 71st birthday. The actress obtained a default decree in Superior Court on a charge of mental cruelty. The rumors at the time (of which I presume none of them were true) were that she was married to hair dresser, lived in a high rise condo on Sunset and Doheney, and was really a lesbian. Before his marriage, Donahue had been engaged to a woman named Lili Kardell who sued him for damages, stating that he had hit her. Troy Donahue (January 1964 - September 1964) divorced . The fan magazines did their part to promote this impression, if only among the cognoscenti, who knew how to read the code within an article title or a casual detail, such as the setting in which Rock supposedly offered Troy some valuable career advice: That night at Henry Willsons party the two in the late, late hours found themselves chatting alone (Whos Imitating Rock! Photoplay, Sep 1962). Her part in The Birds was offered first to Anne Bancroft. crazy ending. Welkes summoned Suzanne Pleshette, who lived in the same West Hollywood apartment building, and they hurried across town to Begelman's home in Beverly Hills." After talking with his wife, Suzanne and Welkes picked up another of Begelman's close friends and drove to the Century Plaza Hotel, where he'd checked in under a false name. At one point I said I thought that he was gay and that is why his marriage to Pleshette ending so quickly. Anecdote about her potty mouth: Abby Singer, the production manager on Bob Newhart, chewed up the wardrobe girls for spending too much on a dress for Suzanne. Remember watching it with my first partner at the old Crazy Rayz in Atlanta . The first was for the very reason Lili Kardell once tried to sue Troy [i.e., for beating her up]. When they were courting, many say Walker seemed like a changed man; happier and willing to work, according to a January 1949 Modern Screen article. Yes that is Tina Sinatra as her pallbearer. Shaw wooed her by driving down to Santa Monica and talking about his life philosophies. Elizabeth didnt ask for any for any alimony because she didnt need a prize for failing, according to Taraborrelli. How to Market Your Business with Webinars? Nov 07, 2005 #2 Thank you for the recent update. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where Taylor was under contract, arranged the wedding and stars such as Ginger Rogers, Greer Garson, Esther Williams, Dick Powell and Ann Miller were part of 700 guests. Merman was nine years older than Borgnine. Review of My 50 Favorite Films-- and What's Next, With rival Diane McBain in "A Distant Trumpet". She was born at the end of January in 1937 in New York City to an artist-dancer mother and a father who managed Brooklyn's Paramount Theater during the Big Band era. They separate on June 13. She could do sultry and yet still be cute. (3) He Doesnt Give Girls the Run-Around, Movie Screen Yearbook No. Troy Donahue as a husband seemed like a real hiccup on her life story. Merediths son, John Lucas, recalls that OBrien remarked, What incentive is there in planning for the future when they dont know what will happen in the next week or year. She said in an interview that she had the opportunity to meet Leona but turned it down. She was freaking hilarious as Karen's mom on Will & Grace. Updated: March 14, 2021 . Barbara Ford and Robert Walker (July 8, 1948 Dec. 16, 1948) But Frann laughed all the way to the bank. Her first husband was movie star Troy Donahue, whom she divorced in less than a year. American - Actress January 31, 1937 - January 19, 2008. I can believe she was the deluded starlet from the 60s who was posted about a few years ago. Alison Janney had a role in it as well, and she played a small but important role in Lost. Suzanne Pleshette achieved television immortality in her role as Bob Newhart's wife in the 1970s classic situation comedy, The Bob Newhart Show (1972). Elizabeth Taylor with first husband Conrad Nicky Hilton, Jr. Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Hilton Jr. (May 6, 1950 Jan. 29 1951) Fan magazines were nothing if not contradictory. He was just saving money for that long, long life he was going to have. R136, by all accounts, Diane Baker was indeed the subject of that fun and juicy starlet thread from a few years ago. I think so..Hilarious. She was very pretty. Greer was not in a film until 1945. 40 Glamorous Photos of Suzanne Pleshette in the 1960s. R115 I got to meet Steve McQueen on the set of "The Thomas Crown Affair." An Aug. 20, 1943, INS briefRudy Vallee to Wed After Warannounced that Lt. Vallee was engaged with Betty Jane Greer and they would marry when the war was over. for your pointless bitchery needs. 5 What did Suzanne Pleshette say about Troy Donahue? Hitchcock hit on her, Sean Connery hit on her (even twisting her arm), the interviewer had his hands full trying to keep her on-topic. Troy Donahue Entertainment - Actor Why Famous: Merle Johnson of The Godfather Part II, film Age: 65 (1/27/1936 - 9/2/2001) Troy Donahue's Relationships (5) Suzanne Pleshette Entertainment - Actress Either way I wish shed starred in more classics; she had a good presence. She was flown in to replace the leading lady. Ultimately, her sitcom work might have been where she shone the brightest. This bitch is stealing scenes from me. Cool that she played Karen's mom in Will and Grace. Reading back my post it sounded like I was saying they showed him reading them to Suzanne! It should've been Newhart. She said 'So I heard you're a VP now'. (31) Who Smashed Up Suzanne and Troy? Screen Life Jan 1965. A Feb. 3, 1942, Associated Press brief reported that Kelly said OBrien broke promises he had made when they became reconciled after a previous separation.. She worked until she died. Borgnine was the gruff working man in films and Merman was the glamorous Broadway diva. Hilton met the approval of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and came to their home for dinner. (17) Everyone knew just knew nothing like this could happen to Troy and Susie. She later appeared in various television productions . But yeah, thanx for spending time to talk about this subject here An impressive