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Tweety · 02-02-2002, 11:42 AM

Who was the most beautiful sitcom actress ever? Using the decade by decade show listings on this web site, I’ve broken it down by decades…some of my choices:

50s
Audrey Meadows
Elinore Donahue
Lucille Ball – she was 40 when ILLucy went on the air…I think she was a beautiful woman back in those days, as well as before that

60s
Barbara Eden (imho, the most beautiful sitcom actress ever).
Lori Sanders (Bobbi Jo – the best of the Bradley girls)
Dawn Wells (Mary Ann)
Mary Tyler Moore (DVD Show)
Melody Paterson (Wrangler Jane – I read that she was only 16 when the show started)
Linda Kaye Henning (Betty Jo – 2nd best of the Bradley Girls)
Tina Louise (Ginger)
Donna Douglass (Elly May – had a hillbilly hair do, but she was truly a beautiful lady)
Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglass – didn’t really appreciate her until I saw the show in reruns)
Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha)
Tina Cole (Katie Douglass - My 3 Sons)
Barbara Feldon (Agent 99)
Marlo Thomas (That Girl)

70s
Valerie Bertinelli (could be listed under 80s)
Susan Dey
Jan Brady (5th season, especially)
Marcia Brady
Loni Anderson
Pam Dawber
Suzanne Pleshette
Valerie Harper
Cindy Williams

I think Harper was a very pretty lady (and made a beautiful bride), and I always thought Cindy Williams was very cute…

80s
Lilith Crane
Markie Post
Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley)
Diane Chambers (Shelly Long)
Phylicia (sp?) Rashaad – I thought she was beautiful when the Cosby Show aired, but with the exception of Meredith Baxter Birney, she’s the worst actrees on this list
Dana Plato – she was so cute, wasn’t used enough on Diff Strokes
Lisa Whelchel
Nancy McKeon
Meredith Baxter Birney – see Rashaad comments
Justine Bateman

90s
Julie Louis Dreyfus
Kristy McNichol
Christina Applegate
Helen Hunt – she could look great when she had her hair a certain way, but I actually didn’t like her looks at the end of the series, when her hair was kinda flat (did she “iron” it at the end of the series?)
the girl who played Hillary Banks on Fresh Prince

I admit there were a lot of shows in the 50s, 90s and currently that I haven't really seen, mostly because I'm not impressed with the quality of today's sitcoms...so there are, I'm sure, a lot of beauties that I'm missing...but these ladies here are picked from shows that I'm familiar with, and for the most part, I watched most of these shows at least during
part of their runs (except for 50s shows)...also, these shows were, for the most part, fairly long running…I wasn’t trying to include every beauty that was ever in a sitcom, especially the one-season wonders that I never saw…

Anyone want to add to my list? Who am I missing?

Jimbo · 02-02-2002, 12:48 PM

A few additions:

Connie Hines ("Carol Post" on Mr. Ed)
Beverly Owens ("Marilyn Munster" on The Munsters)
Pat Priest (also "Marilyn Munster" on The Munsters)
Jan Smithers ("Bailey Quarters" on WKRP in Cincinnati)
Valeri Bertinelli ("Barbara Cooper" on One Day at a Time)
Marylu Henner ("Elaine Nardo" on Taxi)
Pam Dawber (Mindy McConnell" on Mork and Mindy)

Penny Lane · 02-02-2002, 02:37 PM

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LucyFan · 02-02-2002, 04:29 PM

My picks are:

50's Sitcoms
Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy)
Vivian Vance (I Love Lucy)

60's Sitcoms
Lucille Ball (The Lucy Show)
Vivian Vance (The Lucy Show)
Barbra Eden (I Dream of Jeannie)
Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched)

70's Sitcoms
Suzanne Somers (Three's Company)
Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch)
Cindy Williams (Laverne & Shirley)
Penny Marshall (Laverne & Shirley)
Priscilla Barns (Three's Company)
Betty White (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Mary Tyler Moore (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Lucie Arnaz (Here's Lucy)

80's Sitcoms
Maureen McCormick (The Brady Brides)
Eve Plumb (The Brady Brides)
Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains)
Betty White (The Golden Girls)

90's Sitcoms
Suzanne Somers (Step by Step)
Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)

Current Sitcoms
None from this category

My number one pick is Suzanne Somers (Three's Company, Step by Step).

