Sheree North Rip

This is the first I've heard of this and looked up the information. It took a while because in IMDb and her web site they do not mention anything about it but I did find it in SFGate.com (no I don't anything about this site and they get it from the L.A. Times). RIP Sheree.

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Sheree North, versatile actress with long career, dies at 72

Monday, November 7, 2005

(11-07) 01:50 PST Los Angeles (AP) --

Sheree North, who aged gracefully from a platinum blond bombshell in the 1950s to older character roles in television productions including "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Seinfeld," has died. She was 72.

North, who had been healthy, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of complications from surgery, said her daughter, Dawn Bessire of Santa Monica.

North initially was groomed as a glamor girl who could substitute for the often unreliable Marilyn Monroe, and did in fact replace Monroe in the 1955 film "How to Be Very, Very Popular."

Her breakout role, which she got after an agent saw her dancing at a Santa Monica nightclub, came in the Broadway musical "Hazel Flagg." She won a Theatre World award for that performance and repeated it in "Living It Up," the 1954 Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis musical comedy film version of the stage show.

She achieved leading lady status after getting rave reviews in the first episode of "The Bing Crosby Show" that same year.

She appeared in such popular stage musicals as "Can-Can" and "Bye Bye Birdie," and in 2000 played the Southern belle Amanda in a production of Tennessee Williams'"The Glass Menagerie" at the Laguna Playhouse.

Her decades-long film career included performances in "The Outfit" with Robert Duvall in 1973, "The Shootist" starring John Wayne in 1976 and "Defenseless" in 1991 with Barbara Hershey and Sam Shepard.

But she may have been best known for her prolific television work, in which she earned Emmy nominations for appearances on "Marcus Welby, M.D." and "Archie Bunker's Place."

North became part of television history in 1974 on the 100th episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," when Ed Asner's character Lou Grant fell for her as a saloon singer with a past.

More recently, she had a recurring role in "Seinfeld" as Kramer's mother, Babs.

North is survived by her husband, Phillip Norman of Pacific Palisades; two daughters from previous marriages, Dawn Bessire and Erica Torrablas; and a grandchild.
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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com

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Cheers B)

Hi all

I remember Sheree North in
"THE SHOOTIST"
But I'm afraid I don't remember her in
any other shows.

But may the good lord take care
of her now. R I P. Sheree.

Emmanuel.

Hi,
I echo my friend Emmanuels sentiments,
R.I.P

Keith

I'm sorry to hear of Sheree North's passing. If I'm not mistaken, I thought she had some kind of stroke in the 70s, but recovered very well with just a trace of impediment in her speech. I best remember her (don't ask me why) as one of the sleeper agents in "Telefon" - she blew up the refinery halfway through the movie.
Cheers - Jay

Hi

Its sad when any of Dukes co-workers passes on I'll look out for the obit in our newspapers. Like everyone else I pray she rests in peace.

Arthur

Though I have heard about her, I do not know what she looked like. May she Rest In Peace.

It is sad to see so many of the stars and character actors from the "golden age" of films passing. Kind of depressing. It's hard to find actors and actresses of the same caliber as those we keep losing. May Ms. North rest in peace. She will be missed.
Colorado Bob

Hi

At one time in the early fifties Sherry North was being groomed to take over from Maryiln Monroe, when she began to play up with her studio. She was threatened that if she contnued to be awkward she would just be dropped and Sherry would take her place as the new Monroe.

Regards

Arthur

I was surprised to read of her passing. Just a few weeks ago, I was doing crossword puzzles in a TV Guide through the years crossword book and one of the answers was Sheree North. I wondered what she was up to these days. I am sad to hear about her demise. May she rest in peace.

Mark

RIP Sheree North.