Versatile Actress Lois Nettleton Dies at 80 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 01-19-2008, 08:21 PM

Sadly, My source was correct. Here's Lois in one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes, The Midnight Sun.

To another wonderful Actress

wiseguy182 · 01-19-2008, 08:28 PM

oh no! I loved Lois in the midnight sun

Lee · 01-19-2008, 08:33 PM

She was 78 years old

Zoneboy · 01-19-2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee

She was 78 years old

She was 80, Most sources including IMDb give her D.O.B as August 6th, 1929 but she was actually born in 1927.

Coffeecup · 01-19-2008, 08:42 PM

The first time I saw her was in a Stewart Granger movie in the mid 1960's. I think her bigger well know fame was in "The Heat of The Night tv show with Carrol O'conner. Anothe name from the past passes away.

AB · 01-19-2008, 09:57 PM

Very sad news, I remember her as guest star in some of the westerns like Gunsmoke & Bonanza too.

tvfan0101 · 01-19-2008, 11:47 PM

This is awful news. She is one of my favorite actresses, although I have only seen her television work. And "The Midnight Sun" is my personal favorite episode of The Twilight Zone and I have seen it many, many times. I was fortunate enough to attend the Twilight Zone convention in New Jersey in 2006 and was able to meet Ms. Nettleton. She was very charming and spoke about her experience on The Twilight Zone in front of a very appreciative crowd.

Mr. Television · 01-19-2008, 11:50 PM

Very sad. I know her mostly from In The Heat of the Night. R,I,P. Lois.

friendsfan77 · 01-20-2008, 01:06 AM

RIP, I remember her best from Golden Girls and her appearances on Pyramid.

Scoobiedoo30 · 01-20-2008, 02:01 AM

Rest in Peace

Lee · 01-20-2008, 10:10 PM

Apparently, there is little news of this on the internet

Zoneboy · 01-20-2008, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee

Apparently, there is little news of this on the internet

There's currently no official word but I trusted my source well enough to go ahead and post it. If I had found the info on Wikipedia or IMDb, We wouldn't be discussing it right now.

catlover79 · 01-20-2008, 11:23 PM

bencasey · 01-21-2008, 03:02 AM

Was there a cause of death? I loved Lois, one of my top five favs of all time. Very sad if indeed true.

Zoneboy · 01-21-2008, 09:14 PM

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Two-time Emmy winning actress Lois Nettleton died Jan. 18 in Woodland Hills, Calif., after a long bout with lung cancer. She was 80.
A veteran of the Broadway stage, films and television, Nettleton recieved Emmys for the daytime special "The American Woman: Profiles in Courage" (1977) and for "A Gun for Mandy," (1983) an episode of the syndicated religious anthology "Insight." She received an additional three noms as guest star in "Last Bride of Salem" and "Golden Girls" and supporting actress in "In the Heat of the Night." On Broadway, she became identified with the work of playwright Tennessee Williams.

Born in Oak Park, Ill. Nettleton competed in beauty pageants as Miss Chicago and Miss Illinois, then studied acting in Chicago before moving to New York to join the Actors' Studio. She made her Broadway debut in 1949's "Darkness at Noon" and "The Biggest Thief in Town," and returned to Chicago to co-star with Burt Reynolds in "The Rainmaker." The 1955 Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," staged by Eliza Kazan, brought her to the attention of theater critics. She went on to star in "Silent Night, Lonely Night," "The Wayward Stork," won the Clarence Derwent Award for "God and Kate Murphy" and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1976 for "They Knew What They Wanted."

Playing Blanche DuBois in the 1973 revival of Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire,she won rave reviews in New York and throughout the country.

Nettleton played a bit part in Kazan's classic film, "A Face in the Crowd," but made her official film debut in 1962 in the film adaptation of Williams' "Period of Adjustment." Among her other film appearances were "Mail Order Bride," 'Valley of Mystery," "The Man in the Glass Booth," "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," and "Come Fly With Me."

