Gail Fisher was an American actress who was one of the first black women to play substantive roles in American television.
12 Facts About Gail Fisher
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Gail Fisher was best known for playing the role of secretary Peggy Fair on the television detective series Mannix from 1968 through 1975, a role for which she won two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award; she was the first African-American woman to win those prestigious awards.
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The youngest of five children, Gail Fisher was born in Orange, New Jersey.
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Gail Fisher's father died when she was two years old, and she was raised by her mother, Ona Fisher, who supported her family with a home-operated hair-styling business while living in the Potter's Crossing neighborhood of Edison, New Jersey.
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Gail Fisher graduated from Metuchen High School in Metuchen, New Jersey.
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Gail Fisher made her first television appearance in 1960 at age 25, appearing in the NTA Film Network program The Play of the Week.
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Gail Fisher first appeared in Mannix during the second season, when Mannix leaves a detective firm and sets up shop as a private investigator.
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Gail Fisher became the second African American woman after Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek to show prominently on weekly television.
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In 1971, Gail Fisher became the first African-American woman to win a Golden Globe, and won her second in 1973.
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Gail Fisher wrote lyrics for another Adderley song, "Do Do Do," with music by Nat Adderley, featured on the Cannonball Adderley Quintet's 1967 album 74 Miles Away.
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Gail Fisher had two daughters, Samara and Jolie, from her 1964 marriage to John Levy.
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Gail Fisher died in Los Angeles in 2000, aged 65, reportedly from kidney failure.