Who are your 5 favorite female sitcom characters of all time?

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I have never seen Veep, but Wikipedia says the episodes run 26-30 minutes.

So the run time is ok, is it not a sitcom otherwise?

mmm

ETA: Unless you were just considering my 22-minute statement. If that is the only question then Veep is in. The Fabulous Mrs. Maisel, the one I vetoed, runs 43-76 minutes per episode according to Wiki.

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I can only think of three. In order…

#1 by a mile: Zelda Gilroy - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
and
#2: Laura Petrie - The Dick Van Dyke Show
#3: Rebecca Howe - Cheers

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You already have your 5, digs - unless you want to replace your previous entries with these?

mmm

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Oh, good one, I wasn’t even thinking about Britcoms. So let’s add:

Margo Leadbetter (Penelope Keith – The Good Life)

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith – To The Manor Born)

and back to US sitcoms:

Sandra Clark (Jackee Harry – 227); after all these years she still sticks in my mind.

Detective Janice Wentworth (Linda Lavin – Barney Miller); the best US sitcom ever made.

p.s. for those who posted in single lines, how do you do that (without the extra “paragraph” spacing)?

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never mind

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Flo Alice

Shirley Partridge The Partridge Family

Rachel Friends

Mrs Cunningham Happy Days

Ann Romano One day at a Time

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Margaret Houlihan
Lucy Ricardo
Corinne Tate
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Lily Munster

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Mrs.Garrett- Diff’rent Strokes and Facts of Life

Florence- The Hendersons (with favorite supporting female character award to Mother Jefferson)

Ginger Grant- Gilligan’s Island. Her funny lines are under appreciated

Aunt Esther- Sanford and Son. Not an every show character, but legendary lines

Topanga- because her name is Topanga

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In terms of actually making me laugh:

Morticia “Do you mind if I smoke?” Addams

Sue Ann “Dear, sweet, bald Murray” Nivens

In terms of sheer lovability:

Mary Ann Summers

Bailey Quarters

Barbara Good

Wild Cards:

Any of the characters Teri Garr played opposite Marlo Thomas on That Girl.

Shelley Fabares on The Donna Reed Show.

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Jeri Blank (strangers with candy)

Allison McRoberts (kevin can fuck himself)
Rebecca Bunch (crazy ex-girlfriend)
Kim (Lucky Louie)
For my 5th, pretty much anything with Judy Greer (she has done several good TV shows)

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Jessica Tate
Diane Chambers
Amy Farrah Fowler

Still thinking about the last two.

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You’re clearly not shallow-minded like I can be. The first name that came to mind is Modern Family’s Julie Bowen. I think she’s pretty hot.

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As for my numbers 2-5, lemme think on that a bit…

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Eddie
Patsy
Saffy
Mother
Bubble

Reassure me - Absolutely Fabulous was shown in the US, wasn’t it?

j

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Sadly, yes it was.

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Odd. Maybe it doesn’t translate.

j

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It translates just fine - but Jennifer Saunders annoys the living crap out of me. I did have a crush on Bubble though.

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Thanks for the clarifcation.

Fun fact, while we’re at it. Adrian Edmondson (Mr Jennifer Saunders) went by the nickname Eddie Monsoon (Edmondson - geddit?) at school - hence the character name Edina Monsoon.

j

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I did know that. I am a big fan of Ade Edmondson.

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Betty White (Rose on Golden Girls)

Mary Tyler Moore (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)

Valerie Harper (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)

Katey Sagel (Peg Bundy)

And a TwoFer: Allison Janney/Jaime Pressly (Bonnie Plunkett/Jill Kendall on ‘Mom’)

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  1. Deandra Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson) from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

  2. Jaime Stemple-Buchman (Helen Hunt) from Mad About You.

  3. Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) from Parks & Recreation.

  4. Sally Solomon (Kristen Johnston) from 3rd Rock from the Sun.

  5. Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfuss) from Seinfeld.