Posted on 11/18/2017 3:23:46 PM PST by vladimir998
Ann Wedgeworth, known for her role as Lana Shields in ABC’s “Three’s Company,” died Thursday in New York after a long illness. She was 83.
Wedgeworth’s career began in Broadway, with her debut in “Make a Million” in 1958. She continued to perform in off-Broadway and Broadway productions over the next few decades, winning a Tony Award for best performance by a featured actress in a play for her work in “Chapter Two.”
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She was hilarious on Evening Shade.
9 episodes at the very beginning of 3’s company and then dropped from the cast.
No wonder I didn’t recognize her.
Damn thats a shame..was just watching some old episodes of Three’s Company today and she was in a few episodes(She always had the hots for Jack) RIP
From Suzanne Somer's days. The only season worth watching.
Maybe the first cougar on TV.
Very lovely woman
What a weird Saturday it has been. Steel grey skies with a chilly breeze as I was blowing leaves and pulling pump from the koi pond only to learn that Malcolm Young of AC/DC has died. My coffee was horrible this morning and I had to spit it out but I did fry up some eggs in butter and put them on english muffins with muenster cheese so that was good. Then I had to take a delivery o firewood and stack it all up only to learn that David Cassidy is on his deathbed. David Cassidy! He looked so young in the Partridge Family but not so much anymore. Then I started hanging some Christmas lights while ham and baked beans were getting cooked only to find out that some lady from Three’s Company died at the age of 83. 83? That’s just crazy. I could imagine the Ropers being 83 but not some young girl. So all that is left for me this evening is to light up my fireplace and pour a glass of red wine. Maybe I will smoke a pipe. It’s been a crazy day.
She was a great character actress and could be seriously funny.
You can tell how old the show is by the fact that she has a natural-human-being figure.
RIP.
I can see why she was Evening Shade. In that photo she looks similar to a brunette Loni Anderson.
Good bones. She reminds me of Loretta Lynn.
If the Ropers were still alive, they’d be 93 (Norman Fell) and 99 (Audra Lindley), respectively. She died in 1997, he died in 1998. John Ritter would be 69 if he were still with us (died at 54 in 2003).
Thoughts for her tonight.
She was there during the Don Knott’s era. Mr. Furley was always trying to get Jack to set up a date with Lana, and Lana only wanted to get in bed with Jack.
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