Where Are They Now?

[TV_on_the_Porch]

Originally Posted by TV_on_the_Porch

Take it up with Internet Movie Database, which says Bernadette "Is the niece of Jane Withers, 'Josephine the Plumber' on TV commercials for Comet cleanser in the 1960s."
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936718/

Ah, how young and foolish I was, taking at face value information posted at imdb. Such youthful innocence!

Well...maybe not so much....

As far as Bernadette being "very pretty," I'd say she's about as pretty as Mindy Cohn.

Now you know.

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by TV_on_the_Porch

Ah, how young and foolish I was, taking at face value information posted at imdb. Such youthful innocence!

Well...maybe not so much....

Now you know.

imdb may not always be correct, but in this instance, I think it's hard to deny they're related:

[LittleRickyII]

Jane and Bernadette:

[LittleRickyII]

Jane and Bernadette

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by LittleRickyII

Jane and Bernadette

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by LittleRickyII

Jane and Bernadette:

[Mr. Television]

I wish someone could find a current photo of Noreen Corcoran. I haven't been able to find any on the internet.

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

I wish someone could find a current photo of Noreen Corcoran. I haven't been able to find any on the internet.

[Mr. Television]

Wow. Thank you. It's always interesting to see what these stars look like decades later.

[LittleRickyII]

Originally Posted by Stuck In The '70's

Wow. Thank you. It's always interesting to see what these stars look like decades later.

You're welcome. I love looking at these pictures. That old expression, "pictures speak a thousand words," really applies here. I do not know anything at all about Noreen Corcoran as a person, but what these pictures convey to me is that, first and foremost, she is the real deal; there's nothing fake about her. She turned 70 years old this past Sunday, and she looks the way a healthy, happy woman of her age is supposed to look. That's a good thing. She seems very comfortable in her own skin. She's not trying to be something she's not; she's not trying to live in the past. Yet the fact that, behind her, she has those pictures of her much younger self with John Forsythe tells me she's also not trying to run away from her past, either, as many former child celebrities do. So all around, that makes me thinks she's an emotionally balanced person, accepting of her past, present and future. The kind of person I think would be a joy to hang out with.

Her television career ended just a few years after Bachelor Father. I don't know if that was her decision, or something beyond her control due to typecasting. But whatever the case, I get the sense that she accepted the change in the course of her life and found happiness elsewhere. And never was tempted into the Hollywood fakery (plastic surgery, attention seeking, etc.) to maintain a high profile career. So good for her!

[LittleRickyII]

https://www.facebook.com/NoreenCorcoranFanpage