Suzanne Pleshette’s net worth amounts to
$5 Million
Suzanne Pleshette’s Background
Born on January 31, 1937, in New York City, Suzanne Pleshette was a celebrated stage, television, and film actress, as well as a voice actress. She gained widespread recognition for her roles as Annie Hayworth in 1963’s “The Birds” and as Emily Hartley in the TV comedy series “The Bob Newhart Show” from 1972 to 1978, among many other performances. She passed away in 2008.
Her net worth at the time of her death reportedly stood at $5 million, which she amassed through her successful acting career spanning from 1957 to 2004.
Suzanne Pleshette’s Roots and Education
Suzanne had a mixed heritage, as her parents were of Russian, Austrian, and Hungarian descent and also of Jewish faith. Her mother, Geraldine Rivers, was a dancer, while her father, Eugene Pleshette, worked as a stage manager at the Paramount Theater in Brooklyn.
She attended the High School of Performing Arts before transferring to Finch College after one semester at Syracuse University. Suzanne also graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and studied acting under the legendary Sanford Meisner.
Her Journey in Acting
Starting her acting career on Broadway in 1957 with “Compulsion,” Suzanne then appeared in several plays before transitioning to screen roles. Her reel journey began with a minor role in the TV series “Harbormaster” in 1957 and a film debut in the comedy “The Geisha Boy” in 1958. Her breakthrough came in 1963 with the role of Annie Hayworth in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “The Birds.”
Throughout the ’70s, Suzanne portrayed Emily Hartley in “The Bob Newhart Show” and appeared in films such as “Flesh & Blood” in 1979. Subsequently, in the ’80s, she focused on made-for-television films and TV series work. In the ’90s, she took on a variety of roles, including voice work in animated films.
Personal Life and Endowment
At the time of her passing, Suzanne was married to Tom Preston, with whom she had tied the knot in 2001. Previously, she was married to Troy Donahue for eight months in 1964 and to Thomas J. Gallagher III from 1968 until his passing in 2000. Suzanne didn’t have any children but suffered a miscarriage while married to her second husband.
She passed away on January 19, 2008, in Los Angeles, California, due to respiratory failure resulting from lung cancer, which she had been battling since 2006. Her death occurred just a few days before the unveiling of her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Full Name | Suzanne Pleshette |
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Date Of Birth | January 31, 1937 |
Died | January 19, 2008, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | Brooklyn Heights, New York City, New York, United States |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.626 m) |
Profession | Actress |
Education | High School of Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Tom Poston (m. 2001–2007), Tommy Gallagher (m. 1968–2000), Troy Donahue (m. 1964–1964) |
Parents | Eugene Pleshette, Geraldine Rivers |
Nicknames | Плешетт, Сюзанн |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687189/ |
Awards | TV Land Icon Award |
Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Pictu… |
Movies | The Birds, Rome Adventure, The Geisha Boy, Leona Helmsley: The Queen Of Mean, A Distant Trumpet, The Ugly Dachshund, The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, Fate Is the Hunter, If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, Blackbeard’s Ghost, A Rage to Live, Nevada Smith, The Shaggy D.A, Spirited Away, Suppor… |
TV Shows | The Bob Newhart Show |
# | Trademark |
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1 | Husky voice |
# | Quote |
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1 | [on David Janssen] Our love for each other grew out of friendship, you know, and then love, and then friendship again, and loving friends. |
2 | David Janssen was one of the great loves of my life. |
3 | [1999 interview] I’m an actress, and that’s why I’m still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves. |
4 | [on her “girl next door” image] “When Warren Beatty called a girl up, it was usually to try to get her into the sack. But he called me to find out what kind of bologna I used. I just don’t have what it takes, I guess. Raquel Welch has what it takes. She’s so sexy and gorgeous, even I want to jump on her! |
5 | I don’t sit around and wait for great parts. I’m an actress, and I love being one, and I’ll probably be doing it until I’m 72, standing around the back lot doing Gunsmoke (1955)”. |
# | Fact |
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1 | Gave the eulogy at David Janssen’s funeral (Feb. 17, 1980). |
2 | Both she and husband Tom Poston died of the same cause, respiratory failure. |
3 | One time, while on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), she told the story of her near involvement with the movie Palm Springs Weekend (1963). At the time she was a contract performer at Warner Brothers and was cast in the movie. She adamantly refused to do it, fearing that it might hurt her career (a studio executive, annoyed by her attitude, told her that the sign outside read “Warner Brothers” not “Pleshette Brothers”!) She eventually got her way (and was forced to appear in Wall of Noise (1963) instead) and the role went to Stefanie Powers. She jokingly said that Powers was so upset that she had to take her place in the movie that she refused to speak to her for years afterward. |
4 | Started out in theater before moving onto film. |
5 | Both she and Veronica Cartwright appeared together in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963), as well as on episodes of Will & Grace (1998). Each played mothers. Pleshette playing Karen Walker’s mom and Cartwright playing Jack’s mom. |
6 | Her mother was Geraldine Kaplan (1918-1987) and her father was Eugene Pleshette (1914-1991). |
7 | Is buried in a family plot at Hillside Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California; between her two late husbands, Tom Gallagher and Tom Poston. |
8 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, posthumously, on her birthday, January 31, 2008. |
9 | Met her future husband, Tom Poston, when they appeared together in the 1959 Broadway comedy “The Golden Fleecing”. However, they didn’t marry for more than 40 years. |
10 | In August 2006 she underwent chemotherapy treatment at Los Angeles’ Cedar-Sinai Medical Center for lung cancer. |
11 | She was the childhood friend of Faye Michael Nuell (aka Faye Mayo) and Kari Champion (widow of Gower Champion). |
12 | Stepmother of Francesca Poston and Jason Poston. |
13 | Was the producers’ original choice for the role of Catwoman on the Batman (1966) TV show. When negotiations broke down, the part went to Julie Newmar, who made it her own. |
14 | In December 2000 she announced her engagement to Tom Poston, age 79. Each had co-starred on a Bob Newhart show, but different versions–she was in The Bob Newhart Show (1972), he was in Newhart (1982). However, Poston appeared in a recurring role on the ’70s version as Bob Hartley’s old friend Cliff “The Peeper” Murdock. Pleshette also appeared on the ’80s version finale that is one of the best series finales of all time–a segue between the two shows. |
15 | Cousin of John Pleshette. |
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