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Valerie Ritchie Perrine (born September 3, 1943) [1] is a retired American actress. For her role as Honey Bruce in the 1974 film Lenny , she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles , the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress , and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress .
Steambath was controversial when first produced for its obscene language (which was softened for its television version), its satirical take on religion, and some brief nudity. Friedman claims to have been inspired to write the play in part because of a "bad experience with the food at a Chinese restaurant" that had him contemplating mortality. [1]
Steambath is an American sitcom on Showtime that presented the afterlife as a steam bath. It was adapted from the Off-Broadway play by Bruce Jay Friedman and featured three cast members and the director from the 1973 PBS TV adaptation.
NBC aired the pilot with the nude scene cut, but a complete version was released to theaters in 1970. [1] [unreliable source] In May 1973, twenty-four PBS stations broadcast their self-produced TV movie Steambath (based on the play of the same name) with Valerie Perrine appearing naked.
He also appeared with Bill Bixby and Valerie Perrine in Bruce Jay Friedman's Steambath, a controversial PBS dramedy, during 1973. From 1984 to 1988, he had a recurring role on St. Elsewhere . Edelman also appeared in ten episodes of Murder, She Wrote between 1984 and 1995, [ 1 ] most frequently appearing as New York Police Department Lieutenant ...
One scene contained two gay men singing the provocative "Let Me Entertain You" as they slowly remove their towels throughout the number. The controversial production included the first woman (Valerie Perrine) to be shown topless on public television and only 24 PBS affiliates aired the program. [9] 1974: Born Innocent: NBC: Moco: Nora Heflin
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Also in 1973, he starred in Steambath, a play by author Bruce Jay Friedman, on PBS with Valerie Perrine and Jose Perez. Bixby became a popular game-show panelist, appearing mostly on Password and The Hollywood Squares. He was also a panelist on the 1974 revival of Masquerade Party, which was hosted by Richard Dawson.