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Remembering Brett Somers, born July 11, 1924 and passed away September 15, 2007.
Brett Somers (born Audrey Dawn Johnston) was a Canadian-American actress, singer, and game-show personality who was born in Canada and raised in Maine. Brett was best known as a panelist on the 1970’s game show Match Game and for her recurring role as Blanche Madison opposite her real-life husband, actor Jack Klugman, on The Odd Couple.
Somers began her career in theater and made many of her initial television appearances in dramatic programs such as The Philco Television Playhouse, Kraft Television Theater, Playhouse 90 and Robert Montgomery Presents.
Her Broadway debut was in the play Maybe Tuesday. The show was a flop and closed after just five performances. She also appeared on stage in productions of Happy Ending, The Seven Year Itch and The Country Girl, the last opposite Klugman.
She also amassed a number of film credits including A Rage to Live and Bus Riley’s Back in Town.
Somers made many appearances on episodic primetime television, including Love, American Style, The Defenders, Have Gun Will Travel, Ben Casey, CHiPs, The Love Boat, Barney Miller and The Fugitive. In 1973 she played Rhoda Morgenstern’s Aunt Rose in the season four episode “Rhoda’s Sister Gets Married” on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
She had a recurring role as Blanche, the former wife of Oscar Madison (played by real-life spouse Jack Klugman) on the ABC sitcom The Odd Couple in the early 1970’s. In 1973 she played Perry Mason’s receptionist Gertie on The New Perry Mason, a short-lived revival of the classic TV series, with Monte Markham as Perry Mason.
She played the role of Siress Belloby on the 1978 science-fiction series Battlestar Galactica.
She was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. Following a period of remission she died on September 15, 2007
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