JT · 02-02-2002, 04:55 PM

50s:
Donna Reed,Shelly Fabares (The Donna Reed Show)
Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy)

60s:
Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched)
Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie)
Dawn Wells (Gilligan's Island)
Donna Douglas (The Beverly Hillbillies)
Meredith MacRae (Petticoat Juntion,My Three Sons)
Barbara Feldon (Get Smart)
Diahann Carrol (Julia)
Marlo Thomas (That Girl)
Judy Carne (Love on a Rooftop)

70s:
Joyce DeWitt,Suzanne Somers,Priscilla Barnes,Jenilee Harrison (Three's Company)
Mary Tyler Moore,Valerie Harper,Cloris Leachman (Mary Tyler Moore)
Donna Pescow,Debralee Scott (Angie)

Others.......

mstewart · 02-03-2002, 02:02 AM

50s
Donna Reed and Shelley Fabares - Donna Reed Show

60s
Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched
Linda Kaye Henning - Petticoat Junction
Patricia Crowley - Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Doris Day - The Doris Day Show
Mary Tyler Moore - Dick Van Dyke Show
Kathy Garver - Family Affair

70s
Suzanne Pleshette - The Bob Newhart Show
Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bonnie Franklin - One Day At A Time
Linda Lavin - Alice
Meredith Baxter - Bridget Loves Birney
Juliet Mills - Nanny and the Professor
Joyce DeWitt - Three's Company

80s
Phylicia Rashad - The Cosby Show
Nancy Dussault - Too Close for Comfort
Meredith Baxter Birney

- Family Ties (My opinion better dramatic actress than a sitcom actress. Watch her performances on Family and see how powerful her episodes as Nancy was.
Anne Schedeen - Alf
Shelley Long - Cheers

90s
Shelley Fabares - Coach (Especially the last season when she straighten her hair and got rid of that God awful light socket hairsytle

Tweety · 02-18-2002, 03:30 PM

Good catch, Jimbo, I fully intended to include both Marilyn Munsters, and somehow I left them off my list..

In my defense, I had Val Bertinelli and Pam Dawber listed under '70s, because that's where their shows are listed on this website...

I don't have a clear pic in my mind of Mr Ed's Carol Post, and I was never a WKRP fan, so the only thing I remember about that show was Loni..

Suzanne Sommers and Melissa Joan Hart are also both excellent pics (and picks)...I think SOmmers looks better the older she gets.

What to me is interesting about Shelly Fabares, is that she was a beautiful young lady on the Donna Reed show, then she became a beautiful lady on "One Day at a Time", and she was STILL a beautiful lady on "Coach". Not bad longevity..

Oh yeah, and mstewart...I forgot ab. Pat Crowley of Please Don't Eat the Daisies...I had a crush on her when that show ran...

Good picks, everybody!!

SitcomChick · 02-18-2002, 04:56 PM

I think Barbara Eden is one of the most beautiful actresses ever. I remember when I was little, I'd watch reruns of I Dream Of Jeannie and I'd wish to look like her.

TJL · 02-18-2002, 06:09 PM

As far as the current shows go, in my humble opinion the most beautiful actresses in TV comedy are (in no particular order)

Portia de Rossi - "Ally McBeal"

Cynthia Waltros - "Titus"

Julie Bowen - "Ed"

Brian Damage · 02-18-2002, 06:30 PM

:confused I think you got the majority of hotties from sitcoms, although I'd like to add Patricia Heaton from Everybody Loves Raymond (She's so cute) What about Fannie Flagg? I'm not sure if she starred in a sitcom,but, in the 70's she looked like a groovy, foxy chick!

Central Perk · 02-18-2002, 07:52 PM

Current Sitcoms
Jennifer Anniston(Friends)
Debra Messing(Will & Grace)
Julia Louis Dreyfuss(Watching Ellie)

°Bubbly Blonde° · 02-18-2002, 11:44 PM

Kim Cantrell-Sex and the City
Lisa Kudrow-Friends
Suzanne Somers-Three's Company
Stacy Dash-Clueless
Florence Henderson-The Brady Bunch
Jennifer Anniston-Friends
Kim Fields-Facts of Life
Mellisa Joan Hart-Sabrina
Sarah Jessica Parker-Sex and the City
Farrah Fawcett-Charlie's Angels
Debra Messing-Will and Grace

Jimbo · 02-19-2002, 07:08 PM

[QUOTE In my defense, I had Val Bertinelli and Pam Dawber listed under '70s, because that's where their shows are listed on this website... [/B][/QUOTE]

No need to "defend" yourself, Tweety! I thought I had looked at your list pretty closely, but obviously, I overlooked those two somehow (I must be getting older if I'm overlooking two women as beautiful as Valeri Bertinelli and Pam Dawber!).

