TULLYCRAFT TUESDAY

The actress Suzanne Pleshette passed away at her home in Los Angeles on Saturday (Jan. 19th). Although she performed in about two dozen films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds in 1963, it was her role as Emily Hartley, on The Bob Newhart Show that brought her the most acclaim. Pleshette played a schoolteacher to Bob Newhart's psychologist character in the series, which ran from 1972 to 1978 and has been ranked among TV's Top 20 shows. The situation comedy revolved around their careers and off-beat friends, as well as Bob's patients. The married couple was childless, a novelty at that time in television. In 1990, Pleshette reprised her Emily Hartley role in Bob Newhart's second television series, Newhart, in which he played a Vermont innkeeper. Pleshette appeared in the last scene of the series' last episode. The scene has been called one of the five most memorable moments in TV history by TV Guide. Many people don't know that Pleshette was the producers' first choice for the starring role as Catwoman in the 1966 Batman TV series, but Julie Newmar got the role when negotiations with her broke down. Another lesser known fact, is that Suzanne Pleshette was namechecked in the TULLYCRAFT song Sent To The Moon from the album Beat, Surf, Fun.