Actress Bonnie Franklin Dies | Drudge Retort

Friday, March 01, 2013

Actress Bonnie Franklin Dies

Bonnie Franklin, who portrayed divorced single mother Ann Romano on the '70s and '80s Norman Lear sitcom One Day at a Time, died Friday at her home in Los Angeles of complications of pancreatic cancer. She was 69. Romano was one of the first independent women to be portrayed on TV, wrestling with issues like sexual harassment, rape and menopause. She also appeared in the movie American Graffiti and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1970 for the play Applause.

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In 1980, she portrayed Margaret Sanger, the women's rights and birth-control advocate, in the CBS TV movie Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger. The movie's executive producer Marvin Minoff became her husband and they were married until his death in 2009. In 2004, Franklin addressed hundreds of thousands of women at an abortion rights march in Washington.

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I just had a Valerie Bertinelli flashback...

#1 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-03-01 07:44 PM | Reply | Flag:

She is still is hot

#2 | Posted by drewinnj at 2013-03-01 08:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

I think Bonnie was the origination of the term MILF.

RIP

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2013-03-01 08:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

**** She played a tough,angry,competitive broad who wore the pants in the family and so in a way she "epitomized" divorced women everywhere!

#4 | Posted by AntiCadillac at 2013-03-01 08:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

She was a evil woman who did not know her place and the cause of the destruction of the family unit and the increase of homosexuality and low sperm counts in the males of are species.
posted BY The right wing nuts

#5 | Posted by PunchyPossum at 2013-03-01 08:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

"In 2004, Franklin addressed hundreds of thousands of women at an abortion rights march in Washington."

Did Maxine Waters or Nancy give you that number?

#6 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-01 09:13 PM | Reply | Flag:

"posted BY The right wing nuts"
#5 | Posted by PunchyPossum

"Did Maxine Waters or Nancy give you that number?"
#6 | Posted by Diablo

Right on cue...

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2013-03-01 09:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

"She was a evil woman who did not know her place and the cause of the destruction of the family unit and the increase of homosexuality and low sperm counts in the males of are species."

Actually, I just thought she was homely and scowling. Never thought much about her except to wonder why television was bombarding us with tomboys like her and battle axes like Bea Arthur at the time.

#8 | Posted by Diablo at 2013-03-01 09:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Damn it, Julie, I'm a single mother doing the best damn job she knows how, and damn it Schneider, I ask you to fix that damn sink two days ago, and damn it, I'm dead."

#9 | Posted by cookfish at 2013-03-01 10:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

To be honest I thought that show was predictable, tried too hard to be "serious," and really wasn't very funny. The ONLY reason I watched it was Valerie Bertinelli. But you know, RIP and everything, Bonnie.

#10 | Posted by cbob at 2013-03-02 10:14 AM | Reply | Flag:

Best part about that show was watching Mackenzie Phillips spiral down into a hole of cocaine abuse. Awesome.

#11 | Posted by Harry_Powell at 2013-03-02 12:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

Cookfish: That impression of Ann Romano was awesome.

#12 | Posted by rcade at 2013-03-02 12:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

To be honest I thought that show was predictable,

Aren't they all?

#13 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 01:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

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