Suzanne Pleshette

Suzanne Pleshette (1937-2008) was a husky voiced actor who established herself in film, but her best known character was Emily Hartley, the shrewd and sometimes sardonic wife on The Bob Newhart Show. She was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on May 24, 1974. Immediately after her segment, Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog join them, sitting in the chair next to Pleshette. While the latter is offscreen for the frog's interview, her laughter and other audible responses are heard throughout.
Pleshette's first significant leading role was taking over for Anne Bancroft in The Miracle Worker on Broadway. She followed with key or co-starring roles in The Birds, Disney movies, and If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium (with Ian McShane), as well as starring in A Rage to Live. Other film credits include Oh God Book II (with George Burns), Hot Stuff (with Dom DeLuise), The Power (with George Hamilton), and Fate Is the Hunter (with Wally Cox). 
Pleshette reprised Emily Hartley on the finale of Newhart and guest starred on The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, Columbo, Dr. Kildare, Bonanza, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Single Guy, and Will & Grace. She lent her husky tones to The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and the English dub of Spirited Away.
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