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10-27-2017, 02:33 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 56,966	David E. Kelley Reveals CBS Originally Didn't Want Kathy Baker and Mandy Patinkin *David E. Kelley Reveals Why Kathy Baker Almost Didn't Star in "Picket Fences"* by Kate Stanhope Oct. 27, 2017 TV producer David E. Kelley recalled Thursday at a TV Game Changers panel presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that CBS initially didn't want Kathy Baker to star in "Picket Fences" because they wanted someone "younger." In the case of Mandy Patinkin, Kelley was told the theater star was "too Jewish." Kelley said he fought for Patinkin as soon as he became available "because he's brilliant. ... He can do almost anything." Baker took home three Emmys, a Golden Globe award and a Screen Actors Guild award for her work in "Picket Fences". Patinkin starred on the first seasons of the medical drama and the sixth and final season, winning an Emmy award for his performance in 1995. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...-legal-1052384