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Brett Somers
Age: 83 (passed away Sep. 15th, 2007)
Height: 5' 9"
Birth Place: New Brunswick, Canada
Born: Jul. 11th, 1924
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Brett Somers' Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: [no bio found]
TRIVIA:
- Made her Broadway debut in the short-lived play "Maybe Tuesday" in 1958, which lasted only five performances. She also appeared in "Happy Ending" with 'Paul Winfield (I)' (qv), "The Seven Year Itch" with 'Art Carney' (qv) and 'Lee Remick' (qv), and in "The Country Girl" with husband Klugman.
- Grew up in Portland, Maine. Ran away from home at age 17 and headed to New York City, where she settled in Greenwich Village. Changed first name to Brett after the female lead character in the 'Ernest Hemingway' (qv) novel, "The Sun Also Rises". Somers was her mother's maiden name.
- Although she separated from 'Jack Klugman' (qv) in 1974, neither ever filed for divorce.
- In 1957, she played a "wise-cracking broad" in the Broadway play "Maybe Tuesday," which ironically opened on a Wednesday and closed before Tuesday...a fact she joked about in her circa-2002 cabaret show. Other future TV stars in the cast of "Maybe Tuesday" were 'Alice Ghostley' (qv) (later "Esmeralda" on _"Bewitched" (1964)_ (qv)) and 'Louis Edmonds' (qv) ("Roger" on _"Dark Shadows" (1966)_ (qv) and "Langley" on _"All My Children" (1970)_ (qv)). "Maybe Tuesday" is described extensively in 'Craig Hamrick' (qv)'s 2003 book "Big Lou", the biography of 'Louis Edmonds' (qv). The author, a longtime fan of Somers, presented her with a copy of the book at one of her cabaret shows in New York City.
- She was not originally on the celebrity panel of "The Match Game". When her husband 'Jack Klugman' (qv) appeared on the first week of the program in 1973, he suggested that producers bring her aboard. Her wit and dry humor proved extremely successful, and she would remain a regular panelist for the remainder of the show's nine year network and syndicated run.
- Close friends with actress 'Marcia Wallace' (qv) who appeared frequently as a panelist on _"Match Game 73" (1973)_ (qv).
- Best known as a panelist on _"Match Game 73" (1973)_ (qv). On nearly every episode, she is the comic foil to 'Charles Nelson Reilly' (qv) (and vice versa).
- "An Evening with Brett Somers" opened in New York to rave reviews in 2003. At the age of seventy-nine, Brett found herself back in the limelight and won Backstage's prestigious Bistro Award. She was diagnosed with cancer not long after. It went into remission for a time after surgery and chemotherapy, but returned inoperable in 2007.
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