If you are a Lily Tomlin fan (and who isn’t), do not miss this week’s episode of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side as I go one-on-one with the great Tomlin. We cover her entire career, starting out with the first moment she contracted a touch of show business to what is happening with the final season of her…
Peggy Pope, who played a secretary in the 1980 movie 9 to 5, appeared in dozens of TV series and acted on Broadway, has died. She was 91. Her family said Pope died May 27 in Fort Collins, CO, but did not give a cause of death.
Born Florence Pope on May 15, 1929, in Montclair, NJ, she began her long career on Broadway…
Earlier this awards season, Dolly Parton showed up in town for a press day that included a performance of “Girl In The Movies”, the theme song and one of six new tunes she co-wrote (with Linda Perry) for the new Netflix film, Dumplin’ that stars Danielle MacDonald as the title character, a plus-size daughter who…
Come to TCA to talk about HBO’s Jane Fonda in Five Acts, Fonda took questions about the anticipated 9 to 5 sequel on which, she says, she will serve as an executive producer. Deadline revealed back in February that the original trio would return.
She, as well as other cast members Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin, “are…
EXCLUSIVE: When you look at the 1980 comedy 9 to 5 and ask what has changed from the male chauvinist premise of that film, the #MeToo movement proves the answer is, absolutely nothing. What better timing for a new version of that hit, especially when original stars Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are eager…
