Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series
Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series
Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series
Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
Nonsuch
March 21, 2020, 10:34pm
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Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series
Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy
They referred to it as “expecting” at the time.
Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series
Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Spoons
March 21, 2020, 11:04pm
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Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series
Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Katey Sagal - Married…With Children
Actresses who were/are pregnant during the run of their series
Melissa Benoit - Supergirl
Gates McFadden - ST:TNG
Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders - How I Met Your Mother
Tyne Daly - Cagney & Lacey (but they wrote it in)
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Seinfeld
Lucille Ball - I Love Lucy
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Katey Sagal - Married…With Children
Mary McCormack - The West Wing and In Plain Sight
Just to be clear, this was two different pregnancies.
I’ll pass.
Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends
Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends
Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show
He had a stroke during season 3 but was able to come back about a year later and continued until the end of season 7 when his health worsened.
Spoons
March 22, 2020, 9:36pm
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Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends
Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show
Michael J. Fox - Spin City
Spin City ran from 1996 to 2002. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1992.
Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends
Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show
Michael J. Fox - Spin City
Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek
Dealing with alcoholism, alas.
Rebo
March 22, 2020, 11:05pm
3372
Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)
Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)
Sarah Hyland - Modern Family (kidney disease)
Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)
Sarah Hyland - Modern Family (kidney disease)
Anthony Anderson - Blackish (Type 2 Diabetes)
Spoons
March 24, 2020, 11:49pm
3376
Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)
Sarah Hyland - Modern Family (kidney disease)
Anthony Anderson - Blackish (Type 2 Diabetes)
Gilda Radner - Saturday Night Live (bulimia)
Actors who had serious health difficulties but didn’t leave the show
Matthew Perry - Friends (addiction)
Howard McNear - The Andy Griffith Show (stroke)
Michael J. Fox - Spin City (Parkinson’s)
Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek (alcoholism)
Ellen Corby - The Waltons (stroke)
Robert Guillaume - Sports Night (stroke)
Sarah Hyland - Modern Family (kidney disease)
Anthony Anderson - Blackish (Type 2 Diabetes)
Gilda Radner - Saturday Night Live (bulimia)
Patty Duke - The Patty Duke Show (Bipolar Disorder)
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