Suzanne Pleshette, 1937 - 2008.

US actress Suzanne Pleshette, best known for playing the wife in 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show, has died.... Pleshette started her career in Broadway in the late 1950s before moving into TV shows such as Dr Kildare and movies including The Birds, in which she played Annie, and Nevada Smith with Steve McQueen.

The BBC.

See also: the Wikipedia entry; and Ray Bennett, Ronald Bergan (Guardian), Edward Copeland, Richard Corliss (Time), Anita Gates (New York Times), Glenn Kenny, Dennis McLellan (Los Angeles Times) and Ray Young.

Posted by dwhudson at January 20, 2008 5:14 AM