They tended to play the same kind of characters: smart, patrician, a bit icy, slightly dangerous.
More than slightly in the case of Play Misty for Me.
Her imdb listings from the 70s is like a cop/detective show history lesson.
Wash: So, two days in a hospital? That's awful. Don't you just hate doctors? Simon: Hey. Wash: I mean, present company excluded. Jayne: Let's not be excluding people. That'd be rude.
'Ariel'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
This thread is for comedy TV, including network and cable shows. [NAFDA]
Frankenbuddha - Feb 26, 2010 8:11:25 am PST #2117 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Frankenbuddha - Feb 26, 2010 8:12:56 am PST #2118 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I miss Tea Leoni
I miss her, period. Apart from Flirting with Disaster, her film career has been pretty meh.
bon bon - Feb 26, 2010 8:19:13 am PST #2119 of 8624
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
She's good in Ghost Town, which I recommend.
erikaj - Feb 26, 2010 8:20:04 am PST #2120 of 8624
Always Anti-fascist!
That show was good....even though the name escapes me. Jessica Walter could have also played the Grandma part on "Gilmore Girls"(I have no idea if this is literally true...I only know Entourage/AU Hollywood that well) but that is one part where two very different actors...Walter and Kelly Bishop, sort of remind me of each other.
bon bon - Feb 26, 2010 8:25:35 am PST #2121 of 8624
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I used to work for this incredibly stiff partner -- the kind of Yalie who, upon meeting my husband, almost immediately asked where he went to school-- who must have been a big theater fan. He had a huge signed cast photo of some show starring Jessica Walter. I always laughed walking into his office about the Seaward staring at him all day.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 26, 2010 8:42:15 am PST #2122 of 8624
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
She's good in Ghost Town, which I recommend.
Noted. And thanks!
Kathy A - Feb 26, 2010 9:32:39 am PST #2123 of 8624
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I miss Tea Leoni
Earlier this week, I stumbled across the last half hour of Deep Impact while channel-surfing. Pesonally, I think her performance is the weakest of the entire ensemble--I much prefer watching Vanessa Redgrave or Omar Sharif during her family angst scenes.
Tom Scola - Feb 26, 2010 9:34:19 am PST #2124 of 8624
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Tea was always a much better at comedy than drama.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2010 9:34:30 am PST #2125 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, but when do you not prefer to watch Vanessa Redgrave or Omar Sharif? Talk about stacking the deck.
Kathy A - Feb 26, 2010 9:37:15 am PST #2126 of 8624
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Okay, but when do you not prefer to watch Vanessa Redgrave or Omar Sharif?
True! But in almost every scene she was in, she was outmatched by those on the screen with her, from Morgan Freeman to the guy who played her boss (I can't remember his name offhand, but he was on Mick on Hill Street Blues) to Laura what's-her-face from ER.