NAMES IN THE NEWS : ‘Newhart’ Wife Turns Seductress
Actress Mary Frann, the sweater-clad TV wife on CBS-TV’s “Newhart,” moves from innkeeper to vamp in the six-hour NBC-TV miniseries based on Jackie Collins’ best seller “Lucky.”
After seven years of playing Bob Newhart’s wife, Joanna Loudon, on “Newhart,” Frann transforms herself into a seductive senator’s wife who introduces a gangster to the joy of sex.
“In ‘Newhart’ I wore sweaters. In ‘Lucky’ I vamp around in lingerie. I just hope the set is warm,” Frann said Monday, hours before the final “Newhart” episode aired.
“Lucky” is currently in development.
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