Phyllis Kirk

Kirk did appear as a guest in some TV shows and was a panalist on Mantrap in 1971. Lindley unexpectedly succumbed to leukemia on October 16, 1997, a "Cybill" script by her hospital bedside. Subsequently, Phyllis Kirk performed on stage before she left show business to enter public relations, working as a publicist for CBS News. Lindley garnered further parts of all sizes in various TV films and series, the last being a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Cybill. Kirk was also a regular on the Red Buttons Show. Dietch agreed, and Lindley kept her word (the film went on to become a cult classic and make a solid profit). She also appeared with Jerry Lewis in his 1957 film The Sad Sack, with Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, and Rod Steiger in the 1956 film Back from Eternity. Lindley said that she would buy a portion of the film if Dietch let her do just that one take again.

Her most notable television role was with Peter Lawford in The Thin Man (1957 - 1959), where they played Nick and Nora Charles. The director, Donna Dietch, replied that they did not have the budget for reshooting. She appeared with Vincent Price in the film House of Wax in 1953. Lindley wanted to retape one key scene. She is best known for her many television and film roles throughout the 1950s. One of her last notable roles was a character part in the lesbian romance film Desert Hearts (1985). Later she became a Hollywood contract player for MGM and Warner Brothers. Lindley continued to appear steadily on television and film.

She worked as a sales clerk, waitress, and model before entering show business on the stage. Roper were so popular that they were spun off to their own show, The Ropers (1979), which was not a success. Reportedly, she had polio as a child and had difficulty walking later in life. The character and her husband Mr. Phyllis Kirk (born 18 September 1929) is an American actress born in Syracuse, New York. Roper on the hit sitcom Three's Company (1977) (Lindley wore a wig to maintain the character's exagerrated hairstyle). Her greatest fame arrived when she began playing the wisecracking, perpetually unfulfillfed Mrs.

Upon resuming her career, she began to make steady appearances on television, including a 6-year stint as manipulative "Aunt Liz" Matthews on NBC soap Another World. She took time off to get married and raise five children. Among her many Broadway plays were: "On Golden Pond", "Playhouse 90", "Long Day's Journey into Night", "Horse Heavens" and many others. Nothing panned out, and she went to New York in her mid-twenties to take her talent to the stage.

She got her early start in Hollywood by being a stand-in, which eventually progressed to stunt work. Born on September 24, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, Lindley was the product of show business parents. Audra Lindley (1918-1997) was an American actress.