"The fact of the matter is that the writer's of her first episode "Convicts-at-Large" wrote the part of Big Maude Tyler with Reta Shaw in mind. They had written for her in other productions and knew exactly what to expect from her. She turned out to…"
"Thank you.
Rita Shaw was a delight to watch in any role.
She was a regular on The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (on my list to watch if I find it).
Casting Director Ruth Burch had a real eye for great character actors who'd become icons to TAGS fans."
"Sad!
Just watched the episode where Barn was tryin' to give her "what for" by pretending to be making a date on the phone as the phone actually rings.
(Classic Andy line) You wanna' get that Barn, you're closer!
Thel says shame you have a date, that…"
the same actress played Big Maude the escaped convict and Eleanora Poultice, Barney's voice teacher. Reta Shaw must have been one heck of an actress. After all these decades of watching the show and reading all the trivia, I was shocked to find…
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