After a long bout with lung cancer, actress Suzanne Pleshette died Saturday in Los Angeles at the age of 70. She was best known for playing the role of Emily Hartley on "The Bob Newhart Show."
According to Pleshette's attorney Robert Finkelstein, she died Saturday night from respiratory failure at her home.
Pleshette's first film role was with Jerry Lewis in "The Geisha Boy" in 1958. She was nominated for four Emmy's, one for playing the lead role in "Leona Helmsley, the Queen of Mean." She also had a role in "The Bird" by Alfred Hitchcock, where she ended up being one of the victims of the flocking hoard.
Her husband, actor Tom Poston died in April 2007, and Pleshette is survived by her three stepchildren from that marriage.
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