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Ann Wedgeworth, ‘Three’s Company’ Actress, Dies at 83
Variety ^ | NOVEMBER 18, 2017 | Erin Nyren

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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To: Tax-chick

Ha, ain’t that the truth....


21 posted on 11/18/2017 4:24:59 PM PST by Romans Nine
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To: vladimir998

Simpler times folks...

I can’t believe shows like Three’s Company, Peticoat Junction, Mayberry RFD, and Green Acres were hits back then.

They were cute shows with pretty decent humor.

It was situational comedy, and you didn’t have to have filth in each line of the show to get ratings.

We’ve come along way... /s


22 posted on 11/18/2017 4:50:45 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: Kirkwood

I remember that!

Don Knotts as Mr. Furley was always trying to woo Lana, but she had the hots for Jack (John Ritter).


23 posted on 11/18/2017 4:59:32 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (SCHLONGED: How Donald Trump Beat My Lying, Marxist Ass and Went On to Win the November Election. HRC)
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To: Snickering Hound

Janet was the one that seemed to have the most sense.


24 posted on 11/18/2017 5:14:00 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: vladimir998

Sad - our daughter was only a little babe at three or four but she couldn’t wait to watch “Three’s-a-Company” each week - I also remember Ms. Wedgeworth in the great film “Bang the Drum Slowly”, playing the gold-digger trying to get the dying Robert De Niro character to sign his life insurance over to her - RIP....


25 posted on 11/18/2017 5:25:26 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I found a few episodes of The Ropers on YouTube recently.


26 posted on 11/18/2017 5:31:49 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Tax-chick
she has a natural-human-being figure.

A very nice one. Lovely "sandals".

27 posted on 11/18/2017 5:41:09 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: wally_bert

I was a kid when it aired, I just remember Jeffrey Tambor was in it.


28 posted on 11/18/2017 5:54:41 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: SamAdams76

“I could imagine the Ropers being 83 but not some young girl. “

Well, she was about 42 when she was on Three’s Company. Time passes. . . too darn fast. If “Jack Tripper” (John Ritter) were still alive today, he would be 69 years old. Suzanne Somers is 71! Her son, whom she had when she was a teenager is about 52 or 53 years old. How strange to think her son is almost the same age as John Ritter when he died!

Time passes. . . and it passes faster the older you get.


29 posted on 11/18/2017 7:02:09 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
"Don Knotts as Mr. Furley was always trying to woo Lana, but she had the hots for Jack (John Ritter)."

A question for the ages.

If Jack was constantly trying to bed hot women, WHY did he keep turning Lana down?

She *was* pretty hot at the time, (in her 40s).

Did he dislike her overtly sexual come-ons?

Seems like Jack always wanted to be the pursuer. When women were too over the top, he seemed uninterested, if not scared.

30 posted on 11/18/2017 7:07:55 PM PST by boop (I'd wish you luck, but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it!)
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To: boop

I always assumed the character of Jack Tripper turned her down because she was so much older and very aggressive.


31 posted on 11/18/2017 7:11:02 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: vladimir998

Three’s Company and Evening Shade were funny shows without pushing any agendas. Wish someone would do shows like that now...


32 posted on 11/19/2017 3:23:08 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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