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Suzanne Pleshette: Roles
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Glamorous, down-to-earth leading lady "Suzanne Pleshette" was the daughter of the managing director of Brooklyn's Paramount Theater. She attended Performing Arts High School, Finch College, and Syracuse University. After some TV experience, she made her film debut in "Jerry Lewis"' "The Geisha Boy" (1958), then went on to replace "Anne Bancroft" as star of Broadway's The Miracle Worker. During her years at Warner Bros., Pleshette successfully avoided simpering ingénue roles, holding out for parts requiring beyond-her-years emotional depth. Her flair for comedy was delightfully tapped during her subsequent tenure with Disney in such films as "The Ugly Dachsund" (1967) and "The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin" (1968).
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Born Jan. 31, 1937, in New York City, Ms. Pleshette began her career as a stage actress after attending the city's High School of the Performing Arts and studying at its Neighborhood Playhouse. She was often picked for roles because of her beauty and her throaty voice.
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Pleshette began her acting career on the stage in the 1950s after attending New York's High School for the Performing Arts and Syracuse University. She then moved into film and TV roles, often getting parts because of her husky voice.
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Pleshette matured in such films as Hitchcock's "The Birds" and the Disney comedies "The Ugly Dachshund," "Blackbeard's Ghost" and "The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin." Over the years, she ... had a busy career in TV movies, including playing the title role in 1990's "Leona Helmsley, the Queen of Mean."
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Pleshette started out as a stage actress after graduating from Sanford Meisner’s Acting School. She was able to get a few non-descript television roles in the early years of that industry but got her big break when Jerry Lewis signed her own to be his female counterpart in the hit comedy film “The Geisha Boy” (1958).
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In 1959 she replaced Anne Bancroft on Broadway in TWO FOR THE SEESAW and again replaced Bancroft in 1961, this time in The Miracle Worker, for which Pleshette received excellent notices. Riding high on THE MIRACLE WORKER reviews, Pleshette received the first of four Emmy nominations when she appeared in a guest role on TV's DR. KILDARE.
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