The Nancy Walker Show was a short-lived situation comedy produced by Norman Lear and starring Nancy Walker. It aired for half a season on ABC, premiering on September 30, 1976 and running until December 23, 1976. The series was a starring vehicle provided to Ms. Walker after she gained a new-found television following as both maid Mildred on NBC's McMillan and Wife and as Ida Morgenstern, mother of Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper), on CBS' Rhod...
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The Nancy Walker Show was a short-lived situation comedy produced by Norman Lear and starring Nancy Walker. It aired for half a season on ABC, premiering on September 30, 1976 and running until December 23, 1976. The series was a starring vehicle provided to Ms. Walker after she gained a new-found television following as both maid Mildred on NBC's McMillan and Wife and as Ida Morgenstern, mother of Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper), on CBS' Rhoda; these roles had been preceded by a long, successful career in Broadway and movies.
Walker portrayed Nancy Kitteridge, owner of the Nancy Kitteridge Talent Agency in Los Angeles, who led a life that many would find enviable. Nancy operated her agency from her fancy apartment suite, which housed a stream of actors, models, and other showbiz hopefuls who came to Nancy to get advice and their big break; that is, if they weren't famous already. She was happily married, but her husband of 29 years, Lt. Commander Kenneth Kitteridge (William...
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