Suzanne Pleshette (January , â€" January , ) was an American theatre,
film, television, and voice actress. Pleshette started her career in
the theatre and began appearing in films in the late s and later
appeared in prominent films such as Rome Adventure () and Alfred
Hitchcock's The Birds (). She later appeared in various television
productions, often in guest roles, and played Emily Hartley on The Bob
Newhart Show from until , receiving several Emmy Award nominations
for her work. She continued acting until , which was four years before
her death at age .Pleshette was born on January , , in Brooklyn
Heights, Brooklyn, New York, to Eugene Pleshette and Geraldine (née
Kaplan). Her parents were Jewish, the children of emigrants from
Russia and Austria-Hungary. Her mother was a dancer and artist who
performed under the stage name Geraldine Rivers. Her father was a
stage manager, manager of the Paramount Theater in New York City, of
the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn and, later, a network executive. She
graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts and attended
Syracuse University for one semester before transferring to Finch
College. She later graduated from Manhattan's prestigious acting
school, the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and was under
the tutelage of renowned acting teacher Sanford Meisner.The Boston
Globe described her appearance and demeanor as sardonic and her voice
as sultry. She began her career as a stage actress. She made her
Broadway debut in Meyer Levin's play Compulsion, adapted from his
novel inspired by the Leopold and Loeb case.The following year, she
performed in the debut of The Cold Wind and the Warm by S. N. Behrman
at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, directed by Harold
Clurman and produced by Robert Whitehead. In , she was featured in the
comedy Golden Fleecing, starring Constance Ford and Tom Poston.
(Poston would eventually become her third husband.)
film, television, and voice actress. Pleshette started her career in
the theatre and began appearing in films in the late s and later
appeared in prominent films such as Rome Adventure () and Alfred
Hitchcock's The Birds (). She later appeared in various television
productions, often in guest roles, and played Emily Hartley on The Bob
Newhart Show from until , receiving several Emmy Award nominations
for her work. She continued acting until , which was four years before
her death at age .Pleshette was born on January , , in Brooklyn
Heights, Brooklyn, New York, to Eugene Pleshette and Geraldine (née
Kaplan). Her parents were Jewish, the children of emigrants from
Russia and Austria-Hungary. Her mother was a dancer and artist who
performed under the stage name Geraldine Rivers. Her father was a
stage manager, manager of the Paramount Theater in New York City, of
the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn and, later, a network executive. She
graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts and attended
Syracuse University for one semester before transferring to Finch
College. She later graduated from Manhattan's prestigious acting
school, the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and was under
the tutelage of renowned acting teacher Sanford Meisner.The Boston
Globe described her appearance and demeanor as sardonic and her voice
as sultry. She began her career as a stage actress. She made her
Broadway debut in Meyer Levin's play Compulsion, adapted from his
novel inspired by the Leopold and Loeb case.The following year, she
performed in the debut of The Cold Wind and the Warm by S. N. Behrman
at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, directed by Harold
Clurman and produced by Robert Whitehead. In , she was featured in the
comedy Golden Fleecing, starring Constance Ford and Tom Poston.
(Poston would eventually become her third husband.)
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