Brett Somers
Brett Somers
Brett Somerswas a Canadian-American actress, singer, and game show personality who was born in Canada and raised in Maine. She was best known as a panelist on the 1970s game show Match Game and for her recurring role as Blanche Madison opposite her real-life husband, actor Jack Klugman, on The Odd Couple...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth11 July 1924
CountryCanada
mother play casting
Happy Ending I did with Paul Winfield. There was a play- within- the- play and I was his mother - which is a peculiar bit of casting, to say the least.
musical doe wonderful-person
My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!
personality television knows
You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!
people singing facts
In fact, people have been very complimentary about my act and very tolerant of my singing ability.
giving-up too-much martini
I had to give up martinis - I enjoyed them too much.
lows knows
I don't know a high C from a low C.
couple fighting culture
You know, when it was done originally, they always had to fight to keep it going at the end of each season. Now, The Odd Couple has become part of our language and culture.
giving acting being-free
Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience.
Am I sounding better or am I just getting used to my voice?
anyone body care human learned
I've just learned more about the human body than anyone would ever care to know.
people
Only the old people write me in longhand!
came ended great york
I came to New York to be a great actress, but, of course, I ended up doing many other things before I got around to that.