ANOTHER SHOW BIZ LEGEND HAS DIED

[samhexum]

A comic legend has died at 88 from the effects of Alzheimer’s. She’d been bedridden for a couple of years after a couple of strokes.

[samhexum]

Danielle Spencer, Dee From What’s Happening!!, Dead at 60

TVLINE.COM

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What's Happening!! actress Danielle Spencer has died.

 

[samhexum]

On 7/12/2024 at 1:03 PM, samhexum said:

Daughter Lynn & neighbors Trevor & Raquel (real-life former roommate of Marilyn Monroe) Ochmonek were on par w/ the Mertzes. Willie, Kate, & ALF were the only ones on a level with Lucy & Desi. But that goes without saying, of course. 

https://www.tvline.com/2194085/anne-schedeen-dead-alf-kate-tanner-obituary/

Anne Schedeen, best known for playing Kate Tanner on the NBC sitcom "ALF," has died. She was 77.

Schedeen's family announced her passing on Facebook, sharing that the actress "passed peacefully." A cause of death was not disclosed. 

Schedeen is best remembered for her portrayal of Kate Tanner, the matriarch of the Tanner family, on all four seasons of "ALF," which aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990.

Her television career began with a 1974 episode of "The Six Million Dollar Man." She later appeared on "Get Christie Love!," "Ironside," "McCloud," and "The Bionic Woman," and recurred as Carol on "Emergency!" and Sandy on "Marcus Welby, M.D."

Her first series-regular role came in 1984 on the ABC primetime soap "Paper Dolls," based on the 1982 TV movie of the same name. Schedeen played Sara Frank on the ensemble drama, which also starred Lloyd Bridges, Lauren Hutton, Mimi Rogers, Nicollette Sheridan, and Morgan Fairchild.

Two years later, Schedeen landed the role that would define her career when she was cast on "ALF."

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

 So you consider Ann Schedeen, who had a very forgettable TV career, and whose claim to fame was her portrayal of Alf's earth mother, to be a "show biz legend"? Really?

BTC
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[samhexum]

1 hour ago, BOZO T CLOWN said:

 So you consider Ann Schedeen, who had a very forgettable TV career, and whose claim to fame was her portrayal of Alf's earth mother, to be a "show biz legend"? Really?

who doesn't?

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15 minutes ago, samhexum said:

who doesn't?

 How about the rest of the world?
With the exceptions of: the family of Ms. Schedeen, the remaining cast members of Alf, and you!

BTC
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[samhexum]

On 6/15/2026 at 2:32 PM, BOZO T CLOWN said:

 So you consider Ann Schedeen, who had a very forgettable TV career, and whose claim to fame was her portrayal of Alf's earth mother, to be a "show biz legend"? Really?
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I went back-and-forth about whether to use the word legend or royalty. Perhaps that is why you seem to be having so much difficulty comprehending such a basic fact.

Edited June 18 by samhexum
and scholars will be debating the exact reason why he did it for centuries to come