No, I'm not speaking of Heath Ledger. While I am terribly saddened by his death at such a young age, I believe there is someone else who completes the Suzanne Pleshette-Allan Melvin trio.That would be Ms. Lois Nettleton. If you're not familiar with her, for shame! She was an amazing actress, graceful, charming, funny... I always felt like I knew her personally. Her performance as Blanche DuBois in a 1973 Broadway revival of "Streetcar named Desire" was heralded by critics. "This is a Blanche . . . who has been to hell and back and yet retains her innocence," wrote critic Clive Barnes in a review for the New York Times. "Miss Nettleton plays Blanche as a woman of nearly unshatterable courage."
She died at the age of 80 of lung cancer. I came to love her as a regular guest on "The $20,000 Pyramid." But I will never forget her guest appearance on "The Golden Girls" as a lesbian who falls for Rose. Brilliant.
So... Heath Ledger and Brad Renfro can be part of a different trio. But Lois is the third I was waiting for, sadly.
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You're right, she was a terrific actress. I thought she played the lesbian on Golden Girls very carefully and tenderly. I remember her from other TV appearances as well.
Mark :-)
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Unfortunately I am unfamiliar with this great woman. Sounds like she was charming.
The Ledger thing has knocked me for a loop. I hope the third doesn't hurt this bad. Hell, I hope it stops at 2!
I loved her in the GOLDEN GIRLS episode. When Blanche say that she didn't know any lesbians personally, but "Isn't Danny Thomas one?"
Dorothy wryly replies, "Not LEBANESE, Blanche. Lesbian."
And Blanche says, "Lesbian. Lesbian. LESBIAN!"
Genius. And so was Ms. Nettleton.
I hadn't heard about this. How sad. Rest in Peace...
She was 80?
Really?
Wow, she was fantastic. Very distinctive.
(Saw you on Project Rungay).
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