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icecream · 10-07-2011, 10:37 PM

Does Buddy's wife Pickles ever make an appearance?

born2late · 10-08-2011, 12:15 AM

Yes, Fiona "Pickles" Sorrell was played by Joan Shawlee & Barbara Perry.

Etrulia63 · 10-08-2011, 09:29 AM

If I'm remembering right, Pickles made about 2 appearances in season one (played by Barbara Perry) and then about 4 appearances in season two (played by Joan Shawlee). Unfortunately, after season two, we never get to see Pickles again. =( There's some speculation over that, but I think it was because the show already had a lot of main characters and could save money by getting rid of the less necessary ones (?). You'd think that a show as popular as Dick Van Dyke would have enough money to pay an actress a couple times a year, but oh well.

JudgeGarth · 10-08-2011, 11:58 AM

Yeah, I thought it was surprising that even in Buddy's bar mitzvah episode in the final season we didn't even get to see Pickles.

jehobden · 10-12-2011, 07:28 PM

Pickles Sorrell made her last bodily (but uncredited) appearance in the late Season 2 episode "A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise". She keeps her back to the camera as she sits next to Buddy at the dining room table. I do not know if Joan Shawlee made this appearance, but the woman, like both credited actresses, is noticeably taller than Morey Amsterdam and looks more like Joan Shawlee than Barbara Perry. In Season 5's "Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy", Buddy refers to Pickles as being present at his Bar-Mitzvah ("beloved wife"), but she is never seen on camera.

Marvo301 · 10-12-2011, 08:03 PM

Pickles Sorrell was played by Joan Shawlee in

"Divorce" (1963)
"The Sam Pomerantz Scandals" (1963)
"My Husband is a Check-Grabber" (1963)

And by Barbara Perry in

"Where you Been, Fassbinder?" (1962)
"Sally Is A Girl" (1961)

10-07-2011, 10:37 PM	#1
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10-08-2011, 12:15 AM	#2
born2late Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 01, 2011 Location: Tn Posts: 360	Yes, Fiona "Pickles" Sorrell was played by Joan Shawlee & Barbara Perry.

10-08-2011, 09:29 AM	#3
Etrulia63 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 02, 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 29	If I'm remembering right, Pickles made about 2 appearances in season one (played by Barbara Perry) and then about 4 appearances in season two (played by Joan Shawlee). Unfortunately, after season two, we never get to see Pickles again. =( There's some speculation over that, but I think it was because the show already had a lot of main characters and could save money by getting rid of the less necessary ones (?). You'd think that a show as popular as Dick Van Dyke would have enough money to pay an actress a couple times a year, but oh well.

10-08-2011, 11:58 AM	#4
JudgeGarth Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 07, 2004 Location: Wheaton, IL Posts: 443	Yeah, I thought it was surprising that even in Buddy's bar mitzvah episode in the final season we didn't even get to see Pickles.

10-12-2011, 07:28 PM	#5
jehobden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: DFW Area, TX Posts: 2,005	Pickles Sorrell made her last bodily (but uncredited) appearance in the late Season 2 episode "A Surprise Surprise Is a Surprise". She keeps her back to the camera as she sits next to Buddy at the dining room table. I do not know if Joan Shawlee made this appearance, but the woman, like both credited actresses, is noticeably taller than Morey Amsterdam and looks more like Joan Shawlee than Barbara Perry. In Season 5's "Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy", Buddy refers to Pickles as being present at his Bar-Mitzvah ("beloved wife"), but she is never seen on camera.