The 40-Year Courtship: Tom Poston & Suzanne Pleshette - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

mickeymouseclubfan · 07-25-2015, 09:12 PM

The year is 1959. Dwight David Eisenhower is President; the Vietnam War is in full grasp; and struggling actors Tom Poston & Suzanne Pleshette began a 40-year romantic courtship after meeting and falling in love on the set of the Broadway show "Golden Fleecing."

The problem? They were BOTH married at the time--she was married to movie hunk Troy Donahue and he was married with a young daughter to aspiring actress Jean Sullivan.

After both their 1st marriages ended in divorce, Tom and Suzanne dated each other but eventually married others--her to Tom Gallagher and him to Kay Hudson, with whom he had a son and daughter; after their respective spouses died by the year 2000, Tom and Suzanne FINALLY culminated their 40-year courtship by getting married on May 13, 2001.

They remained happily wed until Tom died in 2007, aged 85; Suzanne, after a long fight against Lung Cancer, died of Respiratory Failure in January 2008.

CosmicCharlie · 10-05-2019, 11:08 PM

I would have never though of those 2 as a couple - until I read they were - (but then again I never met them in person and not in character)

07-25-2015, 09:12 PM	#1
mickeymouseclubfan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 05, 2013 Posts: 145	The 40-Year Courtship: Tom Poston & Suzanne Pleshette The year is 1959. Dwight David Eisenhower is President; the Vietnam War is in full grasp; and struggling actors Tom Poston & Suzanne Pleshette began a 40-year romantic courtship after meeting and falling in love on the set of the Broadway show "Golden Fleecing." The problem? They were BOTH married at the time--she was married to movie hunk Troy Donahue and he was married with a young daughter to aspiring actress Jean Sullivan. After both their 1st marriages ended in divorce, Tom and Suzanne dated each other but eventually married others--her to Tom Gallagher and him to Kay Hudson, with whom he had a son and daughter; after their respective spouses died by the year 2000, Tom and Suzanne FINALLY culminated their 40-year courtship by getting married on May 13, 2001. They remained happily wed until Tom died in 2007, aged 85; Suzanne, after a long fight against Lung Cancer, died of Respiratory Failure in January 2008.

10-05-2019, 11:08 PM	#2
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,416	I would have never though of those 2 as a couple - until I read they were - (but then again I never met them in person and not in character)