A regular on "Twilight Zone," she was a frequent guest at the series' annual conventions. She was a series regular in "In the Heat of the Night," "All That Glitters" and "You Can't Take It With You," recurring in "Crossing Jordan," "Murder She Wrote," "Full House" and "The Golden Girls," and guest-starred in numerous series, miniseries and TV movies.

Her marriage to disk jockey/writer Jean Shepherd, which began with a call-in on his WOR-AM radio show on which she developed into a regular guest, ended in divorce.

Donations are suggested to The Actors' Fund for Everyone In Entertainment, 729 Seventh Avenue, 14th Fl., New York, New York 10019.

01-19-2008, 08:21 PM	#1
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Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,181	The first time I saw her was in a Stewart Granger movie in the mid 1960's. I think her bigger well know fame was in "The Heat of The Night tv show with Carrol O'conner. Anothe name from the past passes away.

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AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,429	Very sad news, I remember her as guest star in some of the westerns like Gunsmoke & Bonanza too.

01-19-2008, 11:47 PM	#7
tvfan0101 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 29, 2003 Posts: 961	This is awful news. She is one of my favorite actresses, although I have only seen her television work. And "The Midnight Sun" is my personal favorite episode of The Twilight Zone and I have seen it many, many times. I was fortunate enough to attend the Twilight Zone convention in New Jersey in 2006 and was able to meet Ms. Nettleton. She was very charming and spoke about her experience on The Twilight Zone in front of a very appreciative crowd.

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Lee veteran member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 23, 2001 Location: Pulaski, Tennessee Posts: 4,766	Apparently, there is little news of this on the internet

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bencasey Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: Long Beach Posts: 1,692	Was there a cause of death? I loved Lois, one of my top five favs of all time. Very sad if indeed true.

01-21-2008, 09:14 PM	#15
Zoneboy RIP, I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU :( Moderator Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 13, 2003 Location: AT HOME WISHING ALL THIS WAS JUST A DREAM AND THAT I'LL WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE. Posts: 34,352	Link Two-time Emmy winning actress Lois Nettleton died Jan. 18 in Woodland Hills, Calif., after a long bout with lung cancer. She was 80. A veteran of the Broadway stage, films and television, Nettleton recieved Emmys for the daytime special "The American Woman: Profiles in Courage" (1977) and for "A Gun for Mandy," (1983) an episode of the syndicated religious anthology "Insight." She received an additional three noms as guest star in "Last Bride of Salem" and "Golden Girls" and supporting actress in "In the Heat of the Night." On Broadway, she became identified with the work of playwright Tennessee Williams. Born in Oak Park, Ill. Nettleton competed in beauty pageants as Miss Chicago and Miss Illinois, then studied acting in Chicago before moving to New York to join the Actors' Studio. She made her Broadway debut in 1949's "Darkness at Noon" and "The Biggest Thief in Town," and returned to Chicago to co-star with Burt Reynolds in "The Rainmaker." The 1955 Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," staged by Eliza Kazan, brought her to the attention of theater critics. She went on to star in "Silent Night, Lonely Night," "The Wayward Stork," won the Clarence Derwent Award for "God and Kate Murphy" and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1976 for "They Knew What They Wanted." Playing Blanche DuBois in the 1973 revival of Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire,she won rave reviews in New York and throughout the country. Nettleton played a bit part in Kazan's classic film, "A Face in the Crowd," but made her official film debut in 1962 in the film adaptation of Williams' "Period of Adjustment." Among her other film appearances were "Mail Order Bride," 'Valley of Mystery," "The Man in the Glass Booth," "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," and "Come Fly With Me." A regular on "Twilight Zone," she was a frequent guest at the series' annual conventions. She was a series regular in "In the Heat of the Night," "All That Glitters" and "You Can't Take It With You," recurring in "Crossing Jordan," "Murder She Wrote," "Full House" and "The Golden Girls," and guest-starred in numerous series, miniseries and TV movies. Her marriage to disk jockey/writer Jean Shepherd, which began with a call-in on his WOR-AM radio show on which she developed into a regular guest, ended in divorce. Donations are suggested to The Actors' Fund for Everyone In Entertainment, 729 Seventh Avenue, 14th Fl., New York, New York 10019.