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Alice and Flo were around the same age. Flo was roughly ten years older than Alice (despite the fact that in reality Holiday and Lavin were approximately the same age, having both been born in 1937). Flo had blonde hair. She was in a crumbling marriage and her husband was not speaking to her.
Flo is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of Alice that aired on CBS from March 24, 1980, to June 30, 1981. The series starred Polly Holliday reprising her role as sassy and street-smart waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry who returns to her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas—referred to as "Cowtown"—and becomes the proprietor of a rundown old roadhouse that she renames ...
Polly Dean Holliday (born July 2, 1937) is an American retired actress who appeared on stage, television and in film. She is best known for her portrayal of sassy waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the 1970s sitcom Alice, which she reprised in its short-lived spin-off, Flo.
Flo says goodbye to Mel's when she takes a job offer from a wealthy Houston restaurateur. This episode sets up the spin-off series Flo , which premiered the following month. NOTE : Polly Holliday's last episode.
Tayback served in the United States Navy before beginning his acting career at the age of 25. A lifetime member of the Actors Studio, [4] he was a familiar face on television in the 1960s and 1970s, appearing on numerous series, including The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Star Trek, Bonanza, Here Come the Brides, That Girl, Gunsmoke, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Partridge Family, All in the Family ...
He said that he chose the Rolling Stones over Muhammad Ali to host his show’s fourth- season opener, because the Stones were “the number one rock and roll band in the world.”
The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner .
To stay quiet just isn't an option -- "I can't not speak up," she said -- but she's well aware that other Hollywood figures keep mum about their politics. "I think they're afraid," she said.