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Barbara Feldon

Barbara Feldon, as Agent 99 of Control. Agent 99, feeling the cold.

Barbara Feldon (born Barbara Hall on March 12, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and model. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1955, shortly after which she won $64,000 (USD) on The $64,000 Question in the category of William Shakespeare.

She was most famous for her character Agent 99 in the television comedy series Get Smart, starring with lead Don Adams. When she was cast for the role, she was previously famous, although anonymously, appearing on a tigerskin rug in an advertisement for Top Brass men's cologne.

After Get Smart ended, Feldon was strongly typecast. She appeared in an episode of Mad About You as Diane "Spy Girl" Caldwell, an actress who was trying to shake her typecasting as Spy Girl in a series similar to Get Smart.

Twice-divorced and New York City-based, Feldon has appeared on stage and on guest spots on TV shows, including in her old role as "99" in a brief sequel to the old Get Smart series, which had the same name, co-starring her old star Don Adams and new actor Andy Dick, in 1995.


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Twice-divorced and New York City-based, Feldon has appeared on stage and on guest spots on TV shows, including in her old role as "99" in a brief sequel to the old Get Smart series, which had the same name, co-starring her old star Don Adams and new actor Andy Dick, in 1995.
. She appeared in an episode of Mad About You as Diane "Spy Girl" Caldwell, an actress who was trying to shake her typecasting as Spy Girl in a series similar to Get Smart. This court decision has been widely criticized by people decrying the expansion of intellectual property rights, at the expense of the public domain and fair use, in recent years. After Get Smart ended, Feldon was strongly typecast. In 1993, White won a lawsuit[1] against Samsung Electronics over their use of a humorous ad featuring a robot turning letters on a game show; White claimed that this violated her personality rights under California law by "evoking" her image, even though it didn't actually use her name or likeness. When she was cast for the role, she was previously famous, although anonymously, appearing on a tigerskin rug in an advertisement for Top Brass men's cologne. No wedding date has been set yet.

She was most famous for her character Agent 99 in the television comedy series Get Smart, starring with lead Don Adams. White is currently engaged to businessman Michael Kaye. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1955, shortly after which she won $64,000 (USD) on The $64,000 Question in the category of William Shakespeare. Because of her glamour, celebrity status and high visibility, Vanna White has been a tabloid favorite for many years. Barbara Feldon (born Barbara Hall on March 12, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and model. White divorced her husband of 11 years, George Santo Pietro, in November 2002, and maintained custody of their two young children, Nicholas and Giovanna. After more than two decades, White is still a key part of the success of Wheel of Fortune.

White's role changed from "letter turner" to "letter toucher" when the manually-operated board was replaced with an electronic board in 1997. In 1992 the Guinness Book of World Records recognized White as "television's most frequent clapper". with Children and Full House, as well as in movies such as The Naked Gun 33⅓. She has also made cameo appearances on television shows such as Married..

The film was universally panned, and TV Guide said White's acting was "wheely" bad. In 1989, she was in the NBC TV-movie, The Goddess of Love, in which she played Venus. White was the subject of "Weird Al" Yankovic's 1988 song, "Stuck in a Closet With Vanna White". The spread comprised photos of White wearing see-through lingerie that were taken before Wheel.

Also in 1987, she was featured in a Playboy pictorial. Her 1987 autobiography, Vanna Speaks!, was a best-seller. Within a year, Wheel was the highest-rated syndicated program, in large part because of "Vannamania". White's popularity soared after the nighttime version of Wheel debuted in September 1983.

She remained with the daytime version of Wheel until its cancellation in 1991. Merv Griffin chose her over two other finalists, and her first episode as Pat Sajak's regular assistant aired December 13, 1982. Two years later she auditioned for the letter-turning job on Wheel of Fortune that Susan Stafford vacated. White's first national television appearance came in a 1980 episode of The Price is Right, where she was one of the first four contestants to "come on down" but did not make it on stage (this clip would go on to be rebroadcast as part of The Price is Right's 25th anniversary special in 1997).

She later took the name of her stepfather, Herbert White, a former real estate agent in North Myrtle Beach. Vanna White was born Vanna Marie Rosich, in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to a family of Croatian background. Vanna White (born February 18, 1957) is an American television personality who is best known as the hostess and puzzle board operator on the long-running game show Wheel of Fortune.