Posted on 03/01/2013 11:02:42 AM PST by bgill
Actress Bonnie Franklin, known to TV fans as divorced mom Ann Romano on the '70s sitcom "One Day at a Time," has died at age 69. Her family says her death was due to complications from pancreatic cancer, which Franklin revealed she was battling back in September.
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RIP.
RIP Ms. Franklin. You and the others in "One day at a Time" were an inspiration to millions of single parent families
Honestly, I always thought that Ms. Phillips would be the first to go.
I did like Bonnie, but I watched that show for VALERIE BERTINELLI! WOW!
Valerie Bertinelli was more my age. :)
dates me too. i had a crush on deborah walley from BEACH BLANKET BINGO days
I liked Bonnie.
RIP
Hey I had one even though I was a pup at the time. She was a prototype of the yummy mummy and I think is partially responsible for my partiality to pixie cuts on women. I also remember CBS gave her and her family a one-off song-and-dance variety show - one of those odd 70s programming decisions.
Considering what went on in the real lives of Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli, a sitcom about a divorced mother with two daughters in tow seems almost quaint now.
She seemed a decent sort. RIP.
Valerie Bertinelli (and still is) and Deborah Walley (not on that show) were my all time favorites. Bonnie Franklin, to me, was blah.
These Norman Lear shows really kicked off the downward slide we are in by changing what people thought of as normal.
dates me too. i had a crush on deborah walley from BEACH BLANKET BINGO days
Don’t wanna put further rain on the funeral, but when I see her name, it reminds me that she played Margaret Sanger in a TV movie, who I’m sure was presented uncritically as a feminist icon, with no mention of her eugenics darkside.
Still, sad to see her die so young of an awful disease.
‘The Brady Bunch’ did a lot of damage too. /sarc
Pancreatic cancer is a bicth. My boss died this morning from pancreatic cancer. He was 64.
RIP
Hated that show. And Too Close for Comfort too! Looking at Valerie Bertinelli and not her braless mother was the only reason to watch.
Speaking of TCFC, I always got Bonnie Franklin confused with Nancy Dussault.
Deborah was before my time, but I definitely thought she was a “looker” when I saw her in re-runs!
wasn’t everyone on that show an alcoholic or something?
Agree. I can’t think of a single show, back then, that was worth watching.
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