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On The West Wing, Mrs. Dolores Landingham [1] is the personal secretary of Josiah Bartlet, the fictional president of the United States played by Martin Sheen. [2] Having worked as the school secretary for Bartlet's father – headmaster of his private high school in New Hampshire [1] – she has known Jed since he was a schoolboy, going on to work for him as secretary while he was the ...
Kathryn Joosten (born Kathryn Rausch; December 20, 1939 – June 2, 2012) [4] was an American actress. Her best known roles include Delores Landingham on NBC's The West Wing from 1999 to 2002 and Karen McCluskey on ABC's Desperate Housewives from 2005 to 2012, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005 and 2008.
Aaron Sorkin was inspired to write the death of Mrs. Landingham into the show after Kathryn Joosten told him that she had auditioned for a role in a pilot episode for another series (CBS's Joan of Arcadia). [7] Sorkin explained how he opted to "embrace the problem rather than just sweeping it away", and find the drama in the opportunity:
The series' optimistically civil campaign between the potential successors of President Josiah Bartlet no longer reads as liberal wish-fulfillment but full-blown fantasy.
Dolores Landingham (Kathryn Joosten and Kirsten Nelson in flashback in "Two Cathedrals"): The President's executive secretary (season 1–2). Killed in a car accident (episode "18th and Potomac" at the end of season two). Appears in flashbacks (Seasons 3–4). Referred to simply as "Mrs Landingham" almost always by everyone including the president.
“There was only one person I ever promised that I would never kill them off,” Cherry, 62, tells PEOPLE during a recent interview. “That was Kathryn Joosten, who played Mrs. [Karen] McCluskey.”
Meanwhile, he is still struggling to deal with the death of his perennial personal secretary, Mrs. Landingham. Charlie insists that it is necessary to appoint a new person to fill the position, but the president is reluctant to take the step. As the episode ends, Bartlet is searching for a good pen, and realizes the full depth of his dependence ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...