JT · 02-19-2002, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by briandamage
:confused I think you got the majority of hotties from sitcoms, although I'd like to add Patricia Heaton from Everybody Loves Raymond (She's so cute) What about Fannie Flagg? I'm not sure if she starred in a sitcom,but, in the 70's she looked like a groovy, foxy chick!

From what I know Fannie was in two sitcoms."The New Dick Van Dyke Show" for 2 of its 3 seasons (she played Dick's sister Mike).She was also Stella's friend in "Harper Valley, PTA".

Janice · 02-20-2002, 12:21 AM

Two Words--Barbara Eden. IMO.

02-02-2002, 11:42 AM	#1
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	Most beautiful sitcom actresses Who was the most beautiful sitcom actress ever? Using the decade by decade show listings on this web site, I’ve broken it down by decades…some of my choices: 50s Audrey Meadows Elinore Donahue Lucille Ball – she was 40 when ILLucy went on the air…I think she was a beautiful woman back in those days, as well as before that 60s Barbara Eden (imho, the most beautiful sitcom actress ever). Lori Sanders (Bobbi Jo – the best of the Bradley girls) Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) Mary Tyler Moore (DVD Show) Melody Paterson (Wrangler Jane – I read that she was only 16 when the show started) Linda Kaye Henning (Betty Jo – 2nd best of the Bradley Girls) Tina Louise (Ginger) Donna Douglass (Elly May – had a hillbilly hair do, but she was truly a beautiful lady) Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglass – didn’t really appreciate her until I saw the show in reruns) Elizabeth Montgomery (Samantha) Tina Cole (Katie Douglass - My 3 Sons) Barbara Feldon (Agent 99) Marlo Thomas (That Girl) 70s Valerie Bertinelli (could be listed under 80s) Susan Dey Jan Brady (5th season, especially) Marcia Brady Loni Anderson Pam Dawber Suzanne Pleshette Valerie Harper Cindy Williams I think Harper was a very pretty lady (and made a beautiful bride), and I always thought Cindy Williams was very cute… 80s Lilith Crane Markie Post Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) Diane Chambers (Shelly Long) Phylicia (sp?) Rashaad – I thought she was beautiful when the Cosby Show aired, but with the exception of Meredith Baxter Birney, she’s the worst actrees on this list Dana Plato – she was so cute, wasn’t used enough on Diff Strokes Lisa Whelchel Nancy McKeon Meredith Baxter Birney – see Rashaad comments Justine Bateman 90s Julie Louis Dreyfus Kristy McNichol Christina Applegate Helen Hunt – she could look great when she had her hair a certain way, but I actually didn’t like her looks at the end of the series, when her hair was kinda flat (did she “iron” it at the end of the series?) the girl who played Hillary Banks on Fresh Prince I admit there were a lot of shows in the 50s, 90s and currently that I haven't really seen, mostly because I'm not impressed with the quality of today's sitcoms...so there are, I'm sure, a lot of beauties that I'm missing...but these ladies here are picked from shows that I'm familiar with, and for the most part, I watched most of these shows at least during part of their runs (except for 50s shows)...also, these shows were, for the most part, fairly long running…I wasn’t trying to include every beauty that was ever in a sitcom, especially the one-season wonders that I never saw… Anyone want to add to my list? Who am I missing?
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JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,223	50s: Donna Reed,Shelly Fabares (The Donna Reed Show) Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy) 60s: Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie) Dawn Wells (Gilligan's Island) Donna Douglas (The Beverly Hillbillies) Meredith MacRae (Petticoat Juntion,My Three Sons) Barbara Feldon (Get Smart) Diahann Carrol (Julia) Marlo Thomas (That Girl) Judy Carne (Love on a Rooftop) 70s: Joyce DeWitt,Suzanne Somers,Priscilla Barnes,Jenilee Harrison (Three's Company) Mary Tyler Moore,Valerie Harper,Cloris Leachman (Mary Tyler Moore) Donna Pescow,Debralee Scott (Angie) Others.......
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mstewart mstewart Senior Member Join Date: Jan 25, 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,780	Beautiful Sitcom Actresses 50s Donna Reed and Shelley Fabares - Donna Reed Show 60s Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched Linda Kaye Henning - Petticoat Junction Patricia Crowley - Please Don't Eat the Daisies Doris Day - The Doris Day Show Mary Tyler Moore - Dick Van Dyke Show Kathy Garver - Family Affair 70s Suzanne Pleshette - The Bob Newhart Show Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper - The Mary Tyler Moore Show Bonnie Franklin - One Day At A Time Linda Lavin - Alice Meredith Baxter - Bridget Loves Birney Juliet Mills - Nanny and the Professor Joyce DeWitt - Three's Company 80s Phylicia Rashad - The Cosby Show Nancy Dussault - Too Close for Comfort Meredith Baxter Birney - Family Ties (My opinion better dramatic actress than a sitcom actress. Watch her performances on Family and see how powerful her episodes as Nancy was. Anne Schedeen - Alf Shelley Long - Cheers 90s Shelley Fabares - Coach (Especially the last season when she straighten her hair and got rid of that God awful light socket hairsytle

