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| Born | Barbara Hall March 12, 1932 Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Barbara Feldon (born Barbara Hall on March 12, 1932 in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, game show panelist of the 1960s and model, known for her character-type roles. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Bethel Park is a home rule Municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Bethel Park is a home rule Municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works This page concerns the Australian show For the Irish version see The Panel (Ireland. A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. The naturally brunette-headed Feldon gained prominence in the 1960s for playing Don Adams's working partner and future wife, Agent 99, on the long-running cult favourite 1960s sitcom, Get Smart. Don Adams (born Donald James Yarmy; April 13 1923 &ndash September 25 2005 was an American Actor, Comedian, Game show Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre She also guest-starred on Cheers, and she also guest-starred as Paul Reiser's TV idol, Diane Caldwell, a spy, on Mad About You. Cheers is an American Situation comedy television series that ran eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993 Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1957) is an American Stand-up comedian, Actor, Author and Writer. Mad About You is an American Sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999
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Biography
She graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1955 with a Bachelor of Arts in drama, shortly after which she won the grand prize on The $64,000 Question in the category of William Shakespeare. Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United The $64000 Question was a popular United States Television Game show from 1955 to 1958 William Shakespeare ( baptised In 1965 she had a lead role in an earlier spy show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in "The Never-Never Affair" where she was a Portuguese translator for U. The Man from UNCLE is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. N. C. L. E. who wished for more excitement and got it.
Career
She was most famous for her character Agent 99 in the television comedy series Get Smart, starring with lead Don Adams throughout the series' five seasons. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre Don Adams (born Donald James Yarmy; April 13 1923 &ndash September 25 2005 was an American Actor, Comedian, Game show When she was cast for the role, she was already famous, although anonymously, appearing on a tigerskin rug in an advertisement for Top Brass dandruff cream. Dandruff (also called scurf and historically termed Pityriasis capitis) is due to the excessive shedding of dead skin cells from the Scalp. In addition, she also had a wonderful on- and off- screen chemistry with Adams, throughout the entire run, and when the series had ended, she became best friends until Adams' own death on September 26, 2005. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For her performance in Get Smart, she was nominated for an Emmy award for 'Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series' in 1968 and 1969.
During the run of Get Smart she appeared in a comedy film with Dick Van Dyke titled Fitzwilly, released in 1967. Richard Wayne “Dick” Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American Actor, Presenter and Entertainer, with a Fitzwilly is a 1967 film by Delbert Mann, based on Poyntz Tyler 's Novel, A Garden of Cucumbers, adapted for Before this film she had small parts in various popular TV shows such as: The Man from U.N.C.L.E, Twelve O'Clock High and Flipper. The Man from UNCLE is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January Twelve O'Clock High or 12 O'Clock High was an ABC Television series that ran for three seasons from September 18, Flipper is an American Television program first Broadcast on NBC from September 18, 1964 until April 15
After Get Smart ended, she was strongly typecast. For other meanings see Typecasting. Typecasting is the process by which a film TV or stage Actor is strongly identified with a specific She appeared in an episode of Mad About You as Diane "Spy Girl" Caldwell, an actress who was trying to shake her typecasting as "Spy Girl" in a series similar to Get Smart. Mad About You is an American Sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999 She frequently appeared on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, guest-starring on the first show in 1968 and several episodes thereafter. Here Comes The Judge redirects here for the 1968 song see Shorty Long. Her finest performance may be as the beauty contest organizer in Michael Richie's Smile (1974). In recent years she has been successful as a commercial voice performer. Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and
In 1991 she played a love interest of Sam Malone in Cheers. Cheers is an American Situation comedy television series that ran eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993 Long-divorced (Feldon has been unmarried since 1967) and New York City-based, Feldon has appeared on stage and on guest spots on TV shows, including in her old role as "99" in a brief sequel to the old Get Smart series, which had the same name, co-starring her old star Don Adams and new actor Andy Dick, in 1995. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. The City of New York Andrew R "Andy" Dick (born December 21 1965 is an American Comedian, Actor, Voice artist, Musician and Producer In 2003, Feldon authored Living Alone and Loving It, a self-help guide to assist single people of all ages live more fulfilling lives.
In 2006, she provided audio commentaries for the long-awaited Get Smart DVD set, being the only surviving principal cast member, (Edward Platt having died in 1974, and Don Adams in 2005). Edward C Platt ( February 14, 1916 – March 19, 1974) was an American character Actor best known for his portrayal of "
References
- Living Alone and Loving It (2003) ISBN 0-7432-3517-7
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