November 5: Happy Birthday Natalie Schafer - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 11-06-2017, 03:31 AM

https://lebeauleblog.com/2017/11/05/...d-joel-mccrea/

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Natalie Schafer (1900-1991) had a lengthy film and stage career, but will be remembered for a single TV role, as Eunice “Lovey” Howell on Gilligan’s Island.

Alex Cooper · 11-06-2017, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TMC

https://lebeauleblog.com/2017/11/05/...d-joel-mccrea/

Not a bad thing to be remembered for!

Happy 117th to Natalie.

DJM77 · 11-07-2017, 06:52 AM

I remember not long after she died that I was reading in a magazine (People, maybe) that anytime that anyone would question her age on her birthday that she would say, "I don't know. How old was I last year?"

Alex Cooper · 11-08-2017, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM77

I remember not long after she died that I was reading in a magazine (People, maybe) that anytime that anyone would question her age on her birthday that she would say, "I don't know. How old was I last year?"

I also remember GI producers saying they wouldn't have asked her to do some of the things she did if they knew how old she truly was at the time of making the show...(late sixties, which wouldn't be considered that old at all nowadays!)

Admittedly I don't know a lot about Natalie's non-GI career (fan with blinders), but she did seem to be a truly remarkable woman!

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