Movies and TV R.I.P Bonnie Franklin

Mr. Laz · 03-01-2013, 01:58 PM

Bonnie Franklin, 'One Day At a Time' star, dies
BY FRAZIER MOORE
AP Television Writer

Bonnie Franklin, 'One Day At a Time' star, dies at age 69

NEW YORK -- Bonnie Franklin, the pert, redheaded actress whom millions came to identify with for her role as divorced mom Ann Romano on the long-running sitcom "One Day at a Time," has died.

She died Friday at her home in Los Angeles due to complications from pancreatic cancer, family members said. She was 69. Her family had announced she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September.
Franklin was a veteran stage and television performer before "One Day At a Time" made her a star.

Developed by Norman Lear and co-created by Whitney Blake - herself a former sitcom star and single mother raising future actress Meredith Baxter - the series was groundbreaking for its focus on a young divorced mother seeking independence from a suffocating marriage.

It premiered on CBS in December 1975, just five years after the network had balked at having Mary Tyler Moore play a divorced woman on her own comedy series, insisting that newly single Mary Richards be portrayed as having ended her engagement instead.

On her own in Indianapolis, Ann Romano was raising two teenage girls - played by Mackenzie Phillips, already famous for the film "American Graffiti," and a previously unknown Valerie Bertinelli. "One Day At a Time" ran on CBS until 1984, by which time both daughters had grown and married, while Romano had remarried and become a grandmother. During the first seven of its nine seasons on the air, the show was a Top 20 hit.

Like other Lear productions such as "All in the Family" and "Good Times," "One Day at a Time" dealt with contemporary issues once absent from TV comedies such as premarital sex, birth control, suicide and sexual harassment - issues that had previously been overlooked by TV comedies whose households were usually headed by a husband and wife or, rarely, a widowed parent.

Meanwhile, the series weathered its own crises as Phillips was twice written out of the series to deal with her drug abuse and other personal problems.
Writing in her 2009 memoir "High On Arrival," Phillips remembered Franklin as hardworking and professional, even a perfectionist.

"Bonnie felt a responsibility to the character and always gave a million notes on the scripts," Phillips wrote. "Above all, she didn't want it to be sitcom fluff - she wanted it to deal honestly with the struggles and truths of raising two teenagers as a single mother."

In her 2008 memoir "Losing It," Bertinelli noted that Franklin, just 31 when the show began, wasn't old enough to be her real mother.
Even so, wrote Bertinelli, "within a few days I recognized her immense talent and felt privileged to work with her. ... She was like a hip, younger complement to my real mom."

The truth of "One Day at a Time" was brought home to Franklin when in 2005 she got together with both TV daughters for a "One Day at a Time" reunion special. She told both actresses, "You are living, in a sense, Ann Romano's life - you are single parents raising teenage kids. That is shocking and terrifying to me."
Despite sometimes tackling serious subjects in her work, Franklin was always a cheery and positive person, Lear said Friday.

"I was wrong - I thought life forces never die. Bonnie was such a life force," Lear said in a statement. "Bubbly, always up, the smile never left her face."
Franklin herself was married for 29 years. Her husband, TV producer Marvin Minoff, died in 2009.

Born Bonnie Gail Franklin in Santa Monica, Calif., she entered show business at an early age. She was a child tap dancer and actress, and a protege of Donald O'Connor, with whom she performed in the 1950s on NBC's "Colgate Comedy Hour."

A decade later, she was appearing on such episodic programs as "Mr. Novak," "Gidget" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."

On stage, Franklin was in the original Broadway production of "Applause," for which she received a 1970 Tony Award nomination, and other plays including "Dames at Sea" and "A Thousand Clowns."

Franklin's recent credits include appearances on "The Young and the Restless" and the TV Land comedy "Hot in Cleveland," which again reunited her with Bertinelli, one of that show's regulars.

Franklin was a "devoted mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend," her family said in a statement. She also was a longtime activist for a range of charities and civic-oriented issues, among them AIDS care and research and the Stroke Association of Southern California.

In 2001, she and her sister Judy Bush founded the nonprofit Classic and Contemporary American Plays, an organization that introduces great American plays to inner-city schools' curriculum.

A private memorial will be held next week, her family said.
Posted on Fri, Mar. 01, 2013 12:42 PM

**ptlyon** · 03-01-2013, 02:00 PM

Pancreatic... Sad. Thats a death sentence

**Bugeater** · 03-01-2013, 02:00 PM

Ugh, pancreatic cancer strikes again. RIP

BlackHelicopters · 03-01-2013, 02:03 PM

BourbonMan · 03-01-2013, 02:06 PM

RIP...Loved that show.

Frazod · 03-01-2013, 02:27 PM

RIP. I loved that show. Particularly Valerie Bertinelli.

**Rain Man** · 03-01-2013, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frazod

RIP. I loved that show. Particularly Valerie Bertinelli.

Rowr.

**rockymtnchief** · 03-01-2013, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frazod

RIP. I loved that show. Particularly Valerie Bertinelli.

AMEN!!!

However, I always thought Mackenzie Philips was a mutt. Rumor has it, Dwayne Schneider was based on Bugeater

Frazod · 03-01-2013, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by rockymtnchief

AMEN!!!

However, I always thought Mackenzie Philips was a mutt. Rumor has it, Dwayne Schneider was based on Bugeater

I hated the episodes that focused on her - ugly ass giant-toothed bitch. It should have been all Valerie all the time!

**Rain Man** · 03-01-2013, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

I hated the episodes that focused on her - ugly ass giant-toothed bitch. It should have been all Valerie all the time!

There weren't nearly enough Valerie story lines. And they needed more camera angles of her from the back. Actually from all angles.

In fact, now that I think about it, if they just made the show nothing but a camera circling Valerie Bertinelli the show might've been even more successful.

Frazod · 03-01-2013, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

There weren't nearly enough Valerie story lines. And they needed more camera angles of her from the back. Actually from all angles.

In fact, now that I think about it, if they just made the show nothing but a camera circling Valerie Bertinelli the show might've been even more successful.

THIS

And amazingly, she still looks great. Hell, I didn't even mind it when she was fat!

Graystoke · 03-01-2013, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rockymtnchief

AMEN!!!

However, I always thought Mackenzie Philips was a mutt. Rumor has it, Dwayne Schneider was based on Bugeater

Ya but Mackenzie sorta had BJ lips...amiright?

Frazod · 03-01-2013, 02:41 PM

And also, I'll take Guys Who Are All In Their Late 40s for $1,000, Alex.

**ptlyon** · 03-01-2013, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graystoke

Ya but Mackenzie sorta had BJ lips...amiright?

DSLs

**TrebMaxx** · 03-01-2013, 02:46 PM

RIP Bonnie. Always wanted to bone your hot daughter.

Yeah, I am late 40's.

03-01-2013, 01:58 PM
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