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Anna Karenina · 07-31-2018, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

I've never seen anything wrong with Bonnie Franklin's performances in the show. I wouldn't say that her acting deserved to win awards, but she was fine in the role.

I'm glad Mary Louise Wilson was gone after just the one season, I didn't care much for the Ginny character. She wasn't good looking and acted like a slutty whore, but was a good friend for greasy/slimy maintenance man Schneider, she was the type he would go for.

She hated her character too.

TMC · 01-02-2019, 10:25 PM

Mary Louise Wilson’s autobiography briefly alluded to her ODAAT tenure. She simply put, hated the show. She was a seasoned Broadway actress and it must have been galling to hear Bonnie Franklin hold fort. MLW said that Bonnie was always going on about her “acting beats”. She also was forced to emulate the SHOUTING acting style of the rest of the cast. She had some low key line like “Hi girls,” and she wasn’t delivering it to the director's satisfaction.

So she was made to stay after the main filming concluded so she could be recorded in “HI GIRLS” mode. To be more specific, after the audience left the weekly taping of ODAAT the cast would have to stay behind to 'react' off-camera to Bonnie never-ending demands for her close-ups. And they were numerous every week.

CJMD03 · 09-20-2025, 11:52 PM

The show didn’t need an “Ethel.” An. Was not the kind to have a “wacky friend.” Also, there’s something about Ginny that is unlikeable.

01-02-2019, 10:25 PM	#17
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,744	Mary Louise Wilson’s autobiography briefly alluded to her ODAAT tenure. She simply put, hated the show. She was a seasoned Broadway actress and it must have been galling to hear Bonnie Franklin hold fort. MLW said that Bonnie was always going on about her “acting beats”. She also was forced to emulate the SHOUTING acting style of the rest of the cast. She had some low key line like “Hi girls,” and she wasn’t delivering it to the director's satisfaction. So she was made to stay after the main filming concluded so she could be recorded in “HI GIRLS” mode. To be more specific, after the audience left the weekly taping of ODAAT the cast would have to stay behind to 'react' off-camera to Bonnie never-ending demands for her close-ups. And they were numerous every week.
	Last edited by TMC; 09-12-2019 at 02:22 AM.

09-20-2025, 11:52 PM	#18
CJMD03 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 18, 2018 Posts: 417	The show didn’t need an “Ethel.” An. Was not the kind to have a “wacky friend.” Also, there’s something about Ginny that is unlikeable.