share! (13) The two are so different. After she divorced Troy she was in NYC and he came over to her room at The Plaza and provided his services. Tennessee came backstage and said, Finally, I have my Blanche. I did not realize that his first wife, Ellie, passed away at the age of 78 in 1999. No Suzanne had a great time filming The Birds and stayed so close to the Hitchcocks (she seemed very, very good and making and keeping friendships with powerful people) that she was up in the Hitchcock's Monterey house shortly before he died. He died in 2007, then she died of lung cancer in 2008. On the big screen, I detected a contemptuous manner quite pronounced in dramas and a bit toned down for comedies. Suzanne Pleshette born in 1937 is 1 years older than Troy Donahue born in 1936. SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 8 (AP)The sixmonth marriage of two film stars, Troy Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette, ended in divorce today after Miss Pleshette testified that trouble started 17 days after the wedding. Perfect for tv dramas and sitcoms. Her first husband was movie star Troy Donahue, whom she divorced in less than a year. Hello. Vallee was working as a band leader for the Coast Guard during World War II, and Greer found fame when she modeled the new WAC uniform for national magazines. I should clarify that in the Sienna Miller film it is Tippi that Hitchcock is reading these dirty limericks to, which she takes as being inappropriate and harassment. Troy Donahue has been divorced from Suzanne Pleshette since September 8, 1964. A picture is worth a thousand words, r95. He taught me how to laugh. (6) A Warning to Troy Donahue, Modern Screen Jan 1962. Rumors say that she came home to find Cromwell with a man, according to Darwin Porters Howard Hughes: Hells Angels, but several other sources say Cromwell left Lansburg a note; apologizing and saying he couldnt go on with their marriage. They reconnected when both were widowed. When they were married, Vallee said she had been his pin-up girl ever since he saw her picture on a magazine cover. That kind of smooth charm is rare in a woman, she should have been a politician. She was reaally lovely, with a slight something of Liz taylor. site without all this bureaucratic nonsense, Pleshette married twice. And he in fact ordered me breakfast simply because I stumbled upon it for The couple fought constantly and were only married for four months and 11 days-from Feb. 1940 to Sept. 1940. SUZANNE PLESHETTE & TROY DONAHUE: These screen heartthrobs were married in 1964 at the Beverly Hills Hotel and headed right into a scandal that broke up their marriage eight months later! Suzanne was nominated for an Emmy playing Leona Hemsley; she didn't win. She replaced me in a sitcom pilot and Im a guy. did troy donahue have a daughter. 12, 1946, news brief. Maybe she had exactly the career she wanted. October 21, 1966 married Donahue, the ex of actress Suzanne Pleshette, in Dublin, Ireland 1967 does some theater with Donahue April 11, 1968 separated from Donahue November 16, 1968 divorced Donahue in Los Angeles. I told him I'd check my calendar. Didnt she mess around with Robert Loggia while married to Poston? (3) They met in Rome, Troy fresh from a broken romance, Suzanne filled with disillusionment after playing the field, and they fell in love. Lost in Space never had such a hot extraterrestrial stripper. February 13, 1986. 'Life After Lockup' Season 4 Couple Updates, Baring it All! If you can't find the email you can resend it here. While Comet Over Hollywood previously identified more than 70 lengthy and successful Hollywood marriages, there are also some that are remarkably brief. ", Was it the invention of a rum-soaked eveningor was there some truth here? She wasnt fucking closeted. The first was for the very reason Lili Kardell once tried to sue Troy [i.e., for beating her up]. One of the great talk show guests. A marriage cannot last if one tries to dominate the others life.. She seemed to have more than enough money. She found him to be arrogant and too serious and he thought she was a brainless star. Are you kidding, r71? Some features on this site require a subscription. "One item that can be broken, and broken more than once, yet keep on functioning is the human heart," Pleshette said after their divorce. Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 January 19, 2008) was an American theatre, film, television, and voice actress. Is it a buyers market or a sellers market? She was married three times. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Brief Encounter: Short Hollywood Marriages, 70 lengthy and successful Hollywood marriages, Follow Comet Over Hollywood on WordPress.com, Watching 1939: Susannah of the Mounties (1939), Musical Monday: Rhythm and Blues Revue(1955), Watching 1939: The Lady and the Mob (1939). The couple married in January 1964 and divorced nine months later. Edmond invited her to dinner when they agreed to let bygones be bygones, and I guess they just suddenly decided it would be better to get married right away. I thought she lived in the Empire West throughout her second marriage? https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/09/archives/troy-donahues-are-divorced.html. Tom P called her in her hotel room and asked is she wanted to run lines. Plus, maybe they let her keep Joanna's sweaters? 1964) Tommy Gallagher ( m. 1968; died 2000) Tom Poston ( m. 2001; died 2007). She was closeted until the day she died, but the all female pall bearers were telling. I noticed you quoted Darwin Porter and David Bret a few times both are widely discredited biographers who dont name sources. Used to hang out at Chasen's a lot with Sol Syler, the owner of Playtone Records. Before seeing the later references to her, my immediate reaction to that link was that that was Tina. Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 - January 19, 2008) was an American actress and voice actress. I always thought she would have been great to know as a friend. Timing was everything. 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