by Shannonn KellyÂ
One our our favorite smokey-voiced actresses is dead. Suzanne Pleshette died Saturday in her Los Angles home of respiratory failure. She was 70.
Pleshette is best remembered as Emily Hartley the hot, smart school teacher and wife to stuttering, laid-back Chicago psychologist Robert Hartley, played by Bob Newhart on the Bob Newhart Show, from 1972-1978.
Married to former Bob Newhart Show co-star Tom Poston in 2001, who also died from respiratory failure in Los Angeles on April 30, 2007.
I only realized the parallel recently that she played yet another smart school teacher in “The Birds” directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Seeing the film last month, I was struck by Pleshette’s complex rendering of Annie Hayworth, the pining dalliance that over-stayed her welcome after being dumped by Mitch (played by Rod Taylor) in Bodega Bay. She probably out-acted Tippi Hendren in many fans eyes.
Sadly, Pleshette was scheduled to receive her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 31, 2008, which would have been her 71st birthday
To read the New York Times article on Ms. Pleshette, click here.
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