1. Lois Nettleton received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won two Daytime Emmy Awards.
16 Facts About Lois Nettleton
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Lois Nettleton was born on August 16,1927, in Oak Park, Illinois, to Virginia and Edward L Nettleton.
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Lois Nettleton attended Senn High School, where she was a classmate of Lee Stern, and Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Lois Nettleton was crowned Miss Chicago of 1948 and became a semifinalist at the Miss America 1948 pageant.
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Lois Nettleton appeared in the pilot episode of The Eddie Capra Mysteries in 1978 and in hit TV miniseries such as Washington: Behind Closed Doors and Centennial.
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In 1987, Lois Nettleton portrayed Penny Vanderhof Sycamore on the TV series version of the Kaufman and Hart comedy play You Can't Take It with You with Harry Morgan and Richard Sanders.
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Lois Nettleton was a regular celebrity guest on various versions of the game show Pyramid from the 1970s through 1991.
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Lois Nettleton received Emmy nominations for her work in the TV movie Fear on Trial and for a recurring role in the series In the Heat of the Night in 1989.
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Lois Nettleton appeared in a 2006 Christmas TV movie special titled The Christmas Card.
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Lois Nettleton appeared in a short-lived off-Broadway production of Look Charlie, which was written by her future husband, humorist Jean Shepherd.
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Lois Nettleton received critical praise for her performance as Blanche DuBois in a 1973 revival of A Streetcar Named Desire.
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Lois Nettleton was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Amy in a 1976 revival of They Knew What They Wanted.
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Lois Nettleton continued to act on the stage into her seventies.
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Lois Nettleton appeared in episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.
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Lois Nettleton was the first caller to Jean Shepherd's late-night radio program on WOR, later becoming his third wife.
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Lois Nettleton made her last public appearance in August 2007 at a Twilight Zone convention in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.