Brett Somers

Brett Somers

Birth : 1924-07-11, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Death : 2007-09-15

History

Canadian-American game-show personality, actress, and singer who was born in New Brunswick and raised in Maine. Brett was best known as a panelist on the 1970s game show Match Game and for her recurring role as Blanche Madison opposite her real-life husband, actor Jack Klugman, on The Odd Couple.

Profile

Brett Somers

Movies

Game Changers
Self (archive footage)
Alex Trebek hosts a documentary about television game shows featuring interviews with a number of game show hosts and producers.
The Real Match Game Story: Behind The Blank
Herself
A Behind The Scenes look at one of the most innovative and influential game shows of the 60's The Match Game known for it's cheeky panelists, outrageous answers and bawdy humour
The Great American Beauty Contest
Miss Texas Chaperone
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of the five finalists.
Bone
X-Ray Lady
A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, though, that the couple is neither as wealthy as he thought they were and are not as happily married as they appeared.
A Rage to Live
Jessie Jay
Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.
Bus Riley's Back in Town
Carlotta
Bus Riley returns to his small town after time in the army. On his return, his ex-girlfriend wants to resume their relationship. The only problem is she has married in the mean time. Searching for fulfilment in his life, Bus decides to get a job with his gay friend who is a mortician. When the mortician makes a pass at him, Bus quickly gets out.