Anita Gillette (born Anita Luebben; August , ) is an American actress.
She is notable for her extensive Broadway credits, her many
appearances as a celebrity guest on television game shows, her
guest-starring and recurring roles in American television series and
for her roles in feature films.Gillette was born Anita Luebben in
Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Juanita (née Wayland) and John
Alfred Luebben. Raised in suburban Rossville, she graduated from
Kenwood High School. Gillette studied at the Peabody Conservatory and
made her Broadway debut in Gypsy in . Additional Broadway credits
include Carnival!, All American, Mr. President, Kelly, Jimmy, Guys and
Dolls, Don't Drink the Water, Cabaret, They're Playing Our Song,
Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Chapter Two, for which she was nominated
for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She received a Theatre
World Award for her performance in Russell Patterson's
Sketchbook.Gillette's first television appearance was on The Ed
Sullivan Show in . She joined the cast of The Edge of Night in ,
leaving the next year. Gillette's biggest exposure on a national scale
came as a celebrity guest on various New York City-based game shows,
mostly those produced by Goodson-Todman and Bob Stewart. She served as
a semi-regular on the syndicated What's My Line?, Match Game and on
the various Pyramid series, among others.Gillette's roles in the s
included the short-lived series Me and the Chimp with Ted Bessell and
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice with a then-unknown Robert Urich and a young
Jodie Foster. She also appeared in Norman Lear's All That Glitters (),
and TV movies such as A Matter of Wife... and Death () and It Happened
at Lakewood Manor ().
She is notable for her extensive Broadway credits, her many
appearances as a celebrity guest on television game shows, her
guest-starring and recurring roles in American television series and
for her roles in feature films.Gillette was born Anita Luebben in
Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Juanita (née Wayland) and John
Alfred Luebben. Raised in suburban Rossville, she graduated from
Kenwood High School. Gillette studied at the Peabody Conservatory and
made her Broadway debut in Gypsy in . Additional Broadway credits
include Carnival!, All American, Mr. President, Kelly, Jimmy, Guys and
Dolls, Don't Drink the Water, Cabaret, They're Playing Our Song,
Brighton Beach Memoirs, and Chapter Two, for which she was nominated
for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She received a Theatre
World Award for her performance in Russell Patterson's
Sketchbook.Gillette's first television appearance was on The Ed
Sullivan Show in . She joined the cast of The Edge of Night in ,
leaving the next year. Gillette's biggest exposure on a national scale
came as a celebrity guest on various New York City-based game shows,
mostly those produced by Goodson-Todman and Bob Stewart. She served as
a semi-regular on the syndicated What's My Line?, Match Game and on
the various Pyramid series, among others.Gillette's roles in the s
included the short-lived series Me and the Chimp with Ted Bessell and
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice with a then-unknown Robert Urich and a young
Jodie Foster. She also appeared in Norman Lear's All That Glitters (),
and TV movies such as A Matter of Wife... and Death () and It Happened
at Lakewood Manor ().
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