Julia Duffy
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Bang bang! We are here this month with Julia Duffy. You Might Know Her From Palm Royale; Designing Women; Newhart; Looking; Baby Talk; The Mommie; Intolerable Cruelty; and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. We got to chat with Julia about her incredible arc as Mary Meredith Davidsoul on Apple TV’s starry Palm Royale. That finale twist, huh? She also gave us the scoop on playing Patrick’s mom on Looking (and the importance of playing mom to a queer person), her iconic run on Newhart (7 Emmy nominations!), and her ‘90s run as “Julia Duffy, sitcom saver” including joining the powerhouse female ensemble of Designing Women. We also got to chat about Julia’s book Bad Auditions, who was in those rooms with her, and what it was like playing a high school student at 30. Truly a treat!
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Discussed this episode:
Lesbians and gay men agree on character actresses of a certain age (middle aged)
Anne’s women centric movies from childhood: A League of Their Own, Fried Green Tomatoes, Set it Off, Steel Magnolias, 9 to 5, Thelma and Louise
Damian’s women centric tv/movies: The 5 Mrs Buchanans, Hocus Pocus, Designing Women
Hang Time (character was Julie, actress is Daniella Deutscher who is MARRIED TO JAY HERNANDEZ)
Damian met David Chokachi and Gena Lee Nolin at the mall
Unicorns are people interested in being with married couples
A League of Their Own is for EVERYONE (David Strathairn is for gays and lesbians)
Damian told me not to Google Peter (not Paul) from Peter, Paul and Mary but I had to
Palm Royale was a wild ride
Linda Purl was an ingénue that Julia was always up against
Wrote book called Bad Auditions
Run and watch Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker aka Night Warning with Julia opposite the incredible Susan Tyrell
Got the role of Stephanie on Newhart the same day she found out her show Wizards and Warriors was canceled
Brett Butler was struggling on season 5 of Grace Under Fire
Jason Alexander sitcom with Peter Scolari and Wendy Makkena: Listen Up
TV movie with Wendy Makkena: Fair Market Value
Played Jonathan Geoff’s mom on HBO’s Looking
Appeared on S2 finale of new Night Court
Did The Little Foxes with Kelly McGillis
Was Mother Superior on 5 eps of Passions
Appeared on multiple child show sets like Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Wizards of Waverly Place, Drake & Josh, True Jackson VP
Brandished a shotgun in Shameless
Went toe to toe with Lea Michele and Emma Roberts in Scream Queens
Did a bit on Sabrina the Teenage Witch where she appears on The Jerry Springer Show
Her drag was better than Dinah’s in The Cover Girl and the Cop (see Julia in drag @ 1:10:50 )
Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon movie: Hot Pursuit
Gene Hackman: 93 and at a gas station
Olivia de Havilland died in 2020
Mitzy Gaynor (92) and Tippi Hedren (94) are still alive but don’t do interviews
Garbo left Hollywood at 36, never to return
Bette Davis in Wicked Stepmother months before she died
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