02-18-2002, 04:56 PM	#8
SitcomChick Senior Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 02, 2002 Location: England Posts: 105	Re: Most beautiful sitcom actresses I think Barbara Eden is one of the most beautiful actresses ever. I remember when I was little, I'd watch reruns of I Dream Of Jeannie and I'd wish to look like her.
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Jimbo Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 29, 2001 Location: United States of America-One Nation UNDER GOD! Posts: 471	A few additions: Connie Hines ("Carol Post" on Mr. Ed) Beverly Owens ("Marilyn Munster" on The Munsters) Pat Priest (also "Marilyn Munster" on The Munsters) Jan Smithers ("Bailey Quarters" on WKRP in Cincinnati) Valeri Bertinelli ("Barbara Cooper" on One Day at a Time) Marylu Henner ("Elaine Nardo" on Taxi) Pam Dawber (Mindy McConnell" on Mork and Mindy)

02-02-2002, 04:29 PM	#4
LucyFan Still Loving Lucy! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 23, 2001 Location: In the Wonderful World of Lucy! Posts: 8,198	My picks are: 50's Sitcoms Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy) Vivian Vance (I Love Lucy) 60's Sitcoms Lucille Ball (The Lucy Show) Vivian Vance (The Lucy Show) Barbra Eden (I Dream of Jeannie) Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) 70's Sitcoms Suzanne Somers (Three's Company) Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch) Cindy Williams (Laverne & Shirley) Penny Marshall (Laverne & Shirley) Priscilla Barns (Three's Company) Betty White (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) Mary Tyler Moore (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) Lucie Arnaz (Here's Lucy) 80's Sitcoms Maureen McCormick (The Brady Brides) Eve Plumb (The Brady Brides) Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains) Betty White (The Golden Girls) 90's Sitcoms Suzanne Somers (Step by Step) Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) Current Sitcoms None from this category My number one pick is Suzanne Somers (Three's Company, Step by Step).

02-18-2002, 03:30 PM	#7
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	Good catch, Jimbo, I fully intended to include both Marilyn Munsters, and somehow I left them off my list.. In my defense, I had Val Bertinelli and Pam Dawber listed under '70s, because that's where their shows are listed on this website... I don't have a clear pic in my mind of Mr Ed's Carol Post, and I was never a WKRP fan, so the only thing I remember about that show was Loni.. Suzanne Sommers and Melissa Joan Hart are also both excellent pics (and picks)...I think SOmmers looks better the older she gets. What to me is interesting about Shelly Fabares, is that she was a beautiful young lady on the Donna Reed show, then she became a beautiful lady on "One Day at a Time", and she was STILL a beautiful lady on "Coach". Not bad longevity.. Oh yeah, and mstewart...I forgot ab. Pat Crowley of Please Don't Eat the Daisies...I had a crush on her when that show ran... Good picks, everybody!!

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02-20-2002, 12:21 AM	#15
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