Question About Suzanne Pleshette?? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

GQ28 · 04-24-2011, 05:17 PM

I know that she past away due to Lung Cancer. Did she chain smoke like so many great actors and actresses we lost? I notice in later years during interviews and guess appearances, her voice seemed a little more gruagy and horesed like. It wasn't that beautifulstrong voice it once was when she was in her prime.

lecroixwalker · 04-24-2011, 08:04 PM

I think I remember reading at the time of her passing that she had quit smoking some years ago so she obviously did smoke and I have seen a lot of pitures of her from the 60s/70s and she's holding a cigarrete in 90% of them.

GQ28 · 04-24-2011, 11:39 PM

smh.....I guess the damage was done. She was beautiful simply breath taking back in the day. The samething happened to Lucille Ball and Audrey Meadows voices from damage of smoking . Which sadly cost them there lives as well..

mstewart · 04-29-2011, 03:59 PM

I had a crush on her when she was on The Bob Newhart Show. Her and Bob Newhart were convincing as a married couple. Out of Bob's three TV wives Suzanne was the best out of the three. Then Mary Frann and the the worst was Carlene Watkins. The latter was way too young for Bob. I heard the viewers complained and they had to cut their scenes together when they were on Bob.

TMC · 10-24-2021, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by lecroixwalker

I think I remember reading at the time of her passing that she had quit smoking some years ago so she obviously did smoke and I have seen a lot of pitures of her from the 60s/70s and she's holding a cigarrete in 90% of them.

According to the trivia section of Suzanne Pleshette's IMDb page, she reputedly smoked at least two packs of cigarettes a day for 40 years. She only finally quit around 1997.

merlinjones · 10-25-2021, 12:34 PM

I loved Suzanne on TV and her Disney films! Here she is at Roddy McDowall's beach house:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0LB7lH-2WE

Dr. Thong · 11-03-2021, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TMC

According to the trivia section of Suzanne Pleshette's IMDb page, she reputedly smoked at least two packs of cigarettes a day for 40 years. She only finally quit around 1997.

You can hear it in her voice from later years.

Samme · 11-12-2021, 04:02 PM

In her later years I couldn't watch her anymore, because I couldn't comfortably listen to her voice. It was too painful to hear what she'd done to herself.

CosmicCharlie · 11-20-2021, 07:14 PM

In the 2nd episode of The Invaders Suzanne plays Alien Stripper -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0612002/

CosmicCharlie · 09-29-2022, 06:00 PM

she is also in a 2nd season The Invaders as well "The Pursued" playing a lovely alien !

TMC · 09-25-2023, 10:44 PM

Go to the 22:46 mark in this video, where Suzanne Pleshette's history with smoking is briefly discussed.

04-24-2011, 05:17 PM	#1
GQ28 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 13, 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Posts: 211	Question About Suzanne Pleshette?? I know that she past away due to Lung Cancer. Did she chain smoke like so many great actors and actresses we lost? I notice in later years during interviews and guess appearances, her voice seemed a little more gruagy and horesed like. It wasn't that beautifulstrong voice it once was when she was in her prime.

09-29-2022, 06:00 PM	#10
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,421	she is also in a 2nd season The Invaders as well "The Pursued" playing a lovely alien ! Attached Images

04-24-2011, 08:04 PM	#2
lecroixwalker Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 31, 2007 Location: ireland Posts: 23	I think I remember reading at the time of her passing that she had quit smoking some years ago so she obviously did smoke and I have seen a lot of pitures of her from the 60s/70s and she's holding a cigarrete in 90% of them.

04-24-2011, 11:39 PM	#3
GQ28 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 13, 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Posts: 211	smh.....I guess the damage was done. She was beautiful simply breath taking back in the day. The samething happened to Lucille Ball and Audrey Meadows voices from damage of smoking . Which sadly cost them there lives as well..

04-29-2011, 03:59 PM	#4
mstewart mstewart Senior Member Join Date: Jan 25, 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,780	I had a crush on her when she was on The Bob Newhart Show. Her and Bob Newhart were convincing as a married couple. Out of Bob's three TV wives Suzanne was the best out of the three. Then Mary Frann and the the worst was Carlene Watkins. The latter was way too young for Bob. I heard the viewers complained and they had to cut their scenes together when they were on Bob.

10-25-2021, 12:34 PM	#6
merlinjones Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 30, 2019 Location: los ángeles Posts: 931	I loved Suzanne on TV and her Disney films! Here she is at Roddy McDowall's beach house: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0LB7lH-2WE

11-12-2021, 04:02 PM	#8
Samme Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 01, 2001 Posts: 676	In her later years I couldn't watch her anymore, because I couldn't comfortably listen to her voice. It was too painful to hear what she'd done to herself.

11-20-2021, 07:14 PM	#9
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,421	In the 2nd episode of The Invaders Suzanne plays Alien Stripper - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0612002/

09-25-2023, 10:44 PM	#11
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,178	Go to the 22:46 mark in this video, where Suzanne Pleshette's history with smoking is briefly discussed.